Lake Tahoe Ice Caves

Last week my good buddies Greg Lindsey, George Hjelte, Cody Townsend, and Myself went out on a little mission to find the hidden Ice Caves of North Lake Tahoe. Greg had been showed them last summer & was our navigator for the afternoon. The rest of us had never been up to the caves before. Explaining how to get to these caves would not be possible. Greg our fearless leader had plenty of trouble finding them even after he had been to the caves several times before. So, anybody who reads this post and has the desire to explore the mysterious ice caves of Lake Tahoe, I would highly recommend finding somebody who has been to them before to show you the way.

As you can see from the pictures below these caves are a bit intimidating. Basically you crawl your way down narrow dark canals of slippery cold rock. We probably crawled our way down 150ft - 200ft of ice cave. I would not recommend this adventure to anybody who is slightly claustrophobic. We explored 3 or 4 different labyrinth style rooms carved out in the earth. We stumbled across another entrance to what seemed to be fairly unexplored territory. Unfortunately, we were running short on time due to the fact the several of us had to make it to work on time. We had a blast & I'm looking forward to heading back to the caves for some more exciting exploration.


Cody getting ready to take the plunge!


Getting cold & scary!


One of the Labyrinth style room carved out in the Caves. Notice the ice formed all over the rock walls.


An extended exposure deep in the cavity of the ice caves.


Our leader Greg Lindsey exiting the Ice Caves.

Mt. Rose Bronco Chute Goodness!

Yesterday, George Hjelte and myself made the 4:15am wake up call in hopes to find some late season pow in a zone called the Bronco Chutes.  We arrived at the Mt. Rose snowmobile staging area at 5:45am, hopped on my sled and proceeded to Canadian double in the dark up to the Mt. Rose relay towers. We left the snowmobile behind and headed out on foot to a zone that would not disappoint.  The air was crisp, the views pristine, & the snow was blower.  In other words we were psyched!  Lets just say the rest of the day was super fun! We worked hard and only scraped the surface of the possibilities of the vast options the Bronco Chutes has to offer.

George Hjelte getting pitted!

Blower Pow in April, What?

Mushroom Rock Tracks