Trip Report: Mt. Dana, CA – “Dana Couloir” Yesterday, June 2nd 2020, Greggy and I skied the legendary “Dana Couloir” off 13,061′ Mt. Dana on the border of Yosemite National Park, California. The “Dana Couloir” was given a 5-star rating in the Nate Greenberg & Dan Mingori’s eastside ski bible:ย “Backcountry Skiing The Eastern Sierra.” “Dana Couloir is the most popular descent off Mt. Dana and one of […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 5, 2020 6 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
Tioga Pass Report: Ellery Chute & General Scouting | May 2nd We got a late start yesterday with a large crew and headed up to 9,945′ Tioga Pass from Mammoth, CA. We went straight to Ellery Bowl above Ellery Lake near the top of Tioga Pass. We spotted a chute that went through and had a very tight choke near the top. It looked doable and fun so we went for it. We skinned straight up Ellery Bowl to the Dana Plateau, scouted Mt. Dana’s Solistice Couloir and Dana Couloir for future use, then skinned […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 3, 2014 9 Comments