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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July 29, 2018

summer

Interlude

Monsoon moisture flows every summer from Mexico to the American Southwest, driven by (more...)...

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June 12, 2018

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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April 29, 2018

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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April 17, 2018

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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March 26, 2018

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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March 14, 2018

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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February 11, 2018

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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January 20, 2018