Tahoe spring: Lover's Leap, Squaw and Snowshed Wall
April 20-21, 2013
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On Saturday we went to Lover's Leap - due to the low snow winter, it felt like summer with almost no snow around! We started off with climbing The Line, as noone was on it, and it was hard to resist... followed by the East Corner. The East Corner has an amazing 2nd pitch, but doing it early season isn't the best idea, as it was quite wet (making it feel harder). On the plus side, we cleaned some gear from someone who bailed..

On Sunday we went to Squaw to close out the skiing season... (and use some free tickets I scored) - pretty warm and slushy snow, but it was fun! We even got a couple of pitches of rock at the Snowshed Wall before driving back.

  The Line - one of the most classic climbs at the Leap, nice warm up Topping out on The Line before the sun hits us  
  The Line - one of the most classic climbs at the Leap, nice warm up Topping out on The Line before the sun hits us

  East Corner Looking back up at the East Wall. The East Corner is the obvious corner on the left 1/3 of the wall...  
  East Corner Looking back up at the East Wall. The East Corner is the obvious corner on the left 1/3 of the wall...

  Hiking around to Tombstone Terror Beautiful place! Starting up Tombstone Terror, 5.10c  
  Hiking around to Tombstone Terror Beautiful place! Starting up Tombstone Terror, 5.10c

  Tombstones in the background We toproped Boot Hill, a tough 5.11 next door Sunday, we skied for a couple of hours at Squaw - closing day!  
  Tombstones in the background We toproped Boot Hill, a tough 5.11 next door Sunday, we skied for a couple of hours at Squaw - closing day!

  Molar Concentration, nice 5.10 finger crack Then we did a couple of laps on Aerial  
  Molar Concentration, nice 5.10 finger crack Then we did a couple of laps on Aerial

  Snowshed Wall in the afternoon light  
  Snowshed Wall in the afternoon light

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