Trip Report: “South Fork Bowl” – Skiing 3,400-Vertical-Feet on Peak 13,103 in Big Pine, California Report from May 19, 2025 Garrett told us we had to go down to Big Pine and ski Peak 13,103 next to Kid Mountain. He said it was only a 2-mile dirt walk, then snow all the way. What I didn’t realize is that it would be a 3,300-vertical-foot bootpack… Peak 13,103, CA โ South Fork Bowl Details Summit (actually […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 20, 2025 0 Comments
Eastern Sierra, CA, Report: The “Bat Cave Chutes” In 5-Star Corn Snow Report from May 16, 2025 2 days ago, we saw this zone on our hike up University Peak and I loved the look of it. Convoluted, spines, chutes, and open faces all in one zone. We came back for it the next day, yesterday. 2 days ago, it was cool in the morning. Yesterday was hot. We battled up that […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 17, 2025 0 Comments
Trip Report: The East Face of 13,595-Foot University Peak, CA Report from May 15, 2025 I knew we wanted to start south this year in the Eastern Sierra, CA, but I didn’t make it here until May 10 due to a family issue. Even more reason to start in the south. Fox had just been down there to a zone I’d never been to and said it was special. I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 17, 2025 1 Comment
Mammoth, CA, Report: Mini-Powder Day Fun Dust-On-Crust in Paranoids, Cornice Bowl, Avalanche Chutes, & More Report from May 14, 2025 It snowed pretty damn hard on Tuesday night here in Mammoth… Mammoth reported 3″ of new snow yesterday morning. We hit the mountain early and grabbed 4th chair on Chair 2. Our first run was on Chair 3 and it was dust on crust but fun dust on crust We did another 3 down Coyote […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 15, 2025 0 Comments
Eastern Sierra, CA, Report: 113mph Winds, Lenticular Clouds, & Crazy Long Chute In The Sun Report from May 13, 2025 Yesterday was insanely windy in the Eastern Sierra, CA. Mammoth Mountain saw winds up to 113mph and didn’t open for the day. We brainstormed all morning on where to ski and ended up heading to the “Trailer Park Chutes.” These chutes don’t look like much from below, but man, they are long and fun. The […] Backcountry Miles Clark | May 14, 2025 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA, Report: Big Wind Leads To A Private Ski Resort on Chair 23 Report from May 11, 2025 Our plan was backcountry yesterday, but the wind said otherwise. It was blowing about 60mph at the top of Chair 1 at Mammoth around 8 am. The wind direction was magically just right and Mammoth was able to get all the chairs open. Weirdly, the lower mountain was windier than the upper mountain. I rode […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 12, 2025 0 Comments
The 9 Most Expensive Daily Lift Tickets in the USA Last Season Three-hundred-dollars. 300 big ones. A week’s pay or more for many full-time laborers in Americaโworkers in the very same ski towns that charge these exorbitant prices for a day lift ticket. How do these honest people afford to go skiing? Or do they? Related: Understanding Dynamic Pricing in the Ski Industry It’s happening; daily ski ticket prices are reaching unprecedented […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 12, 2025 30 Comments
Eastern Sierra, CA, Report: Gorgeous Chute With Mini-Mandatory Air in the “Dirt Bike Chutes” Report from May 11, 2025 I awoke in Pennsylvania on Friday at 4:20 am, drove to New York, got on a plane, pit stop in Detroit, landed in Salt Lake City, UT, up to Park City, packed my bags, dropped by the POC office in Park City, grabbed a full-face helmet for my new e-bike, dropped by the Momentous office […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 11, 2025 0 Comments