Mammoth, CA Report: Full-Throttle Epic Mini-Powder Day After 7″ of New Snow Report from May 3, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain Yesterday, we experienced a full-throttle epic mini-powder day at Mammoth Mountain, CA. It’s difficult to express how much fun we had here yesterday… We skied scary lines off Huevos Grande (proper Spanish would be “Huevos Grandes”)ย that we hadn’t skied since 2006. We skied bizarre knife-edge ridge runs down the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 4, 2023 1 Comment
Mammoth, CA Report: Mini-Powder Day After 550-Mile Drive from Park City, UT Via The Clown Motel Report from May 2, 2023 On Monday, May 1, 2023, I drove from Park City, UT to Mammoth Lakes, CA. The drive was spectacularly gorgeous. Nevada is green, full of snow, and its dry lake beds have water. The view of the Sierra as you roll over the final hills is stunning. The White Mountains also took my breath away. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 2, 2023 0 Comments
Park City, UT Closing Weekend Report: Hand-Dragging a Slush Wiggle Paradise at 60ยบF Report from April 29 & 30, 2023 Park City, UT’s closing weekend was a wicked scorcher. 60ยบF? Warmer? But the snow was still good. The wiggle was crazy fun. Only 3 lifts were open and we stuck to Cresent. Cresent boasts 1,700-vertical-feet and quite a few options. Makes sense that it’s one of the only chairs left rockin’. The slush […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 30, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: 903″ of Snow Turned “Main Chute” Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Into “Main Bowl” Report from April 28, 2023 Yesterday, I drug my extremely tired keester up 11,068′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT to ski the legendary Main Chute. On Thursday, this hike took me 1 hour and 40 minutes. Yesterday, it took me 2 hours and 10 minutes… I was tired… I was so tired I even sat in my car in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 29, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Legendary Little Chute Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Report from April 27, 2023 Yesterday, I slept in and felt damn tired after the previous day’s Pfiefferhorn mission. We’d heard rumors of of Alta opening to uphill yesterday, but we couldn’t confirm. Martin texted me at 7:35am saying that Alta had opened. I jumped out of bed and started my recovery process: Hot shower Big stretch Roller Theragun Breakfast […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 28, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 11,331′ Pfeifferhorn, UT – The North Couloir Report from April 26, 2023 Yesterday, we ascended from the White Pine Trailhead in Little Cottonwood Canyon right up and into the North Couloir of the 11,331′ Pfeifferhorn. This trip is pretty straightforward. You walk up a long flat valley until you reach a plateau at the bottom of the Pfeifferhorn. Spot the North Couloir and boot right up it. […] Trip Report Miles Clark | April 27, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Scintillatingly Steep Ramps in the Valley of the Tusk Report from April 19, 2023 On Wednesday morning, we ventured straight into the Valley of the Tusk. The Tusk is an impossible peak that is one of the Big 5 of the Chugach Mountains, AK The Tusk The Sphinx Pontoon Meteorite Dimond We flew straight to the gorgeous and intimidating ramps on the west side of the Valley of the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Skiing 50+ Degrees on “The Real Pucker Face” Report from April 17, 2023 Last Monday, we got onto a beast. The Real Pucker Face in Valdez, Alaska. (the other Pucker Face is in Jackson Hole, WY) Our day started with gawking at the climax avalanche that occurred this week on Meteorite Mountain. After warming up on three mellower glacier runs, we got into the gnar. I knew it […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2023 0 Comments