SierraDescents | 2020
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)
January 27, 2020
Snow Valley Sunday
Sunday at Snow Valley was a handsome day, starting out mostly cloudy and then finishing off with a nice burst of sunshine in the afternoon. Coverage on the hill is thinning but (more)
January 17, 2020
Backcountry Photography Rule #1
Oh this was a tough day, and I came within a whisker of just burying the footage and trying to forget about it entirely. Here is how bad this day was: when, a few days later, I (more)
January 16, 2020
Vail, All These Years Later
Originally an unnamed Colorado sheep hill near the training grounds for the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, Vail was born in winter 1957 when hunter, prospector, and skier Earl (more)
January 11, 2020
The San Francisco Peaks
Truly, Northern Arizona's San Francisco Peaks are a little slice of backcountry heaven. It's a small mountain, relatively, but the peaks are blessed with good skiing on all (more)
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