Tioga Pass, CA Report: Solstice Couloir + Banana Chute = 1 Concussion, 1 Dislocated Shoulder, 2 Heinous Chutes Report from May 3, 2022 Today was wild… I skied the worst snow I’ve ever skied on Tioga Pass. One of our crew aired onto rocks in the parking lot, got a concussion, and dislocated his shoulder. We had to take him to the hospital. I pulled a 1cm long sea urchin spine from the Maldives out of my foot […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 4, 2022 4 Comments
Trip Report: 13,100′ Mt. Dana, CA | “Solstice Couloir” to “Banana Chute” Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from May 11, 2021 Yesterday, we went for an old classic. This might be my #1 most favorite ski link up on Earth… Solstice Couloir on 13,100′ Mt. Dana to Banana Chute in Ellery Bowl. Both runs are big, steep, spicy, and dangerously fun. Oh, and I got to do this with one […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 13, 2021 7 Comments
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 […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 11, 2020 0 Comments
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: “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
Trip Report: Mt. Dana, CA – “Solstice Couloir” Yesterday, May 29th, 2020 we skied the dreadfully fun “Solstice Couloir” and “Banana Chute” off Mt. Dana & Ellery Bowl, respectively. This legendary California link-up is extraordinarily gorgeous, offensively charming, and relatively simple. Climb up Mt. Dana from Tioga Pass, ski down one of Dana’s many northern chutes, cruise down Glacier Canyon, cross the Dana Plateau, and drop into one […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 30, 2020 5 Comments
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) […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 24, 2019 3 Comments
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 by Scott Sports Skis Used: 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: 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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 14, 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 by Scott Sports Skis Used: 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 → 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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 7, 2019 0 Comments
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 […] Weather Miles Clark | May 28, 2013 5 Comments
State of the Eastside Report: Full Tioga Pass Conditions Report Options may not abound in the Eastern Sierra right now, but where there is snow it’s ripping! Tioga pass is open up to the park entrance providing easy access to lines off Mount Dana, Gaylor, False White, Conness and North Peak. This is no secret- but while riders are showing up in droves to schralp the goods, the snow is […] Zeb Blais | April 30, 2013 3 Comments
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