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Mt Johnson on the right:


Somewhere on the ridge between Johnson and Goode:


bcrider going up the right couloir....


and starting up the ridge to the summit...


more ridge....


...and the last bit to the summit...


riding down from the summit:


bcrider in the right couloir:


Looking back:


mtnrider:


mmcpheet:


bcrider:


bcrider:


hot action!


lining up.....


.....and more hot action!:

Sweet report and pics as always bcd!

Thanks for the hospitality and for showing us this great peak. I'll get my pics together this evening.

For now, I found this picture of Johnson from 2004 (almost to the exact day). Coverage sure is better this year.



Here is the summitpost page.
http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock ... hnson.html

Nice TR. Looks like a really fun run until the creek crossing, which looked pretty hairball!! Good thing you stuck it

Sweeet couloir! Looks like you guys had your axes out for the decent, must have been pretty freakin steep. Did you ski back down the ridgeline from the summit to the coulie?

Looks like ideal weather as well.

yeah! thanks for letting me tag along.

eco...you should have heard the edges scraping. It never got soft.
sick area.

Yeah, BCD and I wanted no part of that roll-over in those snow conditions. I downclimbed a 15ft section I wasn't feeling too.
Sketch.

SICK!

Nice Steeze BCRider! Always Fluid!

$$$!!! Sick shot and sick TR as always, BCD.

Steep and exposed, check out the fall line below BCD on the peak


traversing across the exposed area


bcrider making it look good. The sounds that were made do not match the photo.



Thanks again to Dan, Brian, and Roots for giving us an excellent place to crash and operate out of.

Nice work guys! What day was this? Have you ever ridden the chute to the left of the line you rode? It looks sweet. So many good chutes in the Sierras to be had. Is this to the South of Goode?

Here are my pics from Mt Johnson.

Mt Tom from 395.


Mtnrider heading around South Lake.


Playing with the slow shutter speed…I think it worked.


The sights.


bcd don't need no stinking snow.


Mt Hurd


bcd and South Lake


More incredible views. Mt Johnson is in the left hand corner, bcd is crossing the lake below.


Unnamed gnar between Mt Goode and Mt Johnson.


Getting close…


closer…


and finally up.


bcd sets a good bootpack.




At the saddle we took a break and looked to the west, bcd gets a front row seat.


Steeleman could probably name all these peaks…the only one I recognize is the Black Giant (upper right).



mmcpheet and mtnrider nearing the saddle.


bcd and I set off for the summit up the northwest ridge.


Sorry I didn't take any more pics of the ascent…I was too gripped and had to focus on the climb.
Here is what the last stretch up the northwest ridge looked like in May 2004 (and summer). Photo by Matthew Holliman.


Here is bcd on the summit.


Do you see what I see…


bcd checking out the register. The last entry was in October 2005. Hard to say if the peak has been climbed since then or not. Some folks don't sign them and snow can hide the registers in the middle of winter. Still pretty cool to be off the beaten path.

The view was awesome and it was a great feeling to be on top of this beauty…but now its time to get down.

bcd from the top…


and past the exposure…


the ripping begins…






mmcpheet goes next.


mtnrider




bcd on the lower slopes.


mmcpheet


mtnrider


following bcd is always interesting.


This time of the year the creeks start to open up so we had to get creative, bcd nails it. (I wasn't so lucky)






Back at the trailhead this crew was “sending itâ€Â

How long was the approach? Anyway, the conditions looked sweet. Love the east side this time of year... Always money...

And yah, I think I'd have second thoughts looking at the nice little creek ollie on the way out. Good times...

Thanks for sharing your fun in the Cali sun...