RED MOUNTAIN

Red Mountain

Red mountain is a great liitle mountain right off the road a mile from my house in Crowley Lake. It is 3200 vert and mostly north facing. We had gotten a little snow the past few days, and it was cold, for California that is. I had always driven by it, and it looked great. It reminded me a little of Taylor mountain on Teton Pass. My partner called in sick, so I decided to head up Red solo. I ran into 2 people heading up, so I joined them. The lower flanks looked pretty tracked, so I was a little hesitant. I hate tracks. As we climbed higher I realized that people were mostley skiing the lower pitch, and the upper bowls were untouched. SWEET!

The upper bowls of Red Mountain

We skinned up the main drainage and got onto a ridge seperating the bowls, and saw some great powder to be had.

The middle bowl Red Mountain

Lookers right bowl Red Mountain

We arrived at the top and were greeted to some amazing views.

The White Mountains

East Face of Mt. Morrison in the distance upper right

Mt Morgan North summit chutes

Mt Morgan North with Nevahabe ridge extending to the right

We decided to ski the right bowl, and dam was it good. It was smokey dry Teton smoke, about a foot of it. I couldn’t believe it. I was on my brand new skis too, Voile asylums, they performed well.

My tracks down the bowl

I skied Red Mountain two days in a row, and it was great. Nice to have such a great shot a mile down the road, with very little people. Man I love the high sierra.