SierraDescents | Category | Video
March 18, 2014
Snow Summit: Top to Bottom
It's been far too long since we've had a new edition of my critically-acclaimed top-to-bottom video series. True, you generally need snow to make skiing videos. But snow or no (more)
September 20, 2013
Sunset at Plateau Point
From camp I looked at the sky and it didn't look too promising. My feet were sore, my back was sore. We'd already been out to Plateau Point that morning. I was happy to just (more)
August 3, 2013
What The Heck Happened to Windsurfing?
At one time I was a windsurfer first and a skier, believe it or not, a very distant second. My dad and I caught the leading edge of the windsurfing phenomenon way back in the (more)
July 23, 2013
Olancha Peak Panorama
Man, did I underestimate this one. Trevor and I buzzed up San Gorgonio Mountain a few weeks ago with relative ease, and based on that speedy little jaunt I was expecting Olancha (more)
July 15, 2013
Summer Ski Tips
Waterskiing, that is. Ironically of course when I lived in Arizona, I was out on the water all the time, but now that I live two miles from the Pacific Ocean, I basically never (more)
June 16, 2013
San Gorgonio Panorama
At just over (or maybe under) 11,500 feet, San Gorgonio Mountain is Southern California's high point, considerably eclipsing rivals San Jacinto Peak and Mount San Antonio. This (more)
March 31, 2013
Esha Peak
This was a bit of Sierra serendipity: as I was driving into Mammoth last weekend, I found myself staring at an unknown peak up the McGee Creek drainage. I snapped a photo through (more)
March 5, 2013
A Telluride Storm
Telluride, Colorado. It wasn't supposed to snow Wednesday night, but it did—nine inches of perfectly light snow on top of nearly three feet of fresh snow that fell earlier (more)
February 22, 2013
San J Okay
I can't figure these storms out. After a forecast initially calling for as much as 43" of snow, Tuesday's storm left a much smaller but still respectable 18" or so in the higher (more)
