Riding and Shooting an Unnamed Couloir in the Twenty Lakes Basin

Twenty Lakes Basin. California.
May, 2017.

Last winter was a memorable one in the Sierra; it consisted of seemingly endless deep powder days and a snowpack that allowed for amazing late season skiing and riding conditions above 8,000 ft. Of all the backcountry lines I photographed in 2016-2017, this one may have been the most interesting one since I was able to shoot it from above and then inside before dropping in to ride it myself.

We rode this line on day two of a three day eastern sierra splitboard tour. After quite a bit of scouting, we passed on the first two lines we looked at, then determined that this couloir was good to go