Peter Grubb Hut, February 10 - 12, 2017
Embarked on the skin to the hut after several days of weather - rain followed by snow. The weather broke the morning we departed for the hut. The skin in was through fresh powder, the trees were weighed down with over a foot of snow. There was a dramatic pink and gray sunset with storm clouds lingering in the distance. Clouds hovered over Castle Peak. The full moon rose about half way to the hut, coming up over the ridge of Castle Peak creating shadows of the snowy trees against the fresh snow. The hut almost eluded us, only the top eve of the second floor showing, and thankfully exposing the second floor door.
Our full day of skiing was near perfect conditions, very little wind and dramatic gray clouds resting firmly atop the ridge between Castle Peak and Basin Peak. We got beautiful fresh snow through the trees and amazing sunlight playing over the landscape!
Bradley Hut, March 17 - 19, 2016
Map detailing a backcountry ski trip to Bradley Hut. The tour we did on day 1 is in red, the tour we did on day 2 is in purple. A lot of elevation, a lot of sun and a lot of excellent skiing!
Mount Whitney Summit, September 20, 2013
Reached the summit of Mount Whitney at 14,496' on September 20, 2013.