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JAKE'S PEAK

JAKE'S PEAK
California's Sierra Nevada mountain range stretches 400 miles across the length of the state; beginning at the southern end of the Cascade Range near Lassen Peak, and ending about 100 miles north of downtown Las Angeles. California is home to both the highest, (Mt Whitney 14,505') and the snowiest (Mt Shasta 14,179'), mountains in the lower 48 states. California's maritime snowpack offers relatively safe backcountry skiing options throughout the winter, as well as high altitude corn skiing into the summer.

Mountain Ranges

CASCADES (2) | 400+ inches a year

Volcanic

EASTERN SIERRA (4)

LAKE TAHOE BASIN (16) | 500 inches a year

The Tahoe Basin is located in the northern Sierra Nevada range, straddling the California/Nevada border. Typically the Tahoe Basin is considered to include the length of the Sierra Crest ranging from 1-80 south through Desolation Wilderness, as well as the Carson Range across Lake Tahoe on the east shore, which is geographically considered to be an off-shoot of the Sierra Nevada range. Although the mountains of the Tahoe Basin are not generally large by most standards, the sideways-adhering snow offers some incredibly steep and technical skiable terrain.

SAN JACINTO (1)

SIERRA (CENTRAL) (2)

SWEETWATERS (1)

THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (1) | 150+ inches a year

The Coastal Crest in dotted with multiple peaks rising to around 7,000 feet. Deep snow covers these peaks 6 months a year.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (1) | 400 inches a year

Encompassing Yosemite National Park and its surroundings. Beautiful lines such as North Peak offer amazing couloir skiing.


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People die skiing in the backcountry every year. Avalanches, crevasses, trees, human error, weather, tree wells, rabid sasquatches, among other things can kill you in an instant. Use this guide at your own risk, we are not responsible for any wanker getting all wanked up in the wankin' backcountry. That being said, even the most experienced backcountry skier can get caught off guard. Take avalanche classes, carry a beacon, probe, shovel and avalung AND KNOW HOW TO USE THEM. Just because you buy them, doesn't mean you get magical powers of invincibility. Many people who own beacons have no clue how to operate them. More importantly than any gear you can buy, you need to know how to safely travel in avalanche terrain, minimize potential hazards, and interpret how weather affects the snowpack. This requires time and experience. Learn from others, be safe and courteous, and when in doubt go home and live to ski another day. The amount of snow needed to be dug up to rescue a buried victim, on average weighs right around an actual ton. In North America 25% of victims die from hitting trees, rocks, and other sharp unforgiving surfaces. It only takes one miscalculation to have the mountains kick your ass. Just because you see tracks or someone else skiing a line, does not mean you should ski it. Remember, individual actions affect all of us. Take care of each other out there, we are all on the same team.