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Return to Dana
With Tioga Pass Road now open to the east Yosemite gate (and intermittently all the way through to the Central Valley), this past weekend (more...)...
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Mountain High East
I knew I loved to ski Mountain High East, but I had forgotten why: MHE offers by far Southern California’s best intermediate/cruiser skiing (more...)...
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Waterman Spins its Lifts
Here’s one of the Holy Grails of Southern California skiing: I finally got to ski Mount Waterman, which opened this past weekend (more...)...
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Southern California Dreaming (Reprise)
Motivated by forecasts of ultra-low snow levels and dreams of cold-smoke glory, Trevor and I returned yesterday to the San Jacinto Wilderness (more...)...
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Skiing Baden-Powell, 2018 Edition
You should have seen the look on my wife’s face when I brought out my skis this past weekend. For the record, this was 100% Al’s doing, not mine (more...)...
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Mount Sill: Two North Couloirs
After 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...)...
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Mount Russell – Northeast Couloir
I haven’t skied anything remotely like this since Mount Muir six years ago. This is normally just a giant cliff face. When we crested Russell-Carillon Col and saw (more...)...
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Skiing The Thumb
A few quick notes: jeez, the wind was bad on this one, but the trip itself was great. This is a new format designed to better feature my photography. Yes, I know a lot is broken right now (more...)...
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Scouting Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf Mountain is kind of a nondescript bump at the east end of the ridge that connects Snow Summit and Bear Mountain ski areas above Big Bear Lake. I’m tempted to ski it every time I’m in the area (more...)...
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Mount Pinos & Sawmill Mountain
At 8831′, Mount Pinos is the highest point in Ventura County and, believe it or not, the 11th most prominent peak in California (more...)...
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