Snow!
Yes, it’s a bona fide winter storm! We got heavy rain overnight here in the Southland, and it’s still raining hard now. Looks like this is a cold storm. Mount Baldy says a foot of new snow overnight. Mammoth got 18 inches. Could it be that we’re suddenly going to get a ton of snow this month now that I’m supposed to be resting?
Posted in News, Skiing, Weather | 0 Comments
Fantastic!!
I’ve been contending with back pain for much of 2008, beginning with a severe cold last January that had me coughing and sneezing violently for about two weeks, which seemed to injure my back. Following that, I re-injured my back skiing about two months later. Throughout the year, my ability to rest and heal was limited, as I was constantly chasing my two-year-old. This November, things took a turn for the worse (more…)
Posted in News | 7 Comments
ESAC Season Kickoff Event
The Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center is hosting a showing of “Harmless” on Friday, December 12, at the Grizzly Theater in Mammoth. Tickets are $10.00. More info at the ESAC Website.
Posted in News | 0 Comments
Forget the Dow…
“…Ride the Pow.” So says the Mountain High Ski Area website. It’s a nice catchy slogan, given the current market gyrations (am I rich? am I poor? every minute puts me in a new demographic!! help!!). But wouldn’t this pitch be a little more effective if Mountain High were actually OPEN?
Just asking.
In related news, Mountain High has extended their season pass discount offer. You can get a Pass for $349.00.
Posted in News, Skiing | 0 Comments
The Market & Me
My apologies for the lack of new content this week. I’ve been busy watching my personal fortune evaporate in the stock market. While I would never argue that what has been happening at the NYSE is in any way good, it has been most educational. The financial crisis has motivated me to learn more about our economy, the equities market, and finance in general—subjects about which I have long been ignorant (more…)
Posted in News | 2 Comments
REI Snow Camping Clinic
REI Santa Monica has a monthly offering of free courses and clinics (and some fee-based programs as well).
On 11/12 there’s a free Snow Camping clinic which sounds interesting. I haven’t attended one of these myself, but I’d bet you’d get at least a few useful tidbits of info.
Posted in News | 0 Comments
TGR Film ‘Influence’ — SoCal Dates
What better way is there to remind yourself you’re a year older than to go check out the latest Teton Gravity Research Film?
Under the Influence features this season’s crop of attractive young hipsters doing all those crazy things on skis and snowboards you used to imagine you could do—set, of course, to a rousing rebellious soundtrack.
Influence has a gaggle of California tour dates, with SoCal showings including Pasadena – 10/29 (yes, that’s tonight); Mammoth – 11/14; Claremont -11/21; and Big Bear Lakes – 11/29.
Keep an eye out for a TBA Los Angeles date—hopefully somewhere near the Westside.
Posted in News, Skiing | 0 Comments
Fossett’s Plane Found
The Los Angeles Times is reporting Steve Fossett’s plane has been found in the mountains near Mammoth Lakes, California.
Billionaire Adventurer Steve Fossett disappeared back in September 2007 while flying solo. The subsequent search for Fossett was among the largest and most expensive in U.S. history. When the search turned up empty, speculation began that Fossett had faked his disappearance. Some people argued it was impossible for a plane to simply disappear—despite the fact that Fossett hadn’t left a flight plan, leaving authorities with a nearly unlimited area to search.
The discovery of Fossett’s plane was precipitated by a Mammoth ski shop owner, Preston Morrow, who found Fossett’s wallet while hiking in Red’s Meadow in the Inyo National Forest.
That find soon led searchers to the wreckage of the plane, as well as human remains, which have been sent to a lab for forensic identification.
According to the AP, there were large storm clouds over the Mammoth Area on the day Fossett disappeared, suggesting the possibility that foul weather may have been responsible for the crash.
Posted in News | 1 Comment
Dept. of Propaganda: BPA Facts.org
Perhaps by now you’ve heard the radio spot on KFI AM 640: A concerned female voice warns consumers: ‘Soon, many common everyday products could disappear from grocery store shelves all across California’. What’s the threat, you ask? Those dastardly Sacramento Politicians are trying to ban BPA—a chemical that has been safely used for 50 years (the ad assures) in plastic products like reusable water and baby bottles (more…)
Posted in News | 0 Comments
More Ski Hut Fun
The Mt. San Antonio Ski Hut crew are back to work this weekend and coming weeks, and still looking for volunteers to assist in carrying loads up to the hut, as well as extra hands while they’re repairing the hut. I believe people who help out earn credits toward host usage, which means you get to stay in the hut in winter and use it as a backcountry skiing basecamp, so if you’ve got some free time and energy, RSVP to Gil and get your hands dirty. 
Posted in News | 1 Comment
→ More SierraDescentsPrevious Posts ↵
