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Trip Report: Dana Plateau, CA – “Kidney Chute”

Yesterday, June 9th 2020, Fox, Bevan, The Andy Hays, & I skied “Kidney Chute” off the Dana Plateau near Tioga Pass, California. The Dana Plateau holds some of the spiciest lines in California. Kidney Chute is not one of them – it’s made for pure fun. “The Kidney Chute is the easiest way down from the Dana Plateau.” – Greenberg […]

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Miles Clark | June 11, 2020
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Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: “The Flume” Off 13,000′ Mt. Dana | Tioga Pass

Report from June 22nd, 2019 Brought to you by Scott Sports Skis Used:  Scott Super Guide 105 Saturday may have been our last backcountry ski tour of the season… There was one last chute that we’d wanted to ski off 13,000′ Mt. Dana and it looked spicy. The chute is named “The Flume” (at least that’s what we named it in situ) […]

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Miles Clark | June 24, 2019
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Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: Huge Cornice, Unknown Chute Off Mt. Dana Is Steep & Scary… | Tioga Pass

Report from June 13th, 2019 Brought to you by Scott Sports Skis Used:  Scott Super Guide 105 After 4 trips staring at the scary-looking Unkown Chute off of 13,000′ Mt. Dana off Tioga Pass, CA we decided to give it a go today. Greggy and I starting skinning at 9am from the top of Tioga Pass. 2 hours later, we were dropping […]

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Miles Clark | June 14, 2019
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Eastern Sierra, CA Backcountry Report: Mt. Dana → Dana Couloir → Power House Chutes | Tioga Pass

Report from June 6th, 2019 Brought to you by Scott Sports Skis Used:  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 […]

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Miles Clark | June 7, 2019
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Eastern Sierra Photo Tour | Mt. Dana, Dana Plateau, Mt. Wood, Dunderberg Peak, Bloody Couloir, Sonora Pass | May 27th

On our way home from Mammoth yesterday, we did our best to get some good shots of the Eastern Sierra.  Most areas that you can see from highway 395 are hurting for snow.  Up off Tioga and Sonora passes there might some nuggets left… **Just got this mini-report from Christian in our comments:** “Skinned out to Greeley Lake just past […]

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Miles Clark | May 28, 2013
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9,624-Foot Sonora Pass, CA is OPEN | Earliest Opening in a Decade | Tioga Pass is OPEN to Pass from the East

9,624-foot Sonora Pass (first crossed in 1852) on California highway 108 crosses the Sierra Nevada in an impressive place. Impressive, because its highest point is right in the middle of fantastic ski terrain. The pass just opened and while that’s a […]

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Miles Clark | April 25, 2013
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