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ryanmj
dosnt look to bad with those trees below the slope, a cliff and it would be a different story. Did you make the hike with snow shoes or just boots?
Sometimes the pictures make it look worse than it is. YMMV
Mentioned it elsewhere but ...
Boots with kahtoolas and hiking sticks.
Actually almost all the valley trails are used so much that in my experience
it's not very often you have to bust out anything but some sticks and
microspikes to get to Top of Nevada, up Snow Creek, up to Top of Yosemite,
and up to Inspiration Pt. Reason is simply b/c of the number of peeps
who don't use snowshoes and posthole away. After 20 people go thru
the trail is compacted and narrow and snowshoes are useless and/or just
a burden due to their width.
On the "Just Lurking" thread... when we went up to Nevada we were the
first up there after copius amounts of snow... so snowshoes were
necessary... now... I guarantee it's stomped down and you can hike all
the way up without too much problem. Of course some would lead you
to believe that LYV is inaccesible in winter. hmmph