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March 12, 2008
Mountain High Avalanches – Incident Report
This morning, I spoke with Jeff Pierce, who was the Site Commander for two of the three avalanches that took place in the vicinity of Mountain High ski area on 25 January 2008 in (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 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 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)
August 1, 2007
Barcroft Research Lab Open House
If you're free this Sunday, August 5, you might enjoy paying a visit to the University of California's Barcroft Research Station. They're having their annual open house, allowing (more)
April 5, 2006
Say It Isn’t So
Multiple sources are reporting Doug Coombs has been killed while skiing in La Grave, France. Coombs apparently slipped and fell while trying to aid a friend who had just fallen (more)
December 15, 2005
ESAC: The Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center
If you've been paying attention, you may have noticed that avalanche information is conspicuously absent on SierraDescents.com's pages. This is certainly not because I don't take (more)
November 11, 2005
Welcome to SierraDescents.com!
It's been a long time coming! When I first moved to California, merging my writing and photography into a website about backcountry skiing in the Sierra Nevada seemed a fine (more)
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