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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 […]

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Miles Clark | May 20, 2025
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | May 17, 2025
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | May 17, 2025
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | May 15, 2025
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | May 12, 2025
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Niigata, Japan, Trip Report Pt. 2: Skiing During the Legendary Storm Cycle That Dropped 25 Feet of Snow in 12 Days

Report from February 2025. Snow Country, also known as Yukiguni in Japanese, is not only a place of beauty and a region with a tremendous amount of snowfall, but it is also the title of a famous novel by Japanese Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata.ย  History lesson aside, transitioning from the previous five days of insane powder skiing in the […]

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Daryn Edmunds | May 12, 2025
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | May 11, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Celebrating Day 100 This Season With Sun and Slush at the Spring Skiing Capital

Report from May 8, 2025 Every time we load our gear into the car at 4:45 am for a Palisades spring skiing tripโ€”pitch-black and only half-awakeโ€”it ends up being aย phenomenal, fun-packed 16 hours. And once again, this gorgeous May day proved to be no different. Since Palisades Tahoe is, as always, the last resort open around the basin, it was […]

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John Cunningham | May 10, 2025
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