Mammoth, CA Report: Naked Groomer Madness! Report from May 13, 15, 16, 17, 2022 We’ve been skiing Mammoth like crazy lately because the backcountry hasn’t been good. Well, we did go into the backcountry on Saturday, and it was pretty darned fun in spots… Sierra Nevada, CA Report: 60 People, 2 Chutes, 5,000-Vertical-Feet, & 7 Doggers Mammoth, however, has been $$$$. On May 13, Mammoth was […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 17, 2022 0 Comments
Mount Shasta, CA, Conditions Report: Warm and Sunny Week Ahead, Get After it Soon! Report from May 15, 2022, and written by the Blackbird Mountain Guides team Blackbird Mountain Guide, Ali Agee, checked in today with an update from the past two days on the mountain skiing in the Hidden Valley Zone! For those of you that don’t know, Hidden Valley is West of Avalanche Gulch just over Casaval Ridge, and sits at the base […] Conditions Report Guest Author | May 17, 2022 0 Comments
Sierra Nevada, CA Report: 60 People, 2 Chutes, 5,000-Vertical-Feet, & 7 Doggers Report from May 14, 2022 On Sunday, we met up with a group of 60 happy humans to hike & ski 2 epic chutes in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Yes, you read that right: 60 people. Costumes Wigs Dogs Kids Elderly Beers Sunburns Big, funny hats This is an annual tradition that we’d done once before back in 2016, but […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 16, 2022 2 Comments
Wasatch Range, UT, Report: Creamy Cardiff, Thrilling Two Trees Report from Friday, May 13, 2022 Plan A—the one that included a rappel into Heart of Darkness, a spicy descent on the ultra-exposed Diving Board, and a cool line home in Mill B—was a bust. So, for Plan B, we skied some super fun, creamy powder on a north-facing descent into Cardiff dubbed “Spicy Taquito” and a thrilling southwest-facing line […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 13, 2022 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA Report: Sunrise Corduroy Paradise… Report from May 12, 2022 Mammoth opens at 7:30am right now. You wanna be there at 7:30am. There’s no one out, the light is scintillating, and the groomers are untouched. We were out there early today and we were the 1st down a few groomed runs. It was still cold this morning and the groomed runs were packed powder after […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 12, 2022 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: Another 7″ of Cold Smoke, 19″ Since Monday—What is May? Report from Thursday, May 12, 2022 May 12! This month has been good to us. I measured 7″ of cold powder on Alta’s upper-elevation slopes this morning, making for 19″ in total since Monday morning. It felt like Christmas but sunnier. Connor and I got to Alta at 8 am today and fixed our gazes toward Gunsight. It was snowing […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 12, 2022 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA Report: Bluebird Powder Day in May at 7:30am Report from May 11, 2022 We awoke today to a bluebird powder day. It felt weird to wake up at 6am for it… But the mountain opens at 7:30am right now! We were in line right at 7:30am when it opened and we went straight to wait for Chair 23. We could tell that the snow generally wasn’t gonna be […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 12, 2022 3 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Report: 10,300′ Round Top’s “Crescent Couloir” & Memories of the “Dogahawk” Report from May 11, 2022 Yesterday I awoke at 6am in the California delta. On the road by 7am headed directly to Mammoth to ski the afternoon. 24-hour fast day. I swerved around a crashed truck at 8am in the valley. Green grass and oak trees in the foothihlls. Snowy in the upper foothills. Then quite a bit of snow […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 11, 2022 1 Comment
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