R.E. Johnson 1969 Journal April 12 Squaw Valley, Calif. & Peavine Mtn, Nevada I wonder if the birds only appear at the lower shaft after the upper one is plugged??! Of course now there are more at either location. Drove back to Squaw Valley & ice skated. Many (5) Berkeley skaters showed up! Tomorrow morning I may try snowshoeing up Mt. Rose if the weather permits. April 13 Squaw Valley, Calif. to Berkeley, Calif. Beautiful clear weather in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon. I drove to the pass (8930 ft.) on the Mt. Rose Road and hiked over the snow west then northwest for about 1 1/2 map miles following a ridge top to & beyond its high point (9880 ft.). Beyond this point the route looked a bit depressing. I had climbed nearly 1000 ft. & now I would have to descend half of that & then re-climb another 1000 ft.. This would be followed by another descend (-700 + ft.) and another climb of 1000 ft. feet. Ordinarily this would have been an energizing thought, but now it was not. I have had little real exercise all winter & suddenly I had started in by ice skating hard plus yesterday's snowshoeing & all this had taken its toll. I felt much too tired at this early stage in the climb to contemplate continuing at the same pace all day & that would be necessary to complete the trip in the daylight leaving time to look for rosy finches. Also my face was already burnt to a crisp from the sun & wind yesterday & today's radiation load was