256 reports

Kilimanjaro

Summer 2008 Kilimanjaro
Alvin Walter

Kearsarge Lakes and Mt Bago

Sep 29 - Oct 2, 2017 Sierra Nevada
May Adachi and Bill Lutz

South Lake Tahoe Peaks

Sep 18-23, 1997 Lake Tahoe
Reiner Stenzel

Clark Range

Sep 17-20, 1998 Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

Skyline-to-the-Sea

Sep 15-17, 2017 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Mt Humphreys

Sep 8-10, 1995 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Northern Sierra Peaks

Sep 2-7, 1998 Lake Tahoe
Reiner Stenzel

Amelia Earhart, Simmons and Parsons

Sep 2-6, 2005 Yosemite
Reiner Stenzel

Traverse of the Alps

Sep 1-8, 2006 Alps
Reiner Stenzel

Pacific Crest Trail-Washington to Canada

Part 5: Washington, July/August 2014 Oregon
Reiner Stenzel

Pacific Crest Trail-Mexico to Oregon

Part 4: Oregon, June/July 2014 Oregon
Reiner Stenzel

Pacific Crest Trail-Mexico to Oregon

Part 3: Northern California, June-July 2013 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Pacific Crest Trail-Mexico to Oregon

Part 2: The Sierra Nevada, May-June 2013 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Pacific Crest Trail-Mexico to Oregon

Part 1: Southern California, April-May 2013 Oregon
Reiner Stenzel

Paria Canyon

October 2008
Randy Lamm

Brandjochspitze and the Innsbruck Klettersteig

October 2007 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Redwood NP

Oct 23-26, 2020
Reiner Stenzel

Oregon's Coast in Fall

Oct 22-26, 2021 Oregon
Reiner Stenzel

Mt Davis and The Thumb

Oct 17-18, 1998 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Pickering et al in Miter Basin

Oct 15-17, 2018 Sierra Nevada
May Adachi and Aysel Gezik

Brewer, North and South Guards

Oct 14-16, 1988 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Hiking California's "Lost Coast"

Oct 11-14, 2018
Reiner Stenzel

Painted Lady

Oct 10-11, 2003 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Alice and Hurd

Oct 7-8, 2006 Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

Exploring Wyomings Sceneries

Oct 5 - 11, 2022 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

White Mountains and Fall colors in the Eastern Sierra Nevada

Oct 3-6, 2019 Mt Whitney
Reiner Stenzel

Pioneers Basin 2018

Oct 1-6, 2018 Rock Creek
Reiner Stenzel

Clyde Minaret 1999

Oct 1-3, 1999 Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

June Lake, Mono Crater

Nov 28 - Dec 5, 2020 Lake Tahoe
Reiner Stenzel

Visiting the Antonia Cedar in the San Gorgonio Wilderness

Nov 4, 2017 San Gorgonio
Reiner Stenzel

San Gorgonio and San Joaquin

NE ridge, San Jacinto, a hike with rattle snakes, crampons & car theft, 4/12-13, 2019 San Gorgonio
May Adachi

Skiing Mt Conness

May 30-31, 1992 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Banner Peak

May 29-31, 1993 Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

Ski Mt. Ritter '95

May 27-29, 1995 Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

Skiing Mount Rainier

May 24-28, 1991 Alaska
Nancy Gordon, Bill Lingle and Sherrie Serna

Dana and Gibbs

May 22-23, 1993 Sierra Nevada
Pete Yamagata

Rock Creek To Mammoth '95

May 21-26, 1995 Rock Creek
Reiner Stenzel

Chumash Wilderness

May 19-20, 2012
May Adachi

Sonora Pass

May 18-20, 2018 Sierra Nevada
Bill Lutz

North Lake to Pine Creek Ski Tour

May 17-21, 2003 Rock Creek
Tom Marsh

Stanford and Morgan

May 17-18, 2003 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Basin Mountain

May 15-16, 1993 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Bradley, Center and Keith

May 12-15, 2001 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Rock Creek Intro Tour

