If you have probes, avalanche training, shovels and beacons, you are at the perfect place for mountaineering. Mammoth Lakes is blessed with long cool springs and deep winter snows, that helps preserve the mountain snow-pack and gives some of the nicest back-country conditions in the West.
Mammoth Lakes offers innumerable acres of freedom in the form of untracked powder. You can discover the world beyond lift lines and groomed slopes. The difference between climbing and hiking, is vertical height.
Mountain climbing is all about rock faces, ice falls, ice faces, rocks crags, glaciers and lakes.The weather is totally unpredictable in mountainous terrain.
In winter time, whiteouts are common and storms are frequent. Storms on mountain tops or summits are often, because they attract clouds, but at the same time, the rest of the area is sunny. So be always well prepared!
The Charakhusa, also known as K7 Valley belongs to the Karakoram range of the country of Pakistan. The valley is popular due to its perfect conditions for mountaineering high peaks.
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Torres del Paine is located in Southern Patagonia and is one of the numerous spectacular national parks in Chile. It was created in 1959 and UNESCO has listed the location as a Biosphere Reserve since 1978. This place is a wonderland for nature enthusiasts from all over the world.
Gasherbrum is a pretty remote group of peaks, situated at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier and placed in the Karakoram range of the Himalayas, on the border of the Gilgit - Baltistan controlled by Pakistan and the Chinese-administrated Shaksgam Valley. This massif contains three of the 8000 m/26246 ft high peaks of the world.
Mount Shasta is located in northern California, east of Interstate 5 along SR89, between Mount Shasta city and McCloud city, California, USA.
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Sonora Pass is located near Pinecrest, Tuolumne County, California, USA. It is off of Highway about 60 miles/96.5 km east of Sonora.
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La Ventana is located on the south-eastern side of Baja California Sur, Mexican state. Baja California Sur is the second smallest Mexican state by population and is situated in northwestern Mexico. It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by the Gulf of California.
Sonora Pass is located near Pinecrest, Tuolumne County, California, USA. It is off of Highway about 60 mi/96.5 km east of Sonora.
Sonora Pass is located near Pinecrest, Tuolumne County, California, USA. It is off of Highway about 60 mi/96.5 km east of Sonora.
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