Lee Vining  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  6,781' Lat, Long:  37.9575, -119.1219 Map Page Views:  14,812. Good page?    Administrators:  Aron Quiter, Euan Cameron, Adam Winters, M.Morley, Sam Vanderhyden, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  chad umbel on Jun 3, 2007 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon 63° | 27° 68° | 28° 66° | 34° 66° | 32° 66° | 36°

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Description 

Lee Vining Cascade is a great ice climbing area that is located just outside of Mammoth. There are plenty of routes to climb, from single pitch to three pitch classics such as Chouinards, Spiral Staircase, The Heel Toe, and the Bard Harrington. The area recieves shade pretty much all day and starts forming usaully aroung Early November.

You can go online and type in Lee Vining ice conditions for weekly updates on how fat the ice is. The website is Sierra Mountain Guides and they post conditons for all of the classic routes. It will also tell you how to drive in from where ever you may be. There are a few nice little places in town that you can rent rooms for reasonable prices. One is called Murphys' which I usually prefer because you can get a room with three beds for about 40 to 60 bucks. Make sure you tell them your there to climb because they give ice climber discounts!

Getting There 

Lee Vining Cascade is located in the town of, you guessed it, Lee Vining. You can get exact directions on Mapquest.

Lee Vining ice. Feb 2008. Bard-Harrington out due to fixed leak in water main. Rumor has it the pipe might spring another leak sometime soon. Submitted By: mschlocker on Feb 27, 2008

The Classics

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Heel-Toe, Ramp Start WI4 M6  CA : Sierra Eastside : ... : Heel-Toe Wall

This route follow the iced up, right-facing ramps/corners in the center of the wall, trending left for a mixed finish. Start at the small ice flow just down and left from the litter at The Chouinard Wall and finish just right of Cave Man on The Main Wall....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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Lee Vining ice. Feb 2008. Bard-Harrington out du...	Two obscure classics, Red Rocks prolific first asc...	Dave Sorrick below Spiral Staircase in mixed condi...
Tomas Huber rockin' out at the world famous Lee Vi...	Aspens in Lundy Canyon	Mono Lake tufas
Early morning light on the Dana Plateau while wait...	BETA PHOTO: Taken from Tioga Road on Dec 23, 2011. Formations ...	BETA PHOTO: These two formations are just below Ellery Lake. S...
BETA PHOTO: Tioga Pass was open so easy hike down from route 1...	BETA PHOTO: Map of Lee vining area showing approach hike.	Mono lake, pink-flowering bush, and Sierra