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Flirting with the Girly Man

Flirting with the Girly Man

A very chilly storm is working its way down California, with reports of snow falling in the metro Bay Area and Kirkwood skiers claiming the 'best snow ever'. Down South, Mount (more)

Sue Burak: ‘Nervous’

Sue Burak: ‘Nervous’

If you haven't been following Avy forecaster Sue Burak's updates on the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center website, now might be a good time to pay attention. The Sierra has been (more)

A Mammoth Blizzard

A Mammoth Blizzard

Snow, snow, and more snow. It was one of those days at Mammoth where you needed a shovel to dig yourself out. Friday the snow was coming down so hard the air could actually (more)

Okay, it Rained—a Lot

Okay, it Rained—a Lot

Word from Mount Baldy is that the ski area received a staggering 8-10 inches of rain. A little colder, and that one storm could have turned the season around down here in the San (more)

Tuttle Creek Shakedown

Tuttle Creek Shakedown

I've been trying to think of a good motto for this website, and one of my ideas, which seems especially apt right now, is "We make the mistakes so you don't have to." My trip (more)

Telluride Powder

Telluride Powder

We'd been waiting a long time for a day like this: a foot of fresh snow overnight and it just kept on dumping. The air was alive with snow all day. Here, my brother Yuri Lewicky (more)

A 10,000′ Ski Descent?

A 10,000′ Ski Descent?

Finally made the pilgrimage to Mammoth this past weekend. Coverage was spectacular—Mammoth Mountain is claiming they've currently got the deepest base of any U.S. (more)

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