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50 Classic Backcountry Ski and Snowboard Summits in California: Mount Shasta to Mount Whitney
By Paul Richins Jr.. Decent info, lots of good skiing ideas. Approaches/descents often imprecise--bring a map!

Kim and I did an overnight trip into the Mokelumne Wilderness from Carson Pass on May 22-23, 2003. We toured a couple miles and camped above Winnemucca Lake at 9100 feet elevation. The following morning we ascended to the west shoulder of Round Top and skied some gentle east-facing slopes. They were getting sloppy quick, so we moved to the northwest-facing slopes of Elephants Back. After an enjoyable run we headed back for camp and packed up before an approaching thunderstorm dumped on us.

Lots of snow and nice weather, courtesy of some big April storms.

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cp00-carson-pass-tripmap.JPG (140 KB) Topo map of our ski trip. Sol...	cp01-kim-carson-pass.jpg (238 KB) Kim at Carson Pass parking are...	cp02-morgan-carson-pass.jpg (219 KB) Morgan at Carson Pass parking ...
cp03-round-top-sisters-pano.jpg (254 KB) Panoramic view of Round Top an...	cp03a-storm-approaching.jpg (167 KB) Kim looking worried as a thund...	cp04-round-top-sisters-pano.jpg (316 KB) Another panoramic view of Roun...
cp05-round-top-camp.jpg (212 KB) Kim and our camp above Winnemu...	cp06-cumulonimbus.jpg (106 KB) The storm missed us, but dumpe...	cp07-round-top-sunset-pano.jpg (427 KB) Round Top and Winnemucca Lake ...
cp08-sunset.jpg (162 KB) Sunset from our camp.	cp09-kim-touring-round-top.jpg (203 KB) Kim making the day's first tra...	cp10-kim-elephants-back.jpg (186 KB) Kim ascending the west shoulde...
cp11-morgan-turning.jpg (99 KB) Morgan making the first turns ...	cp12-morgan-turning.jpg (125 KB) Skiing the gentle northwest sl...	cp13-descent-route.jpg (211 KB) Our descent route from the wes...
cp14-elephants-back-pano.jpg (533 KB) Panoramic view southeast from ...	cp15-descent-route.jpg (158 KB) We descended the gentle southw...

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