Author: Stev

We went on a recon mission to find some accessible snow. After being turned back three times (Once due to lack of snow and two times due to

Sharing joy and beauty with my wife and our dogs Makisha and Penny. Our first destination from Ebbetts Pass was Dorothy Lake. A closer look at the shoreline.

Silver Peak selfie. Stev starts down. Spence making more tracks. Spence skiing by with Lake Tahoe in the background. Spence heads further down. Spence blasts through Mother Nature’s

Our Mount Rose Highway Summit recon dusk patrol mission the previous evening revealed lots of good skiing potential up around Tamarack Peak. On the drive up we could

This was a dusk patrol recon mission. While we had a pretty late start time of 6:15 PM, we still found good snow conditions as well as finding

(Part two of two locations in one day.) I headed up to Sunrise Bowl at sunset to join Spence’s celebration with some birthday turns. Spence celebrating a Hoppy

(Part one of two locations in one day.) Looking up. I skied from the peak on near looker’s right. It offers about 650 feet of vertical. Penny loves

Dusk Patrol We started our mission at 4:45 PM. Stev bootpacking up… …and skiing down… Spence heading down… …and further down with Mono Lake in the background… Spence

Dusk Patrol I started my approach at 6:40 PM. Here is a photo of the ridge of snow I skied. Penny: I also attempted some self-timer photos. Here

Dusk Patrol Skiing Spence bootpacking up toward Leviathan Peak Fire Lookout Spence harvesting sweet corn snow Penny following Stev Stev skiing in the shadows Penny Stev spraying snow