May 12-13, 2007 Rock Creek
Mike Seiffert and Lorene Samoska

Tioga Pass to Mammoth Mountain Ski Tour

May 11-15, 1998 Mammoth
Tom Marsh

Morrison Canyon and Mt. Aggie '98

May 9-10, 1998 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Little Lakes Valley

May 9-10, 1992 Rock Creek
Ldrs: Jamison, Smith

Clark Range

May 2-9, 1993 Yosemite
Ken Deemer

Birch Mtn

March 25-26, 2000 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Skiing The White Mountain

March 24-26, 1990 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Kearsage Lakes '97

March 22-24,1997 Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Ken Deemer

Slate Mountain & Jordan Peak

March 22-23, 2003 Sierra Nevada
Mike McDermitt

Bloody Couloir & Three Fingers '99

March 13-14, 1999 Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

Rock Creek Ski and Party Trip

March 6-8, 2010 Rock Creek
Tom Marsh

Rock Creek 2008

March 6-8, 2008 Rock Creek
Reiner Stenzel

Two Teats

March 3, 2001 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Private Trip Summaries 2007

March-April 2007 Sierra Nevada
Foreword from the Editor (Reiner Stenzel):

John Wedberg's Retirement from Baldy Hut

Mar 27, 1993 Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

WBC Snow Camp

Mar 20, 2010 Mammoth
Alvin Walter

San Bernardino Ridge

Mar 13-15, 1998 San Gorgonio
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Tom Marsh

Bodie and Buckeye

Mar 13-14, 1993
Reiner Stenzel

Twin Peaks, Silliman Crest Tour

Mar 9-11, 2007 Sequoia
Reiner Stenzel

Mt Pinos - Mt Abel Traverse '93

Mar 6, 1993 Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Nancy Gordon

Mt Pinos - Mt Abel Traverse '96

Mar 2, 1996 Mt Baldy
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Tom Marsh

Aerial Views

June and July, 2019 Greenland
Reiner Stenzel

Trail and Wonoga

June 30, 2007 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Chumash Wilderness

June 24-25, 2011 Sierra Nevada
May Adachi

Summer Solstice Weekend

June 24-25, 1995 Mammoth
Dana Couloir, Blue Couloir

Thru hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail

June 23-July 3, 2016 Lake Tahoe
Reiner Stenzel

Hiking Peaks Around Innsbruck, Austria

June 18-July 17, 2010 Alps
Reiner Stenzel

Palisade Crest and Norman Clyde

June 16-19, 2001 Palisades
Reiner Stenzel

Hiking on the AT

June 11-15, 2006 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Pinnacle NP

June 7-9, 2019 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Three Sisters

June 2-8, 2018 Sequoia
Reiner Stenzel

Skiing Mt. McKinley

June 1-22, 1992 Sierra Nevada
Bill Lingle

Firn-Gliding Thunderbolt Glacier

Jun 1-4, 2001 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Summer in Oregon and NorCal Coast

July 29-Aug 7, 2021 Oregon
Reiner Stenzel

Temple Crag and Gayley

July 26-27, 1997 Palisades
Reiner Stenzel

Scottish Highlands

July 24-30, 1995 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Devil's Crag #1

July 20-27, 2001 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Isberg and Long Mountain

July 20-25, 2017 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Desolation Wilderness

July 18-24, 2019 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Caltech Pk and Mt Versteeg

July 18-22, 2008 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Hiking the White Mountain and Saddleback Lakes.

July 12-16, 2020 Yosemite
Reiner Stenzel

Mt Abbott, Recess, Gemini and Julius Caesar

July 5-12, 2002 Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

July 4 Family trip: Hiking, Swimming and Fishing

July 3-5, 2020
Reiner Stenzel

Columbine, Isosceles, Langille, Rambaud, Woodworth, The Citadel, Aperture and Goode

Jul 19-27, 2003 Palisades
Reiner Stenzel

Carson Peak

Jan 23, 2005 Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

San Jacinto

Jan 21, 1995 San Jacinto
Pete Matulavich

MLK Mammoth Ski Weekend

Jan 13-16, 2017 Mammoth
by Tom Marsh

Signal Mountain Tour

Jan 1, 2007 Sierra Nevada
(Private trip)

