Stuart Wilkinson skiing off the Wheeler Crest
Yesterday was a classic spring day in California’s Sierra Nevada. Even though it was my countless day skiing in conditions like this, I still marvel at these amazing days of warmth, abundant corn snow, and the fact that here one can drop to the car from a wintry landscape and slip on shorts and flip flops. It is a great time of the year. But this may have been the last day like this for awhile, a winter storm is steaming towards us. Here are some photos of friends from yesterday as we did some skiing and even a little USGS work.
- With Rock Creek Canyon and the Sierra Crest behind, we’re skinning up to the Wheeler Crest
- Mike Calla connecting strips of snow to keep the skis on
- The packs were heavy with scientific instruments to measure the height of summits. The good news, the Sierra are rising at the same rate as they are eroding. Don’t worry, they’ll be around for awhile
- Janine in classic Eastern Sierra spring skiing weather
- Mike Calla descending to the Owen’s Valley
- It’s always a game to see how long you can keep your skis on
- Flip flops and shorts time
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