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An Ode to Summer Fishing and Snowboarding in the High Sierra

Every summer there’s a tiny window when fishing and riding are both possible in the high country.

High up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, there’s a very brief window when the lakes and ponds home to golden trout thaw and it’s possible to fish and ride Sierra summer corn all in the same day.

That short period is the time of year Jimmy Goodman most looks forward to and annually he assembles a team, nicknamed the Golden Boys, to explore those wild places, casting and carving strictly for the love.

The above is an ode to the pristine wild spaces of the High Sierra.