Alta Peak - Ski Mountaineering

February 11-13, 2000 Pear Lake
Reiner Stenzel

Kaiser Peak

Feb 28-Mar 2, 2003 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Crater Mt

Feb 28, 2004 Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

Baldy after a winter storm

Feb 27-28, 1993 Mt Baldy
Reiner Stenzel

Pinos, Sawmill and Grouse

Feb 20, 2010 Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Tom Marsh

Winter in Oregon

Feb 17-23, 2017 Oregon
Reiner Stenzel

Rock Creek '96

Feb 17-19, 1996 Rock Creek
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Tom Marsh

Wonderland04

Feb 14-16, 2004 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Ostrander Hut

Feb 9-11, 2007
Leslie Hofherr

Avalanche Course 1992

Feb 8-9, 1991 Mammoth
Leader: Reiner Stenzel, Asst: Nancy Gordon

Cedar Canyon

Feb 2, 2008 Mt Baldy
Alvin Walter

Pinos and Pine

Feb 2 and 9, 2008 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Pear Lake Hut

Feb. 18-21, 1994 Pear Lake
Reiner Stenzel

Pear Lake Hut

Feb. 13-15, 1993 Pear Lake
Leaders: Greg Jordan and Reiner Stenzel

Memories of R. J. Secor

December 2017 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

10-Year Anniversary of the SMS Website

Dec 21, 1995 Sierra Nevada
Mugelnoos Article

Leader Training '97

Dec 12-14,1997 Mammoth
Joint Trip with Orange County Sierra Singles

Iceland

August 2007 Iceland
Alvin Walter

New Zealand

August 2006 New Zealand
Alvin Walter

Tunemah et al

August 24-28, 2001 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Peak 12,774 in the Black Divide

Aug 31 - Sep 5, 2004 Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

Rocky Mountain National Park

Aug 29 - Sep 1, 2008 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Hiking the JMT

Aug 26- Sep 13, 1996 Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

Clarence King and Gardiner

Aug 17-20, 1995 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Blackcap Mtn and Basin.

Aug 16-22, 2020 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Alaska Skiing in August

Aug 16-20, 2010 Alaska
Alvin Walter

Mt Kaweah

Aug 15-22, 2002 Sequoia
Reiner Stenzel

Desolation Wilderness

Aug 14-18, 2018 Lake Tahoe
Reiner Stenzel

Koip, Piute, Volunteer and Pettit

Aug 12-18, 2000 Yosemite
Reiner Stenzel

Alaska

Aug 11-20, 2017 Alaska
Reiner Stenzel

Black Divide 1988

Aug 7 - 13, 1988 Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

Cirque Crest High Route

Aug 6-14, 2016 Sierra Nevada
Tom Marsh

Comb Spur, Volcanic Lakes

Aug 6-9, 2009 Sequoia
Reiner Stenzel

Blue Lake 2017

Aug 5-12, 2017 Yosemite
Tom Marsh and May Adachi

Pioneers Basin 2011

Aug 5-7, 2010 Rock Creek
Reiner Stenzel

Muro Blanco

Aug 4-6, 2010 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Black, Red and Mt Kaweah

Aug 2-5, 1991 Sierra Nevada
Bill Oliver, Reiner Stenzel

Slot Canyons

April 30-May 4, 2019 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Virginia Peak

April 28-30, 1990 Sierra Nevada
Greg Jordan

North Lake Loop Tour

April 26-30, 2008 Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

Birch Mtn

April 26, 2008
Alvin Walter

Rock Creek Intro SMS Trip

April 25-27, 2008 Rock Creek
Lorene Samoska and Mike Seiffert

La Vallée Blanche

April 21, 2000 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel (Private Trip)

