December 22, 2025
A Lot of Water
Lot of water on the way—I expect we'll see something similar to the previous storm cycles, which means not a lot of snow at SoCal resort levels but tons above 8K or (more)
December 15, 2025
A Baden-Powell Sampler
With the 2 open and a blanket of deep snow to the west of Vincent Gap, oh how spoiled we've become. It may be dry out there, but the skiing remains fantastic. Yes of course (more)
December 9, 2025
Mountain High
While my friends and I continue to find scattered patches of wintery snow here and there in our top-secret skiing stashes, conditions appear to have reverted to the more familiar (more)
November 26, 2025
Baden-Powell Again
I know, I tend to rhapsodize when the San Gabriels have snow, but hear me out: perched as they are atop desert, city, and sea, is there really a better place to ski? My son and (more)
November 23, 2025
The Throoping Will Continue…
Until morale improves. Although, actually, morale is pretty good right now. The 2 is open and... what on Earth is happening out there, people? It's madness. Madness! But (more)
November 20, 2025
November Throop
The saga continues: this week's storm dropped copious amounts of moisture on our local mountains, and, above 8000 feet, at least temporarily brought things back into the "skiable" (more)
November 18, 2025
Twenty Years of SierraDescents
On November 11, 2005, I hit the "publish" button for the very first time and sierradescents.com went live, beginning what would become an ongoing project of sharing and (more)
November 8, 2025
Kingston Peak
Note: this was not quite an abominable hike for me, but it might be an abominable hike for you, so if you find yourself tempted by these words or photos, please keep that in (more)
October 30, 2025
THR Podcast: Fire & Ice
About a week after the Palisades Fire, Jason Albert, managing editor at The High Route, reached out via email. That led to a short interview, which was a nice distraction in what (more)
October 27, 2025
More Throop
Here's Matt D working his way down Throop's north gullies today. We ascended from Dawson saddle, summited, skied probably a thousand vertical feet, and then exited back up to the (more)
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