Tioga Pass, CA Conditions Report: Yesterday I drove over 9,945′ Tioga Pass with plans to ski Ellery Bowl just on the East side of the pass. I was hoping for snow down to the parking area like last Spring, but was severely disappointed. Looking up from the bottom revealed no snow at all on the lower half of Ellery Bowl. It looks like neither Chute Out nor Banana Chute go right now. Even the corniced bowl of Ellery Bowl doesn’t exactly look like it goes from the top. False White looks as bony as it gets. Maybe skiable if you’re into dodging rock constantly. The Power Plant Chutes are in, but there would be a lot of rock walking to access them. I couldn’t quite see into the Third Pillar but it […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 7, 2015 5 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
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