Palisade Glacier Tour

April 19-20, 1997 Palisades
Mark Goebel

Mammoth-Yosemite Traverse

April 16-22, 1989 Mammoth
Eddie Nunez

Exploring Arizona's Nature

April 13-24, 2022
Reiner Stenzel

Ski Mountaineers Peak

April 11-12, 1992 Sierra Nevada
Gerry Holleman

Cloudripper '99

April 10-11, 1999
Reiner Stenzel

New Zealand

April 9-22, 2018 New Zealand
Reiner Stenzel

Crater Lake, OR

April 9-12, 2021
Reiner Stenzel

King's Road

April 8-17, 1995 Sierra Nevada
R.J. "Wise Guy" Secor

Kaiser Wilderness Skipack

April 2-3, 1994 Sierra Nevada
Tom Marsh

Olancha04

Apr 27 and May 4, 2019
May Adachi

Cirque Crest Trans-Sierra Ski Tour

Apr 27 - May 4, 2002 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Mt Pickering and Joe Devel

Apr 14-18, 2001 Mt Whitney
Reiner Stenzel

SPS Listfinish Trips 2002-2010

2002-2010 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Central Sierra Peaks

1994-2002 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Southern Sierra Peaks

1994-2002 Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Mammoth-Yosemite Traverse

1991-present Mammoth
Comments by Reiner Stenzel

Three Sisters List Finisher

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Mount Abel

Sierra Nevada
Lorene Samoska

Alto Diablo 2008

Mt Baldy
Alvin Walter

Ansel Adams et al

Yosemite
Mark Goebel & Reiner Stenzel

San Antonio Falls

Sierra Nevada
Alvin Walter

Skiing in Tirol

Alps
Reiner Stenzel

Avalanche Course '95

Mammoth

Avalanche Seminar '97

Mammoth

Mt. Baden Powell

Lake Tahoe
Randy Lamm

Mt. Baden Powell

Mt Baldy
Mark Goebel

Mt Pickering and Joe Devel

Sierra Nevada
Don Pies

Baldy 2008

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Baldy 2009

Mt Baldy
Alvin Walter

SMS Spring Skiing on Baldy '95

Sierra Nevada
Private Trip

Ski Mt. Baldy '96

Mt Baldy
Leaders: Mark Goebel, Paul Harris

SMS (Ski Masochism Section) trip up Lytle Creek to Baldy

Mt Baldy
Alvin Walter

Baldy Work Party 2008

Mt Baldy
Alvin Walter

Mammoth Area Day Trips '99

Mammoth
Gerry Holleman, Paul Harris

Ski Bear Mountain '96

Sierra Nevada

A Trip to Ruedi's 2000

Bishop
Tom Marsh

Blue Couloir

Michael Seiffert

Blue Couloir, Mammoth Crest

Mammoth
Ted Lenzie

Boundary Peak

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Troop 85 Trans-Sierra Trip 1990

Sierra Nevada

Canada 2007

Sierra Nevada
Alvin Walter

Little Onion Valley 2000

Pear Lake
Joy Goebel and Diann Fried

Church Dome

Sequoia
Reiner Stenzel

Dana and Blue Couloirs '98

Sierra Nevada
Randy Lamm

SMS Ski Clinic '97

Leaders: Paul Harris, Nancy Gordon

Dunderberg and Dana

Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Gerry Holleman and Bill Lingle

Dragon's Head

San Gorgonio
Alvin Walter

Duck pass

Randy Lamm

A Trip to Ruedi's 2000

Sierra Nevada
Tom Marsh

Horton Lakes '97

Leaders: Tom Marsh, Owen Maloy

The Inconsolable Range

Palisades
Reiner Stenzel

Mt Jepson

San Gorgonio
Alvin Walter

Judah and Lincoln

Lake Tahoe
Reiner Stenzel

Lamarck Col

Sierra Nevada
Gerry Holleman

Mts Lassen and Shasta '96

Mammoth
Leader: Reiner Stenzel

Leader Training '98

Sierra Nevada

Little Onion Valley 2000

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Snow-Starved Downhill Weekend

