UPCOMING DESERT PF4KS SCHEDULED TRIPS Mar-June 1994

Dates Peak(s) Leaders Mar 2 Mar 12-13 Mar 12-13 Mar 12-13 Mar 12-13 Mar 12-13 Mar 19-20 Mar 19-20 Mar 26-27 Apr 2-3 Apr 6 Apr 2-3 Apr 9-10 Apr 16-17 Apr 16-17 Apr 30-May 1 Apr 30-May 1 Apr 30-May 1 May 4 May 7-8 May 7-8 May 7-8 May 7-8 May 7-14 May 14-15 May 14-15 May 21-22 May 28-30 Jun 4-5 Jun 4 Jun 11-12 Jun 11-12 Monthly Meeting DWP Mitchell Pt/Edgar Pk Kingston Pk/Eagle #1 South Palen/Little Maria Stepladder Mtn/Whipple Mtn Spirit Mtn/Granite Mtns (north) Avawatz Mtn/Kingston Pk 4th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Black Butte Nelson Range Dry Mtn/Tin Mtn Monthly Meeting DWP Jacumba/Sombrero Moapa Pk/Virgin Pk Kingston Pk/Avawatz Mtn Foshay/Kelso Palmer/Grapevine Moapa Pk/Virgin Pk Nopah/Pahrump Banquet Sandy Pt/Last Chance Mtn Potosi Mtn/McCullough Mtn Needle Pk/Manly Pk Kingston/Clark Mtn. A Grand Tour of the Inyo Mtn Sentinel Peak (Backpack) Mt Inyo/Keynot Pk Mtn Palmer/Grapevine Pk Mt Tipton/Humphreys Pk/Navajo Mtn Telescope Pk/Wildrose Pk New York Butte Mummy Mtn/Potosi Mtn Mt Patterson/Glass Mtn Ed Nunez/North & South Guardian Angels Scot Jamison/Ken McElvany George Hubbard/Michael Manchester Maris Valkass/John McCully Ed Lubin/Darrell Lee Patty Kline/Bob Sumner Dan Richter/Asher Waxman Ron & Leora Jones/I. & S. Mamedalin Larry Tidball/Scot Jamison Asher Waxman/Dan Richter Linda McDermott/Copper Canyon Exploratory Evelyn Chadwell-Reher/Ron Jones Barbee Tidball/Larry Tidball Charlie Knapke/Barbara Cohen Maris Valkass/John McCully Dan Richter/Greg Roach Dave Petzold/Carolyn West John McCully/Maris Valkass Steve Smith/Trails & Canyons of Inyo Mtns Charlie Knapke/Barbara Cohen Patty Kline/Bob Sumner Greg Roach/Mirna Roach Doug Mantle/Randall Danta Ron Jones/John McCully Erik Siering/Dan Richter Patty Kline/Dave Petzold/Carolyn West Steve Smith/Fred Camphausen Dave Petzold/Carolyn West Asher Waxman/Rudi Beuermann Charlie Knapke/John Cheslick Scot Jamison/Barbee Tidball Greg & Mirna Roach/Igor & Suzanne Mamedalin

--Mirna Roach, DPS Outings Chair

20 Years Ago... This item appeared in the 1975 American Alpine Journal: White Mountains Winter Traverse. In February 1974 Dave Sharp, George Miller, Jay Jenson and I made the first winter traverse of the crest of the California White Mountains, The trip was mostly on skis, took 16 days, and was at an average elevation of 12,500 feet for a distance of 80 miles. Lack of shelter from the wind on the open slopes above timberline was the main hazard and we descended to timberline to wait out a severe 4-day storm that recorded winds over 100mph. A nearby Lodgepole pine, two feet in diameter, was broken off twenty feet above the base and flung more than forty feet from its stump. The flesh snow from this long storm was in some ways a large benefit, making skiing possible all the way to Westguard Pass above the town of Big Pine. The principal summits reached were Boundary Peak (13,140 feet), Montgomery Peak (13,441 feet), Jumpoff Mountain (13,484 feet), Mount Dubois (13,559 feet), Peak 13,908 feet, White Mountain Peak (14,246 feet), and Mount Barcroft (13,040 feet).

Galen A. Rowell

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