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April 27, 2020
Baldy’s North Face
Here's Mount Baldy's north face, as seen from near the summit of Throop Peak off Highway 2 yesterday. By the standards of today, there is still a lot of snow out there, though (more)
April 23, 2020
A Good Day at Baldy
From the archives, here is Mount Baldy one year ago, March 23, 2019. I videoed the kids and I enjoying a classic day of Southern California Spring skiing at the resort, but I (more)
April 13, 2020
C2N — End Credits Theme
Dave Braun, Lou Bartlett, and I skied Iron Mountain's north couloir ten years ago. It remains for me the quintessential Southern California ski mountaineering adventure—the (more)
April 11, 2020
Telegraph Peak
In the modern era, this is one of my photos that has long puzzled me. This is Telegraph Peak, shot from near the top of Mt. Baldy's ski resort's Thunder Mountain, taken May 15, (more)
April 4, 2020
Anvil Camp via Shepherd Pass Trail
This is a 2010 backtrip trip I did from Symmes Creek to Anvil Camp via the Shepherd Pass trail. We had intended to climb Mount Williamson via the west face, but got shut down by (more)
March 30, 2020
Mount Keith
Mount Keith is a mountain I'd like to climb and ski. At least, hypothetically. This is a big one, just barely short of 14,000', right next door to Shepherd Pass and Mounts (more)
March 28, 2020
Los Angeles With Clean Air
Thanks to our continued unsettled weather and our unprecedented statewide sequestration, Los Angeles is currently enjoying air quality perhaps never before seen in its modern (more)
March 25, 2020
Whitney’s North Face
For the best view of Mount Whitney's north face, try climbing Whitney's next door neighbor, fellow fourteener Mount Russell. From the summit of Russell you can clearly see how (more)
March 23, 2020
101 Switchbacks
How many switchbacks are there between Trail Camp and Trail Crest on The Mount Whitney Trail? A lot. The exact number may never be known, but 101 seems to be the most popular (more)
March 20, 2020
North Palisade: The U-Notch
This is a May 31, 2010 climb and ski of North Palisade's U-Notch couloir. Originally I had intended to do an extended video of the whole trip, but a few things got in the way of (more)
March 17, 2020
Cirque Peak
I've always wanted to ski Cirque Peak. This is a handsome sub-13K' peak in the Golden Trout Wilderness, near Army Pass and Mount Langley, with a scooped east face that looks ripe (more)
March 15, 2020
Mammoth Closes
I am posting links to my twitter account if I find something I think is helpful. Marginal Revolution has been a good source for both news and analysis, so I recommend starting (more)
February 24, 2020
WWSRA 2020-2021 Ski Reviews
Available now for your viewing pleasure are my 2020-2021 ski reviews (that means these are currently next season's skis!) from the WWSRA on-snow demo event at Mammoth (more)
February 13, 2020
Sierra Snowpack Update
We were off to such a good start this winter, but the storm spigot closed essentially at the end of December, and a month and a half of dry weather has now taken its (more)
February 9, 2020
Dave McCoy
Dave McCoy, who walked into a Bishop bank in the 1930's and offered his motorcycle as collateral for a loan to build a rope tow in the eastern Sierra, has died at the age of (more)