Mammoth
Owen Maloy

SMS Mammoth Tours '95

Mammoth
Leaders: Paul Harris, Nancy Gordon

Northern Sierra Peaks

Lake Tahoe
Leslie Hofherr

Oak Creek

Alvin Walter

Olancha04

Sierra Nevada
Jan StAmand

Onion Valley 2008

Sierra Nevada
Tom Marsh, Randy Lamm

Onion Valley'95

Bishop
Private Trip

Onion Valley'98

Leaders: Keith Martin, Owen Maloy

Palisades Glacier '99

Reiner Stenzel

Parker

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Patriarch Grove

Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

SMS Pear Lake Trip 2001

Pear Lake
Randy Lamm

SMS Pear Lake Trip 2002

Pear Lake
Randy Lamm

Pear Lake

Pear Lake

Pear Lake Hut '97

Pear Lake
Reiner Stenzel (Private Trip)

Mt Pickering and Joe Devel

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Mt Pinos '98

Mt Whitney
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Pete Matulavich

A day in the snow

Sierra Nevada

Powell and Thompson 2000

Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Mark Goebel

Mt Powell 2X

Sierra Nevada
Alvin Walter

Red Slate Couloir

Sierra Nevada
Alvin Walter

Red and White

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Rock Creek Ski Camp '96

Rock Creek
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel (Private Trip)

Robinson Basin

Sierra Nevada
Randy Lamm

Rock Creek Intro Tour

Rock Creek
Lorene Samoska

Rock Creek Ski & Party Trip

Rock Creek

Rock Creek Near Disaster '99

Rock Creek
Reiner Stenzel

Mt. San Jacinto

Pear Lake
Randy Lamm

Sardine Canyon '99

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Sawtooth Ridge, Eocene Pk

Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Gerry Holleman

Silver Divide 2006

Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

Skier's Alta '99

Pear Lake
Steve Hessen

Skitng03

Reiner Stenzel

A Trip to Ruedi's 2000

Randy Lamm (Private Trip)

Ski Mountaineers Peak 2002

Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

Ski Mountaineer's Peak Remains Elusive '96

Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Gerry Holleman, Marcia Male

SMS Peak Revisited

Bishop
Lorene Samoska

Visualizing World Snow at Sonora Pass

South Lake

Sierra Nevada
Bill Lutz

Mt. Starr King

Yosemite
Alvin Walter

Mt. Starr King

Yosemite
Reiner Stenzel (Private Trip)

Summer Solstice Ski Spectacular '95

Mammoth
(Private Trips)

Tableland

Pear Lake
Reiner Stenzel

Taboose Pass Base Camp

Sierra Nevada
Alvin Walter

Teaching at June Mt.'97

Sierra Nevada
Owen Maloy

Telescope Peak '96

Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Keith Martin,Tom Marsh

Telescope Peak

Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel

Ski Tinnemaha

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel

Hawksbeak, Ehrnbeck and Tower

Yosemite
Reiner Stenzel

Trans-Sierra 2000

Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, R. J. Secor

Summer Trans Sierra Crossings

Sierra Nevada

Utah Interconnect '99

Don Ralphs

Skiing the Cascade Volcanoes

Oregon
Reiner Stenzel, Leslie Hofherr, Ted Lenzie, Reed Moore, and the Tres Hermanos.

Skiing the Washington Volcanoes

Oregon
Reiner Stenzel

Wahoo Gullies 2004

Bishop
Reiner Stenzel and Randy Lamm

Wahoo Gullies '97

Bishop
Reiner Stenzel

Wapta Traverse

Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel and Jonathan Meagher

Wapta Ski Traverse

Sierra Nevada
Sung Byun and Don Ralphs

Mt Waterman Tour

Sierra Nevada

Mt. Waterman Tour 2001 -- Springtime in February

Mt Baldy
Mark Goebel

Kratka Ridge to Mt. Waterman "the crust tour"

Canada
Randy Lamm

Mt Waterman Tour

Sierra Nevada
Mark Goebel

Yosemite High Route

Yosemite
Reiner Stenzel

Tamarack Flat '99

Yosemite
Keith Martin

Ski the Dade Couloir '96

Rock Creek
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Owen Maloy