TR: GREAT BASIN NP

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*Shortened TR: get the whole thing here with high resolution photos and more story.
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We got to Great basin and drove up its access road. we set up camp on a dry concrete platform that sits a few thousand feet under Mt. Wheeler's summit. Our ski ascent was on the straight strip of snow on the left.


That evening we went up into the bristecone grove, the largest collection of the oldest organisims on earth. We hung out all afternoon and had a blast, the trees are insane. 3,000 years plus old.


We headed 2 miles back to camp and shut down shop for the night, in the morning we were going to ski somewhere on the mountain. We hiked up to the grove again then over to a massive straight chute to the top of Jeff Davis Peak. The going was slow rotating between skis and bootpacking.


from near the summit of JEFF DAVIS we found a true gem of a chute. We saw it from the grove the evening before but it ended on rock, thats ok lets send it. The chute was massive and Brett stuck around on the cliff to take photos.




I got some photos too as Brett descended


I milked the apron after the talus slog.



FUN FUN FUN

[Kirby]

Nice.

Thanks for sharing!

[deeppo]

Love Great basin. Skied there 5 years ago in early May. There was still 100+ inches of snow. Mt Jeff Davis was one of the best skis Ive done.
deeppo

[Big Blue]

I love GBNP. We got some awesome turns in there a few years ago. We stopped and talked to the ranger on our way in. When we mentioned that we were there to ski he said "You've come to the wrong place, there's no chairlifts here" and looked at us like we were retards.

[45hill]

Did you go into Lehman Cave?

[Slaag Master]

thanks. looks fun.