I climbed up there from Rock Lake and I was fat and out of shape at the time, so not too hard! It's steep but there is a social trail for most of it

I think that was moon lake or half moon lake or something like that!

Meth

For the entire John Muir Trail?

Foothills on the eastern or western side? Like coming from 395 or coming from the Fresno side?

If you are entering from the west, Pear Lake might be snow free by the end of May. It all depends on how hot it gets in the next few weeks and if any more snow comes down. Mammoth just got several feet of snow last week. If you are entering from the eastern side, something like Big Pine Lakes might be snow free by then. Any of the passes are up around 11.5 - 12k feet and will still have snow.

What side of the park will you be entering from? Late may is still gonna have a shitload of snow

Thanks man, appreciate it! Hoping to have a few more from the Sisters in a few weeks.

Just a slightly longer version on my youtube channel

Yeah this guy seems to be an expert on all subjects! A true master of life.

The hell are you talking about? You think I went into this not knowing the forecast? Of course I checked the weather dude. I knew it was going to snow.

This was all on a Pixel 6a, I didn't bring my actual camera on this trip

Ah yeah the problem with this is that I had to skin about 800 feet up to camp. For flat approaches, that would be great!

Just one other group based on cars in the overnight lot! I just use a zero degree bag and an insulated sleeping pad. The low was only 25 so I was very warm.

Salomon QST 106 skis with Atomic Shift MNC bindings and Atomic Hawx Prime XTD boots. The sleeping pad is a Klymit Static V and the tent is a Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2. I can't remember the name of the 0 degree bag, but EMS makes it. I bought it like eight years ago before they went bankrupt

Yeah I was worried I was on a cornice at first, but the GPS said I was right on top of the summer trail.

Medford is like 4,000 feet lower than Crater Lake, I prefer weather forecasts from the actual location

A few weeks ago. It's been dumping in Oregon so it's probably pretty similar conditions.

Nah just some regular wool socks

What do you do with it when you're skiing down?

Yeah I usually try to avoid snow for backpacking, but it is much more enjoyable on skis!

Nah this is southern Oregon, I think that was Union Peak

Video of the trip here

This was a 7 mile overnight trip to Crater Lake a few weeks ago. I skinned up from the visitor center and kept going along the rim until I was allowed to camp. It snowed like 4-5 inches overnight with pretty high winds. Visibility was pretty bad once the storm rolled in.

Longer video here

This was an overnight, 7 mile ski tour / backpacking trip in Crater Lake National Park. In the winter, before anything is plowed, you can only enter at the southern entrance. You have to park at the visitor center if staying overnight, and then hike / snowshoe / skin up to the rim. I skinned up to the top, kept going until I was far enough away from any roads, then set up camp. Unfortunately the lake was socked in pretty much the entire time after I set up camp. Despite 3-5 inches of snow overnight, the skiing wasn't that great getting back to the car either.