My friend Joel and I got a chance to head up to Anderson Peak this week. The peak, at 8683ft, turned out to be an arduous goal.  We were out in the hills for a 4 mile trek in and a 4 mile trek out. This took us 11 hours.  We ended up kickstepping our way to the summit which worked out pretty well but with not having ice axe and crampons we had to be pretty careful.  Got a chance to see some beautiful cornices and some interesting rock features and mark down my 11th Tahoe peak.   We ended up coming back in the dark - some fun and interesting night navigation!

Pictures located here: http://www.randyfranklin.com/pictures/anderson_jan_2007/