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South Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Trip Report: Assessing Snowpack and Skiing in Elephant’s Back East Bowl

Report from November 9th, 2021 and written by Mark Speicher of Blackbird Mountain Guides Location: Elephant’s Back East Bowl Objective: Assess snow and ski a line! When we arrived mid-day, it was raining lightly and we found eight inches of new, wet, heavy snow spackling the ridge to our destination, Elephants Back. Despite an unfortunately high snowline, we were happy […]

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Guest Author | November 11, 2021
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Brandon Gap, VT Trip Report: Early Season Pow Turns

Trip Report: 12/01/2018 | Brandon Gap, Rochester, VT A few days after Winter Storm Bruce dropped 2 + feet across the Green Mountain State, most of the state’s ski resorts were already skied out and the last bits of fresh tracks became increasingly difficult to find. The short-term forecast was calling for rain and it seemed that the last opportunity to score […]

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Michael Nocek | December 7, 2018
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West Shore Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Incredible Views, Ice on Emerald Bay, Perfect Powder

A few friends and I made it down to the West Shore of Lake Tahoe, CA today. The place is stunning.  Water everywhere. The skiing was good on north and east aspects.  South and west facing snow was cooked and/or cooked and refrozen. It was all about the views today.  We got a bit skunked on the light, but still had […]

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Miles Clark | January 26, 2017
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Backcountry Trip Report & Photo Tour: Virginia Lakes, CA

We awoke today with thoughts of Tioga Pass today but knew that highway 120 was closed only 4 miles west of the 395/120 junction so we weren’t sure where we’d end up. Our plan was to end up in Mammoth with some friends. We skied the Mt. Rose “Chutes” in the morning on a whim and had a blast on their steep terrain. After the Chutes we loaded back into the car and then randomly decided to check out Virginia Lakes on our way south. Neither of us had been there before […]

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SnowBrains | April 28, 2014
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