Trip Reports
A collection of ski mountaineering and hiking trip reports from the Sierra Nevada and beyond, spanning 1988-2022.
166 reports
South Lake Tahoe Peaks
Sep 18-23, 1997
Lake Tahoe
Reiner Stenzel
Clark Range
Sep 17-20, 1998
Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel
Mt Humphreys
Sep 8-10, 1995
Sierra Nevada
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
Brewer, North and South Guards
Oct 14-16, 1988
Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel
Clyde Minaret 1999
Oct 1-3, 1999
Mammoth
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
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
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
Summer Solstice Weekend
June 24-25, 1995
Mammoth
Dana Couloir, Blue Couloir
Hiking on the AT
June 11-15, 2006
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
Devil's Crag #1
July 20-27, 2001
Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel
Hiking the White Mountain and Saddleback Lakes.
July 12-16, 2020
Yosemite
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
Crater Mt
Feb 28, 2004
Mammoth
Reiner Stenzel
Baldy after a winter storm
Feb 27-28, 1993
Mt Baldy
Reiner Stenzel
Winter in Oregon
Feb 17-23, 2017
Oregon
Reiner Stenzel
Rock Creek '96
Feb 17-19, 1996
Rock Creek
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Tom Marsh
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
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
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
Alaska Skiing in August
Aug 16-20, 2010
Alaska
Alvin Walter
Mt Kaweah
Aug 15-22, 2002
Sequoia
Reiner Stenzel
Black Divide 1988
Aug 7 - 13, 1988
Bishop
Reiner Stenzel
Cirque Crest High Route
Aug 6-14, 2016
Sierra Nevada
Tom Marsh
Pioneers Basin 2011
Aug 5-7, 2010
Rock Creek
Reiner Stenzel
Slot Canyons
April 30-May 4, 2019
Sierra Nevada
Reiner Stenzel
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
Ski Mountaineers Peak
April 11-12, 1992
Sierra Nevada
Gerry Holleman
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
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
Mammoth-Yosemite Traverse
1991-present
Mammoth
Comments by 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
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
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
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
Pear Lake
Pear Lake
Pear Lake Hut '97
Pear Lake
Reiner Stenzel (Private Trip)
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
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
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
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
Trans-Sierra 2000
Sierra Nevada
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, R. J. Secor
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
Yosemite High Route
Yosemite
Reiner Stenzel
Ski the Dade Couloir '96
Rock Creek
Leaders: Reiner Stenzel, Owen Maloy