The snowline was a couple hundred yards up the trail and I quickly gave up trying to follow the trail and just started heading peakward across the snowpack.
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The north slope of the ridge was mostly snow free and if I angled right it kept me off the snowpack...
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360 degree panorama shot from the Echo Peak summit.
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The ground off the snow was soggy- so I found it easier to just travel on the snow. There was still 1-2 feet on the ground and the snow was very well consolidated.
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Nearing the end of the snowfield, about a quarter mile from the summit. The summit ridgetop was mostly snow free.
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Out of the snow and a minor scree scramble up to the ridgetop.
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Up to the top of the ridge and the summit now in view. (Avoiding this cornice on the lakeside of the rigdge)
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Tahoe now visible- along with Tallac (left) Angora Peak (center) and Fallen Leaf Lake (behind Angora)
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Up on the Echo Summit, looking west. Jack/Dicks on the left, Tallac on the right, and I think thats Phipps Peak in the back center. Backside of Tallac was surprisingly snow free- that is probably reachable via Glen Alpine now.
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