SierraDescents | 2008
January 27, 2008
Mt. Baldy Ski Area — With Snow
Judging by the massive crowds heading up Mount Baldy Road yesterday, I suppose it's no secret when it snows that Southern California's best skiing happens at a quirky little (more)
January 26, 2008
3 Avalanche Fatalaties in San Gabriel Mts.
Three people died yesterday in at least two separate avalanches near Mountain High ski resort, in the San Gabriel Mountains. According to the Los Angeles Times, the incidents (more)
January 22, 2008
Storm Watch
Looking out the window here at fairly menacing clouds that haven't managed to do much in the way of rain or snow in the local mountains thus far. Mt. Baldy reported a trace of (more)
January 21, 2008
I Lost My Spot!! (sort of)
Truly tragic news here: on Saturday I lost my Spot tracker while testing the device in the San Gabriel mountains. I've been continuing to try out the unit's 'track' function, (more)
January 20, 2008
West Baldy Report
Yesterday I climbed up West Baldy with a partner and then skied down to the hut. We started the day around 7:30 at Manker Flat, carrying skis on packs to the hut, for a nice 2000 (more)
January 14, 2008
Scouting Baldy’s North Face
Here's a look at Mount Baldy's north face (Mt. San Antonio) as seen from the summit of Baden-Powell on Saturday. Compared to last year's bare rock, the sight of all this snow in (more)
January 11, 2008
“I am a Lucky Man…”
"I am a lucky man," Hillary told an interviewer after the Everest climb. "I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men." Sir Edmund (more)
January 9, 2008
Complexity Theory: Judgment Day is Inevitable
I watched Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on TV last night. Compared to the unexpected cult classic of the original Terminator, and the campy fun of its sequel, T2, the third (more)
January 8, 2008
Greenland Uncertainty
The New York Times has a front-page article today on the melting of Greenland's ice. Greenland occupies a special place in the global warming watch, as it contains an (more)
January 4, 2008
Storm of the Half-Century
Did I really just hear the TV News say they're expecting snowfall rates of 7+ inches per hour in the Sierra? Some forecasters are also saying this may be the biggest snowfall (more)
January 3, 2008
$100 Oil and the Stupid Monkeys
The funny thing is, initially this didn't even strike me as that big of a milestone. I mean, oil has been hovering around the $70-80 per barrel price for so long (relatively (more)
January 2, 2008
Observations
Two days ago, I drove home across the desert from Flagstaff, Arizona. Incidentally, they have snow in Flagstaff—lots of it. I was able to ski at the Snowbowl, my hometown (more)
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