The famous Choke Stone

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The famous Choke Stone

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crevasse on the couloir névé.

The start of ice

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Ash Gambhir

Jul 13, 2017

“The famous Choke Stone”

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Around 7k after the storm on 11/30/18

Joe postholing near the top.

Snow Creek beta photo (Google Earth route overlay, showing no-trespassing area)

snow up to the base of the chockstone (far left) most all the blocks of snow seen here are poorly bonded or undercut by flowing water. the vartiation tothe right traverses a shallow ledge to a few seams that could be dry tooled or wrestle a tree to mantle

Alex and Zach near the chockstone

Joe at the start of the snow tongue.

Joe and I nearing the summit

1/14/17. Not bad for La Nina.

Dawn on Snow Creek.

Conditions April 2023.

View from where we parked.

avalanche debris above and below the chockstone

looking down from the final push to the summit around 10.6-10.7k ft, lots of soft powder, options to summit on less intense slope lie climbers left

Above the chockstone 1987.

Pretty Epic views

Giant chockstone at 5,500'. 3rd/4th class scramble around it to the right out of view

crevasse on the couloir névé.

The famous Choke Stone

The start of ice

4,000+ feet of snow & névé

Needed the 2 ice tools

This is a crevasse on the couloir névé. A crevasse in SoCal!

Fun chute

majority of the route viewed from the west side of the isthmus, some more walking south(100 meters) along the isthmus ramps you on to the snow

Paul cruising up the snow chute. The starting elevation can be seen wayyyyy in the background

3/20/22 around 7,500ft, great alpine conditions

Low on San Jacinto. 1971. Just a bit of spindrift off the summit. With Paul Gleason in about 12 hours car to car with perfect conditions.

Some steep solid ice early after the chockstone, only alternative was steep slick slab

At 8k ish slogging up perfect solid hard snow

DWA searching for trespassers...

Pulling up to the chockstone at first light 6am

Paul Gleason 1971, mid-route with perfect conditions. Took about 12 hours car to car.

Climbing one of the side walls to get around the chockstone

Near the top

Zach and I running out of up, and fat to burn.

San Gorgonio as seen on route.

The sun going down at the top.

nathan on nice firm snow near the top

The start of the snow tongue, just above the massive chockstone. 5,300' of snow/ice to the summit

Couloir for days

In the couloir - maybe a third of the way up, 1987.

snow creek in january

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Snow Creek, as seen from approx. 1/2 way in on the approach

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