
Merry Christmas 2017
Merry Christmas to you and Happy New Year! This winter alas has so far opened as yet another dry one (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 0 CommentsMerry Christmas to you and Happy New Year! This winter alas has so far opened as yet another dry one (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 0 CommentsI myself have no need for boot driers, because my feet of course never sweat, but my kids’ boots somehow end up soaked (more...)...
Posted in Gear | 0 CommentsHappy December to you, Sierra skiers and beyond. Hope you had a short but sweet summer; now is the time for long shadows, piercing afternoon sunshine, clouds of breath visible in the air, and of course snow (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 1 CommentWe’re a little late with this update here, but I did want to mention that Mammoth Mountain closed August 6 (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 4 CommentsI first saw a total eclipse in 1991, in Cabo San Lucas Mexico, and while I remember specific details of the event (more...)...
Posted in Science | 3 CommentsFourth of July weekend gave us an inspiring fireworks show off the top of Mammoth Mountain, with the sunset and the Minarettes (more...)...
Posted in Uncategorized | 0 CommentsThere’s no end in sight to this season of spring skiing delight at Mammoth Mountain. June conditions are clearly as good as they’ve been since 2011 (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 1 CommentAfter a long break, I made my way back to the Sierra’s Palisades Crest for a climb and ski of Mount Sill. My expectations were modest on this one (more...)...
Posted in Skiing | 1 CommentMammoth in May is simply untouchable. There is no place on Earth I’d rather be. Give me the free-fall magic of Wipeout/Dropout in sun-kissed spring snow (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 4 CommentsThis past weekend Bill, not one but two Prestons, and I headed to Birch Mountain for a climb and ski, and in the early morning hours, somewhere in the first two thousand vertical feet of climbing (more...)...
Posted in Video | 2 CommentsWhen there is snow, SierraDescents is Andy Lewicky's California backcountry skiing and mountaineering website. Without snow, sierradescents becomes an ill-tempered hiking and climbing blog.
Pray for snow.
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