Back-country skiing Guides and Trips

Climbing Pyramid Peak is a great way to experience Desolation Wilderness in the winter.  Kristin, Malin, Tim, Posy, Sitka and I had a blast as we turned a climb that could be done as a day trip into a 2 day snow camping adventure.After an early departure from San Francisco on a Saturday morning we were parked at Pyramid Creek on Highway 50 and underway by about 10am.  After some relatively steep...

Taking advantage of the late Sierra snowpack, Malin, Posy, Tim, Sitka and I spent a great weekend (mostly on skis) in the Desolation Wilderness backcountry.  We departed from Inspiration Point at Emerald bay around 10AM after a short avalanche beacon refresher session led by Malin and only one small gear snafu (wrong set of skins for skis that was solved with duct tape).Following both a skin track and a snowshoe track we...