SierraDescents | 2014
April 7, 2014
The Wildcard Winter
The long lens came out repeatedly as I drove up and down Highway 395 this past weekend. Some snow fell up there last week—you may not have heard. Sue calls it "The most (more)
March 26, 2014
Steep Technique: Uphill Ski Strategy I
I continue to focus on management of the uphill ski as the key to unlocking the secrets of steep skiing technique. Those of you who follow my site know this has become something (more)
March 24, 2014
Bare Mountain
Perhaps I go too far in comparing yesterday at Bear Mountain's "Access Express" chair to a Hieronymus Bosch nightmare, but if you're worried about what the endgame for Southern (more)
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)
March 14, 2014
GoPro Hero3+
GoPro's Hero3+ is one of those vexingly-horizontal iterations that make it almost impossible to know whether it's worth it to upgrade. Still, GoPro is making a number of claims (more)
March 10, 2014
Gorgonio Is In
Where did all the snow go from last weekend's massive wet system? San Gorgonio, apparently. If I'd seen this look at the north face a few days ago, I'd have tried to ski it. (more)
March 3, 2014
San Jacinto Sunday
As I wrote awhile back, you can use the SoCal ski resort webpages to get a pretty good idea as to what's happening in the higher backcountry elevations. Two of those key (more)
February 28, 2014
SIA 2014: Accessories
BCA releases the Tracker 3 avalanche beacon, which promises to wed the original tracker's real-time speed and simplicity with a smaller, lighter body. Expect the Tracker to once (more)
February 26, 2014
SIA 2014: Bindings
I don't normally expect to be dazzled by anything in the ski binding universe, but 2014-2015 looks to be a big year in the Touring space. First of all we have the (more)
February 25, 2014
Significant Rain/Snow?
Weather may be typical SoCal mundane right now, but the Los Angeles Times reports what could be the wettest storm in years is en route for later this week: forecasts call for as (more)
