"Wanted this one for a while. Could only get the car to 8,000’ then hiked in. Summited for a late lunch then caught a ride back down to the car, saving us about 4 miles on the descent. Great, beautiful summit. Complete TR: https://TheMtsAreCalling.com/bloody" — Christopher • Aug 31, 2019

"Bloody Couloir! Almost 10 years ago this Eastern Sierra classic ski descent came on my radar driving down Hwy 395 but the timing had never been right. Not enough time, approach too melted out, too firm up high, no 4WD, etc. Our group had too many excuses. So timing and conditions be damned, it was finally time to hit this classic -- in mid-June. Bloody or Bust. Our crew of 3 parked at the utter bottom since the 4WD road up is not for timid cars like ours. Predictably for mid-June, it was a huge dirt slog up to about 9,000 ft. Then we skinned on-and-off until the base of Bloody Couloir. The scale of the couloir was deceiving -- it was so much bigger than it looked from the base. Just skinning up the apron took 30 min and then time slowed down as we booted up like forever to the summit ridge. The wind up there was intense -- we found out later that nearby and lower Mammoth Mountain reported gusts up to 80mph that day. After soaking in the views and post-holing around a bit, it was time. We dropped in from the summit and skied the Bloody Couloir proper (skier's left). It's rated 45 degrees so not to be taken lightly with June bulletproof survival skiing up high. Midway through ..." — scott • Jun 10, 2017

"Slowly made our way up the Laurel Lakes road in our 4x4 pickup. Fourth time in here, and it's just as gnarly as ever. Parked by the lakes, then hiked back along the road to the trailhead. Followed the trail to Laurel Pass, then followed the E ridge to the summit. Some enjoyable ridge scrambling in between sections of loose shale. Not super enjoyable, but the views more than make up for the terrain. Fantastic!" — calipidder • Jul 26, 2014