Tioga Pass Report: The North Peak Couloirs My favorite area to go backcountry skiing is the Eastern Sierra. And this year for one reason or another I hadn’t made it out to the East Side yet. With the season coming to a close, I knew I had to get out there whenever I had a free day. So a few days ago I made a day trip out to ski North Peak with my buddy Stefan. We had heard that Saddlebag Lake was plowed but not open yet, so we brought along mountain bikes for the approach. The gate was locked on our way in, but on the way out we saw that the gate was open and a few cars had already driven up and parked at the lake. Saddlebag Lake is mostly frozen and […] Conditions Report Guest Author | May 19, 2014 2 Comments