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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 […]
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Sonora Pass, Ca OPENS Friday! | Tioga Pass OPEN to Summit Today!

One good thing about low snowfall in California is that both the Sonora and Tioga passes in California will be opening very early. Sonora pass opens Friday and Tioga pass will open to the pass at 9,943-feet from the East today. Both of these passes give access to some of the most incredible backcountry skiing in the USA. SONORA AND TIOGA PASS OPENING DATES: 9,624-foot Sonora Pass will open on Friday, April 17th, 2015. 9,943-foot Tioga […]
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Rainbow Pools / Yosemite / Tioga Pass Report & Photo Tour:

I drove through Yosemite on Friday and Saturday. Rainbow Pools was going off. I’ve never seen so many people there. I had to park up the road and walk down. That’s never happened to me. There were over 100 people hanging out, fishing, swimming, peanut gallerying, and cliff jumping. One guy threw a double backflip and put the rest of us to shame. A couple other guys, who’d clearly been drinking, tried flips and ended up doing 1.25 flips with very loud, painful, and entertaining consequences. The crowd that spends time at Rainbow Pools is the classic American crowd. I call it the Big ___s and Tattoo crowd – B.T.&T. in [..]
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One Day in CA: Surf → Water Ski → Cliff Jump → Ski → Ice Cream → Hot Springs

California. It’s simply an amazing place. Today, it showed off what it can really do. I was up early and got into the water at Ocean Beach, San Francisco by 7am. The waves were terrible, it was windy and cold. I got a few “fun” rides and called it good after about an hour. Size was in the 2-4 foot range. From the beach to the Stockton Delta. Met up with […]
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Tioga Pass Report: North Peak Couloirs | by Josh Daiek

After a decent approach to the base we began hiking straight for our objective, the North couloir of North Peak. As we slogged our way up the steep apron temperatures continued to rise and the snow began to heat up fast. We found ourselves in a bit of a precarious situation as we crossed over giant patches of hollow snow that seemed to be melting from the bottom up. One at a time we […]
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Chuting Tioga Pass: Mt. Dana & Ellery Bowl| by Josh Daiek

After what seemed to be a really short and dismal ski season, I found myself feeling a little empty and dissatisfied. As ski areas across the Sierra’s wrapped up winter operations, most people threw in the towel and called it quits, but I’m not ready to quit and surely not ready for summer! With a thin snow pack and temps already breaching the 70 degree mark, I knew time was of the essence. So I threw on my skins and spent a week ski touring classic lines in the Tahoe backcountry. It was fun, but I needed something more, something different, something new, something adventurous! After discussing various options with buddy, Cody Townsend […]
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