Current Conditions
Is Throop Still Going?
For those of you who built the kicker at the bottom of the last snowfield on Throop Peak and were still hitting it as of yesterday…I salute you. 🙂 (more...)...
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Current Conditions
Gorgonio
Yes, there is snow on Gorgonio’s north face—but if you want it you’ll have to work for it (more...)...
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Skiing
Mount Islip
The easy snow along Highway 2’s Waterman Crest is all but gone now, melted out by late April’s furious heat waves (more...)...
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Current Conditions
Baldy’s North Face
Here’s Mount Baldy’s north face, as seen from near the summit of Throop Peak (more...)...
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Video
A Good Day at Baldy
From the archives, here is Mount Baldy one year ago, March 23, 2019. I videoed the kids and I enjoying a classic day of Southern California Spring skiing (more...)...
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Music
C2N — End Credits Theme
Dave Braun, Lou Bartlett, and I skied Iron Mountain’s north couloir ten years ago. It remains for me the quintessential Southern California ski mountaineering adventure (more...)...
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California
Telegraph Peak
In the modern era, this is one of my photos that has long puzzled me. This is Telegraph Peak, shot from near the top of Mt. Baldy’s ski resort’s Thunder Mountain, taken May 15, 2005 (more...)...
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Video
Anvil Camp via Shepherd Pass Trail
This is a 2010 backtrip trip I did from Symmes Creek to Anvil Camp via the Shepherd Pass trail. We had intended to climb Mount Williamson (more...)...
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photography
Mount Keith
Mount Keith is a mountain I’d like to climb and ski. At least, hypothetically. This is a big one, just barely short of 14,000′, right next door to Shepherd Pass (more...)...
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Current Conditions
Los Angeles With Clean Air
Thanks to our continued unsettled weather and our unprecedented statewide sequestration, Los Angeles is currently enjoying air quality (more...)...
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