Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Beaver Mountain Ski Area – Utah’s Best Kept Secret With the ski industry being taken over by corporate giants, it can be refreshing to spend your money at a small, quiet, and family-run operation. That’s where Beaver Mountain comes in. Beaver Mountain, or as the locals call it, “The Beav,” is located up Logan Canyon just 20 minutes away from Bear Lake, Utah. The resort is conveniently placed between Logan […] Industry News Tyler Hatch | May 22, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 12,200′ Mt. Esha, CA – “2nd Chute” Report from May 20, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism In 2006, I skied Mt. Esha and swore I’d never ski it again… It’s a long walk for a short ski. But I just saw the face of Esha from a bird’s eye view while on top of the “Wineglass Couloir” 2-days ago on May 18. The face of […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 21, 2023 1 Comment
Teton Mountains, Wy-Daho; Have Snow Will Ski! Report from the week of May 15 thru 19, 2023 Make no mistake, winter’s coming around to calling it quits in the Tetons, for sure, but the hills aren’t dry yet. For those keen on a quiet walk, there are stashes a’plenty, especially to northerly faces or along the summits. And anyway, we’re pretty easy sells when it comes to […] Conditions Report Paulie | May 20, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: McGee Creek Peak, CA – 2,800-Vertical-Foot “Wineglass Couloir” Report from May 18, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism Chasing Connery Lundin down “Wineglass Couloir” yesterday was a blast! Yesterday, we went for a fun chute after scaring ourselves a bit on Tuesday’s very steep “Pete’s Dream.” Wineglass Couloir is 2,800 vertical feet! It also isn’t freezing at night, so Wineglass Couloir’s NW aspect was perfect. This line […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 19, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 10,908′ Carson Peak, CA – 45º Steep “Pete’s Dream” Report from May 16, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism Yesterday, we went for a dream line. Pete’s Dream off 10,908′ Carson Peak, CA. 45º steep, complex, exposed, and all above a cliff band. This line has been haunting our dreams since 2006 when we went to look at it and backed off out of fear… Yesterday, the stars […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 17, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 11,812′ Mt. Laurel, CA – 3,500-Vertical-Foot “Pinner Couloir” Report from May 15, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism 4am. Crescent moon. Hiking by 5:10am. Glassy Convict Lake disturbed only by soothing fish ripples and gentle wind waves. Piercing sunrise reflected off Red Slate Peak’s tempting North Couloir. Brutal isothermic snow on the bootpack up to the northeast ridge. Devastating summit views of Red Slate Peak, Bloody Mountain, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 15, 2023 1 Comment
Sierra Nevada, CA, Report: 48º Steep “Pitch Fork” Couloir at Convict Lake Report from May 11, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism After yesterday’s long walk on 13,005′ Mt. Morgan, Owen Leeper, Trevor, and I decided to go for a more bite sized objective today. After skiing Morgan yesterday was swung through Convict Lake to look at a couloir we’d seen from the road. It dives right down into the lake […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 11, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 13,005′ Mt. Morgan, CA – Nevahbe Ridge Gullies Report from May 10, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism 4:45am alarm clock. Blue Danube by Johan Strauss II (because it’s such a beautiful song, it hurts a little less to wake up so early). We left the house at 5:30 and headed due south for 13,005′ Mt. Morgan, CA. The roads are still buried in snow here so […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 10, 2023 0 Comments
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