Sonora Pass

[TahoeBC]

Sick pics TahoeBC!

So that one chute that you hit that you weren't aware of...no idea but I just called it ???Chute...so lets name it!!! Its near Deadmans so maybe Gunsight etc?

Its the same one we hit in this report:

https://snowbrains.com/clamoring-for...onora-pass-ca/



There's another burly chute on that gnar mountain that sits in front of Leavitt Peak (you took corn turns on lookers right in the bowl)...its impossible to get beta unless you ski it or hike up it. But that's the only other sort of hidden chute in that zone.

You talking about this one? this shot is from last year taken from the top of the first coolie I skied on Thursday, you get a pretty good view of it from the top of it as well as the top entrances to the alt Y entrance and the top of what I've heard called Paris Hilton. Speaking of Paris a buddy that skied that line 25 years ago calls that line Cozmo's Couloir named after the dog who skied it with him the first time, I'm calling it that for now on, much better than a line named after some rich girl that never had to work a day in her life.


Gunsight sounds good to me

[skier666]

Yes, that's the line in this report (might as well attach them)...no name either as far as I know.

https://snowbrains.com/chasing-calif...a-pass-042014/



I think the alt-Y chute off the top was called Paris by us years ago but not quite 25 years so Cozmo's could be a more proper name.

[TahoeBC]

Was thinking that line looked to narrow for my taste, then saw your screen grab and I thought that's not to bad, then I watched the video, holy shit, prolly not a line I'll ever ski!

Guessing there's lots of names out there for chutes not documented in a book, everyone comes up with one, sometimes they stick.

Not near the skier you are but here are some highlights from the last few days, should help provide current beta for those looking to get out there still.

[~mikey b]

Nice

[Dkla52]

Yes, that's the line in this report (might as well attach them)...no name either as far as I know.

https://snowbrains.com/chasing-calif...a-pass-042014/



I think the alt-Y chute off the top was called Paris by us years ago but not quite 25 years so Cozmo's could be a more proper name.

Sick line. Sick video. And you gotta love that Exit World. I'm pretty sure you have already tried the Bibby tour. In case you haven't, DEFINITELY DO!! You'll end up getting it in both 190 and 184

[Marhankins]

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2nd lap I went for the Y and dropped the alternate entrance at noon as there were not any tracks on that side yet, the main entrance looked pretty easy though. Skiing was on the firm side but not terrible but the worst turns I had out of all three days
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I summited Leavitt with you on Sunday. Nice to meet you, tahoeBC. Here are some pictures I took of you in the Y.






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[TahoeBC]

Likewise!

And back at ya



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[skier666]

Sick line. Sick video. And you gotta love that Exit World. I'm pretty sure you have already tried the Bibby tour. In case you haven't, DEFINITELY DO!! You'll end up getting it in both 190 and 184

Yeah, I have the latest Bibby Tour in a 190. Solid skis for sure.

[TheK12]

@skier666 - awesome vids as always! out of curiosity, what do you use for video editing?

@tahoebc - as somebody already said, you win the thread pretty much daily.

[skier666]

@skier666 - awesome vids as always! out of curiosity, what do you use for video editing?

I just use iMovie...need to learn Final Cut

[mcski]

I just use iMovie...need to learn Final Cut

Same "music to waterboard by" too

[TheK12]

I just use iMovie...need to learn Final Cut

cool. yeah, that's what I'm using. simple to use but less than stellar.

[~mikey b]

Coming up on Memorial Day weekend so it’s gonna snow.

[~mikey b]

[TahoeBC]

Buzzed down that way today and got off the beaten path

[~mikey b]

Nice...

We had fun







You could almost touch the clouds today.

[TahoeBC]

Most likely my last trip to Sonora even though it was prolly the best skiing I've had down there this spring. New snow a couple days ago buffed the upper blue canyon area, deadmans had to much rockfall in it. Stuff below 9700 is getting sun cupped and is rain runnelled pretty badly and the blue canyon snow bridges could fail any day now.

3 fun runs with Gimpy today, great way to close out Sonora on a high note







A look at 666's pinner coolie with the Y in the background

[~mikey b]

Krystal Kartwright got a great one of me on Sunday....

[powdrhound]

Please make me feel better about the whippet.
I can’t avoid bad thoughts while looking at it.
Maybe I don’t fall often, but when I do, there is usually a good loss of control involved.

[skier666]

Nice shot of good ol' Gimpy!

[gimpy]

Some pics from mem day dank with tbc



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Bottom of Sonora Pass (West Walker River) tree stump stoke highlighted today in Nature Geoscience!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0129-1

Here's a read-only version for y'all:
https://rdcu.be/Q9ME



An example of how I used these trees and Walker Lake itself to estimate how bad our recent drought was:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley....2/2015GL065841

And some ski stoke from Sonora, cuz yea, "field work" must be comprehensive. Plus I'm having fun with the iPhone fisheye attachment (which I haven't dropped yet!)

Proper way to enter the lookers right Y:


Fun-n-turny:


OK and last bit of science, here's a write-up (now under revision after peer review) on the weird super warm April storm. The deadman stream crossing avy debris and subsequent debris flow that cut through the snow made it in there (figure 6)! What a trippy event.
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/201805.0333/v1

[jorion]

Finally made it to Sonora Pass this year after a shitty May of zero skiing. The snow on Leavitt is still good, but the snow bridge is gone and there’s around 30 minutes of hiking/scrambling from the hairpin.

Lots of cool terrain to the south.



Dicey river crossing.

[~mikey b]

Tomorrow

[~mikey b]

It’s a little rugged down low...