Bishop Creek Recon

Last Tuesday I loaded the car with my light touring gear and headed up Bishop Creek to have a gander at conditions up there.

Table Mountain/Bardini Canyon. Looked thin but perhaps skiable the upper half. The "Rock Crusher" zone to the right looked better actually.

The approach to Bardini Canyon was not in although I did see evidence of old tracks in the left gully.

Uh, well. No touring here! There is a semi-soft road closure at the usual location. There's a barricade and a cable, which was on the ground allowing access. I'm not too sure what the exact status is, but one could certainly drive up much further than this.

The route up into Bishop Bowl was nothing but dust on sagebrush.

No touring here on the road above Aspendell either. Some hardy souls had scratched some turns up into Jawbone Canyon. Their lowest tracks are visible far left.

We need snow here! Looks like we're going into a storm cycle. Keepin' the fingers crossed.