Mary Small, left, and Kelly Helgans, right, climb to the summit of a peak known as Winter Alta in Sequoia National Park after carrying their skis more than seven miles along trails, across streams and up rocky slopes to reach the snow, . A group of friends have taken this trip through deep powder, braved icy slopes and weathered rain, wind and snow in an annual quest to reach a ski cabin in the wilderness of Sequoia National Park for the past 13 years. The fourth year of the devastating drought that has dried up wells, forced mandatory rationing and jeopardized California crops has also put a burden on backcountry skiers in search of their fix

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Drought-Skier Seeking Snow

Dane Shoemaker, left, passes a pair of skis across a creek to Mary Small, right, as they set out toward a peak known as Winter Alta in Sequoia National Park, . The area is typically blanketed in enough snow to ski across the creek, but a paltry snowpack forced skiers to hike their gear on trails, across streams and up rocky slopes to reach the snow. A group of friends have taken this trip through deep powder, braved icy slopes and weathered rain, wind and snow in an annual quest to reach a ski cabin in the wilderness of Sequoia National Park for the past 13 years. The fourth year of the devastating drought that has dried up wells, forced mandatory rationing and jeopardized California crops has also put a burden on backcountry skiers in search of their fix

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