Discussion about winter adventure sports in the Sierra Nevada mountains including but not limited to; winter backpacking and camping, mountaineering, downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, etc.
Desolation Wild. really is a colorful and scenic place, especially when one has it to themself in the snow. I go on most trips solo and with a dog for a partner. My erstwhile skiing partner Frank has been lost to merry old England (where he's from), and Colorado, where he may move to. Wolfie is a fine partner, and handles everything except for very soft snow, and huge boulder fields. As I mentioned, on this trip he was smart enough to use my packed ski track when his feet broke through.
Here are a few shots of my main partner over the past 9 years-- Bearzy, who died last year.
Dogs make very fine companions on winter trips, they never complain .
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