Despite a lean spring season, there's still skiable snow just off CA-120 beyond the Yosemite Gate. These are the gullies below Gaylor Peak.

Big Tim surveys the goods.


Ski To Your Car

An unnamed Teletipster returns home after a long day. The skiing was so good, she returned with her pants on backwards.

A car shuttle removes about 500' from the climb. Jill and an unnamed Teletipster approve. Note the Seki Syncro, in all Its Glory, framing the West Face of Mt. Dana.

Jill rips up the main gully, while Mitch captures it on video.

Drizzle and snow threaten after a clear, calm night in the Southwest campground. We wait until a ranger delivers a positive forecast before heading up the mountain.


Southwest Face

A low snow year takes its toll on the southerly aspects.


photo by Cedrik
Big Mountain, Little Skier

Dropping in just below the summit, I get many soft corn turns.


Southeast Bowl

On the way up for a second run, the sun finally breaks through once and for all.

The road is cleared but closed, so we walk it.


*assen Summit

Or what is left after the big eruptions of 1914-1915.


Cedrik

Yeah, that's good corn.


All Downhill From Here

But the snow really hasn't gone anywhere, sun or no sun.

You can gain extra vertical with well-placed car shuttles and a little road walking.


Mt. Dunderberg (East Peak)

This looks like an ideal camping spot.


Serious Vertical

Skiing something like this really makes one feel like they have accomplished something.

The ridge itself is a nice gentle climb to point 11,147.


In the Green Creek Couloir

Dropping 3,000' from 11,147' on Kavanaugh Ridge north of Mt. Dunderberg, this chute has a long, consistent pitch and a very aesthetic line.