Current Conditions
The Smoke Season
In summer we used to worry about thunderstorms and permits. Now we worry about smoke. Climate change is transforming the Sierra (more...)...
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California
Biking Highway 2
Given the heat plus all the smoke in the air I haven’t felt much inclination to hike, but I have been driving my bike up to Highway 2 (more...)...
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California
Once More, Into the Woods
Life, it seems, has its own agenda. I had hoped for some quiet time, to help me and my family recover from the calamities of the past year. But alas, incredibly, we are once again being forced out of our home. It’s scary. If you’re trying to rent a house in coastal California right now (more...)...
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Hiking
Langley via the East-Southeast Ridge
Mount Langley is California’s southernmost fourteener and most definitely not California’s most climbed mountain. Why doesn’t Langley attract (more...)...
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Baldy via the North Backbone
I had no idea a fine hiking trail exists on the ridge connecting Pine Mountain, Dawson Peak, and Mount Baldy. (more...)...
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Hiking
San Gabriel Canyon
We hiked up the east fork of San Gabriel Canyon today, en route to that most enigmatic of SoCal landmarks, the Bridge to Nowhere (more...)...
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Video
Hiking Throop Peak to Baden-Powell
Of course I was dimly aware you could hike the San Gabriel Crest from Windy Gap (more...)...
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Ski Hut-Devil’s Backbone Loop
Connecting the Ski Hut Trail and the Devil’s Backbone Ridge is one of my favorite SoCal hikes—in either direction (more...)...
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Mammoth Memorial Day Weekend
It’s no secret 2020-2021 wasn’t exactly California’s finest winter, but that didn’t stop Mammoth from offering excellent top-to-bottom skiing this past Memorial Day/closing weekend (more...)...
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Ontario Peak
8694′ Ontario Peak is easily among the most spectacular of the San Gabriels’ front-range peaks (more...)...
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