people
An Arizona Sunset
John Sidney McCain, August 29, 1936-August 25, 2018. (more...)...
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California
At Least We Have The Beach
I am sorry—I just can’t bring myself to write about the California wildfires. If you want quality coverage (more...)...
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summer
Interlude
Monsoon moisture flows every summer from Mexico to the American Southwest, driven by (more...)...
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Current Conditions
Summer Arrives
Seeing Mammoth Mountain this early June really hammers home how outstanding the skiing was last season (more...)...
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Current Conditions
Maybe Skip Onion Valley…
The good news is the road is open all the way to the parking lot at Onion Valley. The bad news is that’s because there’s no snow up there (more...)...
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Skiing
Skiing Baden-Powell, 2018 Edition
You should have seen the look on my wife’s face when I brought out my skis this past weekend. For the record, this was 100% Al’s doing, not mine (more...)...
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Current Conditions
March Miracle for Mammoth
California has indeed gotten its Miracle March—parts of it, anyhow. Mammoth reports reports 17 feet of snow (more...)...
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Current Conditions
SoCal Rain (and Snow?)
This is Bear Mountain’s Bear Peak Cam, as of this morning, March 14, 2018, and (more...)...
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Current Conditions
Gorgonio & San Jacinto
Here’s an aerial view of the north aspects of the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Jacintos, taken yesterday Feb 11, 2018. Gorgonio, at least (more...)...
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Current Conditions
SoCal Backcountry Report
Well. The cursed pattern persists. This most recent storm seems to be focusing its efforts (more...)...
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