Wahoo Gully is THE classic ski descent in spring. It is a popular trip located near Bishop, and accessible via the Buttermilks Road. Eric and I went there in May 2000. The gully faces east and melts out usually quite rapidly as summer comes. We had to hike for about an hour before getting on snow. The gully was full of rollers (signs of how warm it was) and I decided to boot up while Eric skied up the gully. At the top, we met two hot Colorado chicks who went down elegantly telemarking, and a trio of backcoutry skiers we'd already met, including one snowboarder smoking some weed before the descent! Although the ski descent is not extreme (35 degrees), we carefully watched the guy to make sure he was making it down in one piece...

    Javier with Wahoo Gully in the background (the nice couloir dropping from the left of the summit)

    Javier booting up - we can see the rollers all over the slope

    Javier getting closer to the top

    Javier taking the first few turns at the top

    Eric skiing down - the snow was kind of heavy 

    Javier getting his momentum going

    Eric demonstrating the jumpturn technique...