Category: Backcountry Skiing/Splitboarding
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Low Tide Husky Skijor w/ Echo and Yuba (GoPro 11 Mini)
It doesn’t take a lot of snow for these guys to have a good time. Fortunately, we have a couple of much needed storms on the way that should help start to turn things around this winter in terms of our snowpack in the Sierra. But, up until this point, our snowpack has been dismal and very…
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Tahoe Quarterly: Spring Corn Snow Conditions
Recent Tahoe Quarterly tear sheet in a story on “corn snow” in California, which is the essential ingredient for good spring skiing/riding conditions.
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Soft April Turns in the Tahoe Backcountry
Without a solid refreeze overnight, conditions were fairly soft on our descent in the Carson Pass area. Regardless, it was a good day to be out touring on a spring day.
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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…
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North Facing April Powder Turns (GoPro 4)
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Cold Smoke into the Valley (GoPro 4)
Cold temps, deep and dry snow, and a 6,000 ft descent into the Carson Valley from a peak in the Lake Tahoe Basin. When conditions align, this is always a good time. Filmed with the GoPro 4.
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Tahoe Backcountry Storm Day Shoot w/ Skier Ty Dayberry and Savannah Amos (5D Mark III, GoPro 4)
After digging out our own parking spot in the Sno-Park we started our tour, skiing past cabins that were almost completely buried. We began in t shirts, enjoying the warm sun and becoming skeptical of what kind of snow conditions we would encounter. Once we got to the ridge line we found ourselves in winter…
David N. Braun Photography 