Backcountry Skiing Red Mountain (Shaver Lake)
Channel: Darshan Ahluwalia
Date: 2023-02-01

Arjan and I went backcountry skiing in the western Sierra this past Sunday. We didn't really have much of a plan except to find the softest snow, which meant rather than skiing up the south face of Kaiser Ridge (the most accessible and go-to backcountry skiing in the area) we would instead ski south up the north facing treed slopes near China Peak ski resort. We ended up continuing south all the way to Red Mountain and then even summitting the 9850' foot peak. It turned out to be quite an interesting tour through the forest with a rad summit and excellent snow. The terrain was quite mellow. In fact it was a little too flat at times and required pushing a bit between steeper pitches. It was a good stormy cold day in the mountains!