Eastern Sierra, CA, Report: Steep, Well-Walled, & Short | The Lower Lamarck Lake Chutes Report from May 27, 2025 My last day of backcountry skiing for the season was in the Lower Lamarck Lake Chutes. Lee and I set off at a casual 7:00 a.m. from Mammoth, and we were hiking by around 8:30 a.m. We walked the trail to the lake, then had to route-find around the lake, where we finally encountered snow […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 1, 2025 0 Comments
The Best Time to Buy Snowboard Gear It is no secret that snowboarding is an expensive sport. Between gear, lift tickets, and getting to the resort, just a single day can cost hundreds of dollars. While it may seem like snowboarding simply requires spending some money, there are various ways to cut down on all the expenses the sport brings, and one of the best ways is […] Brains Quinn Brophy | January 10, 2025 0 Comments
Trip Report: Peak 12,691′, CA – “Paiute Pass Ridge Chutes” – The Walled Couloir Report from July 8, 2023 Peak 12,691′, CA’s “Paiute Pass Ridge Chutes” – The Walled Couloir yesterday was spicy hot! Ok, ok, we were only gonna do 20 lines for this Eastern Sierra project but we just couldn’t resist chute #21… I saw this well-walled beauty 3-days ago while skiing in this zone for line #20 of the project. I […] Trip Report Miles Clark | July 9, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: Peak 12,691′, CA – “Paiute Pass Ridge Chutes” Report from July 6, 2023 12,691′ Paiute Pass Ridge Chutes Yesterday = summer skiing bliss! This was our 20th & final “new-to-us” ski mountaineering line of our 2023 Eastern Sierra Project – “The Twenty Project” (he he). We feel simply ecstatic to have completed this challenging project and to have experienced so many inconceivable zones. We skied 20 different ski […] Trip Report Miles Clark | July 7, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 13,494′ Mt. Thompson, CA – “Trident Couloirs” Report from June 20, 2023 13,494′ Mt. Thompson, CA’s “Trident Couloirs” scared the crap out of me yesterday! I thought about turning around at breakfast at 4 am, on the drive down, immediately upon hitting South Lake, near Treasure Lake, at the bench below Thompson, and even halfway up the Couloir, where I considered down climbing. Anxiety shadowed my every […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 21, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 12,871′ Mount Johnson, CA – “North Couloir” Report from June 15, 2023 We’ve had terrible weather in the Eastern Sierra since Saturday. Rain, snow, thunderstorms, lots of clouds. We waited out the storms, then gave the snowpack two days to adjust to all the rain, hail, and new snow. We returned yesterday hoping for a good overnight freeze and smooth corn skiing. We were wrong. The snow […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 16, 2023 1 Comment
Trip Report: 12,219′ Hurd Peak, CA – “North Face” Report from June 8, 2023 After a big week last week (Tungstar Bowls, Basin Mountain, The Incredible Hulk), we needed a high-quality ski mountaineering line that didn’t require much hiking. We’d gotten some good beta that 12,219 Hurd Peak, CA was skiing well (thanks Laura & others). The only hiccup was that the South Lake Rd was closed 1.3 miles […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 10, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 13,187′ Basin Mountain – “Basin Couloir Alternate” Report from June 2, 2023 Yesterday, we ventured into the land of the purple snow cactus. The purple snow cacti hold some of the bigger mountains around here. 13,187′ Basin Mountain 13,658′ Mt. Tom 13,986′ Mt. Humpreys 13,210′ Mt. Emerson Basin Mountain was our goal. I’d been wanting to ski this beast for about 20 years. The time had come… […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 3, 2023 0 Comments
Popular California Climbing Areas Near Bishop Closed this Spring due to Record-Breaking Snowfall The unprecedented snowfall in the Sierra Nevadas has created problems for individuals looking to climb popular routes in California. Although the nearly 700 inches of snow that the Northern and Central California ski resorts have seen has been a welcoming sight for skiers and snowboarders, the climbing community of the area is unfortunately not as happy. Related: 2022/23 is Now […] Climbing Matt Scribner | April 3, 2023 0 Comments
Mammoth Hospital Pleas With Visitors & 2nd Home Owners to Stay Away Mono County in California, home to Mammoth Lakes and world-class ski resort Mammoth Mountain, is getting hit hard by COVID-19 right now. This is not an area with a lot of healthcare resources. Mammoth Hospital is urging visitors and 2nd homeowners to respectfully stay away from the area to prevent stress on the area’s limited healthcare system. Mammoth Hospital wrote […] SnowBrains | April 10, 2020 0 Comments
Overwhelmed Climbing Destination Bishop, CA Asking People NOT to Visit and to Stay Home Climbers ignoring calls for social distancing, and no mass gatherings, descended en-mass on Bishop, CA last week risking the health of the local population. Locals in the town counted around 300 cars on Chalk Bluff Road, at the mouth of the Happy Boulders, last weekend, reported Rock and Ice. Bishop is home to some of the best bouldering in the world […] Climbing CragBrains | March 23, 2020 0 Comments
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