LCC White Pine Lake Trail May 19, 2012

[reverse_dyno]

On May 19, 2012 I decide to go see how much White Pine Lake has melted out. At around 9500 feet I hit continuous snow. The last steep section before you come to the lake was slick with a 1 inch layer of melting snow over hard pack. The afternoon snow was still too hard to kick steps in, but I didn’t have any problems getting up with my MSR snowshoes. Crampons would also have worked. The lake has some melt spots, but is still 90% covered with snow. In three-four weeks it will probably be ice free.

Forgot my camera, but you all have been there so you know what it looks like in winter .

[Kokopelli]

Has anybody been up to white pine in the last week or so? I'm wondering what the conditions will be like this weekend.