
San Jacinto Grind
A truism of Southern California is you don’t get good SoCal skiing unless you risk getting bad SoCal skiing (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 3 CommentsA truism of Southern California is you don’t get good SoCal skiing unless you risk getting bad SoCal skiing (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 3 CommentsWe were just about to head to the car yesterday when they suddenly opened Chair 23 (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 4 CommentsI tried I tried I tried to get some classic L.A. skyline-and-snow shots, but the clouds have just not been cooperating (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 9 CommentsThese high-resolution GOES-17 images are stunning. Here’s your surprise Thanksgiving bomb cyclone (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 1 CommentI have a number of recurring skiing dreams, all of which start happening around this time of year. The best involves me skiing (more...)...
Posted in Colorado, Musings | 1 CommentGregory’s Targhee snow packs have been updated for the 2019-2020 season (more...)...
Posted in Gear, test | 0 CommentsFor Southern California, winds are expected to resolve by Sunday, as a blocking high sets up which should keep us calm (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 0 CommentsThis was taken at the Whitney Fish Hatchery. I don’t have anything else to go with it (more...)...
Posted in Musings | 2 CommentsWith Tioga Pass Road now open to the east Yosemite gate (and intermittently all the way through to the Central Valley), this past weekend (more...)...
Posted in Skiing | 3 CommentsThis was by far the snowiest Memorial Day weekend I’ve ever skied at Mammoth Mountain (more...)...
Posted in Current Conditions | 4 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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