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Trip Report: 11,161' Mt. Scowden's “Dog Leg Chute” | Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA – SnowBrains
Report from May 15, 2024
Yesterday we went back to Lundy Lake in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California hoping to find more corn as we did in that zone 2 days prior.
We chose one of the north-facing couloirs off Scowden but it looked beat up with old wet slides.
We then bumped over to the “Dog Leg Chute” and started grinding.
- Summit (actually just the top of the snow in the chute): 10,900 feet
- Car: 8,100 feet
- Vertical From Car: 2,800 feet
- Vertical skied: 2,800 feet
- Max Pitch: 38º
- Average Pitch: 35º
- Aspect: North then northeast
- Distance: 2.9-miles round trip
- Time From Car to Summit: 2 hours and 55 minutes
- Car to Car Time: 4 hours and 28 minutes
- Recommended Equipment: skins, crampons, ice axe x2
The first move is a 10 outta 10 bushwhack/creek crossing.
I’d found a pretty clean line through this zone when we were here on May 6 and it delivered.
We got through the madness in only 10 minutes.
It’s so bad in there you mostly have to walk on fallen trees to keep yourself up off the ground and the insanity below.
From there it was a bit of rock walking to get on snow.
Skins and Lee took the lead.
About halfway up the Dog Leg Chute, we switched to crampons.
The snow was already deep and sticky.
It hadn’t frozen the night before…
Or the night before that.
We slogged up in the deep slush and finally escaped the chute after a long grind.
A hard left took us onto the upper apron that leads to the summit.
Fox took the lead for the first half of this.
The snow continued deep and manky.
Lee took over for the last pitch and we topped out after 2 hours and 55 minutes.
We took a healthy break and dropped in before things got any mankier.
The upper section skied well.
Proper corn.
The lower part of the apron got a bit sticky.
Things improved entered the chute before the thing changed aspects to the east.
Once in the true northeast-facing part of the chute, it got so sticky.
The key was to be last and stay right in the other people’s tracks.
That’s what I did…
The final reward was a neat rock-lined chute at the very bottom that took us directly to the creek.
From there it was a bit of a bushwhack to get to the bushwhack that crosses the creek.
Back at the car after 4 hours and 28 minutes.
We zipped directly back to Mammoth hoping for “The Rolling Chef” burritos but the closed on us and we pivoted to “Latin Market” burritos that are always top notch.
Even when the snow is funky, the living is good here on the Eastside.
Thanks, California!
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Records through Sunday
Boys basketball
Class 5A
1. Liberty (10-5)
2. Democracy Prep (9-6)
3. Coronado (5-6)
4. Bishop Gorman (9-7)
5. Desert Pines (11-4)
Class 4A
1. Clark (8-5)
2. Las Vegas High (10-4)
3. Losee (7-5)
4. Faith Lutheran (11-5)
5. Shadow Ridge (11-4)
Class 3A
1. Virgin Valley (9-2)
2. The Meadows (9-5)
3. Boulder City (9-5)
4. GV Christian (8-6)
5. Pahrump Valley (5-7)
Games to watch
All games at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted
Tuesday
Losee at Las Vegas
Faith Lutheran at Liberty
Wednesday
Bishop Gorman at Desert Pines
Virgin Valley at The Meadows
Thursday
Coronado at Mojave
Clark at Durango
Friday
Desert Pines at Las Vegas
Virgin Valley at Boulder City
Saturday
Big City Showdown at Coronado
Liberty vs. Desert Pines, 4:30 p.m.
Bishop Gorman vs. Coronado, 8 p.m.
Girls basketball
Class 5A
1. Bishop Gorman (11-1)
2. Democracy Prep (7-4)
3. Centennial (6-3)
4. Liberty (10-7)
5. Shadow Ridge (3-4)
Class 4A
1. Mojave (9-4)
2. Mater East (10-4)
3. Losee (14-5)
4. Del Sol (13-3)
5. Cimarron-Memorial (9-2)
Class 3A
1. Virgin Valley (6-5)
2. Boulder City (8-6)
3. Moapa Valley (8-4)
4. Coral Academy (7-4)
5. Pahrump Valley (4-7)
Games to watch
All games at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted
Wednesday
Faith Lutheran at Shadow Ridge
Centennial at Liberty
Mojave at Desert Oasis
Thursday
Sierra Vista at Cimarron-Memorial, 5 p.m.
Friday
Mater East at Desert Oasis
Virgin Valley at Boulder City
Saturday
Big City Showdown at Coronado
Bishop Gorman vs. Centennial, 6:15 p.m.
Flag football
Class 5A
1. Desert Oasis (8-0)
2. Shadow Ridge (10-1)
3. Arbor View (10-1)
4. Palo Verde (10-3)
5. Liberty (6-2)
Class 4A
1. Virgin Valley (5-3)
2. Sierra Vista (5-2)
3. Mater East (6-3)
4. Clark (7-4)
5. Spring Valley (5-2)
Games to watch
All games at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Palo Verde at Desert Oasis
Coronado at Bishop Gorman
SECTA at Arbor View
Friday
Shadow Ridge at Palo Verde
Canyon Springs at Arbor View
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