Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: Mini-Spine & Tight-Choke Fun On Mt. Dana & Ellery Bowl | Tioga Pass Report from June 19th, 2019 Brought to you byย Scott Sports Skis Used:ย ย Scott Super Guide 105 Yesterday morning Greggy, Aaron Fox, & I headed back to Tioga Pass, CA for more horribly fun skiing and hiking. Tioga Pass is still closed at the pass from the east but Cal Trans is doing a weird semi-opening starting tomorrow… Yosemite National Park, CA […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 20, 2019 0 Comments
Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: Mt. Dana’s Solstice Couloir + Powerhouse Chutes | Tioga Pass Report from June 11th, 2019 Brought to you byย Scott Sports Skis Used:ย ย Scott Scrapper 115 We went on our 4th Tioga Pass, CA mission of the month of June today. Connery Lundin, Andy Hays, and I set our sights on Solstice Couloir off 13,000′ Mt. Dana. The plan was Solstice to Dana Plateau to Powerhouse Chutes to a car stashed at […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 12, 2019 0 Comments
Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: Mt. Dana โ Dana Couloir โ Power House Chutes | Tioga Pass Report from June 6th, 2019 Brought to you by Scott Sports Skis Used:ย Scott Super Guide 105 & Scott Scrapper 105 Yesterday morning, we awoke to high winds and building clouds in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Our plan was 13,000′ Mt Dana to the Dana Couloir to the Dana Plateau then down the Power House Chutes. The weather decided to fight […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 7, 2019 0 Comments
Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: Power House Chutes | Tioga Pass, CA Report from June 5th, 2019 After yesterday’s scary icefall in North Couloir on Mt. Emerson, CA we decided to go hit the monolithic chutes of Tioga Pass, CA today. We cruised up Ellery Bowl in about 1.5 hours, walking across the Dana Plateau, and peeked into the Power House Chutes. The views from the rim of the Dana Plateau were […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 6, 2019 0 Comments
Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: 1″ of Snow in 20-Minutes at 12,300′ in Zebra Chute Report from June 1st, 2019 Yesterday morning Roger Romani arose before dawn and made the trek to the spectacularly beautiful Buttermilks in Bishop, CA with the objective of skiing the Zebra Couloir off 13,100′ Mt. Emerson. With our 4×4 we were able to drive up the road quite a ways and park high. Easy walking got afforded us some up […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 3, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Bariloche, Argentina Recap 2018 – Gorgeous Lines, Sunny Skies, & Big Snow The 2018 ski season in Bariloche, Argentina may have been my very favorite of my 10 seasons down there. It wasn’t a huge snow season – at least, it wasn’t right until the end – but it snowed a handful of inches with wind each week and that was enough to buff out the backcountry and make it creamy and […] Featured Video Miles Clark | May 24, 2019 0 Comments
Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: 8 Glorious Hours on 12,558′ Bloody Mountain Report from May 14th, 2019 Yesterday morning, we decided to go for a long walk up Blood Couloir on 12,558′ Blood Mountain near Mammoth Lakes, California. Bloody is a verified classic – especially since it’s in Chris Davenport’s “Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America.” We started as low as you can possibly start on that climb which made for […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 17, 2019 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Report: Gothic Couloir, Cody Peak, Cowboys & Indians Report from March 10th, 2019 Paradise. Today was a bluebird, sunny day at Jackson Hole, WY. Which means one can climb high and ski big lines. So we did. I was honored to be with a very strong crew today. Cody Peak held great, fast snow, incredible views, and straight-forward lines. Then we skipped over to “Cowboys & Indians” for […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 11, 2019 1 Comment