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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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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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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Hiking
Parker Mesa Loop
What I call the Parker Mesa Loop begins at the end of Los Leones Drive in Pacific Palisades (more...)...
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Mount Islip
My son and I went up the 2 yesterday to Islip Saddle mostly because my family had hiked Mount Islip (more...)...
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Current Conditions
Closing Day
Snow Valley spun its lifts for the last time for the 2020-2021 season today (more...)...
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