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June 12, 2018
Summer Arrives
Seeing Mammoth Mountain this early June really hammers home how outstanding the skiing was last season. I think my 2017 June trip to Mammoth was one of my all-time (more)
April 29, 2018
Maybe Skip Onion Valley…
The good news is the road is open all the way to the parking lot at Onion Valley. The bad news is that's because there's no snow up there—the parking lot and campground are (more)
March 26, 2018
March Miracle for Mammoth
California has indeed gotten its Miracle March—parts of it, anyhow. Mammoth reports reports 17 feet of snow fell this month on the upper mountain (eleven at Main Lodge), (more)
March 14, 2018
SoCal Rain (and Snow?)
This is Bear Mountain's Bear Peak Cam, as of this morning, March 14, 2018, and...where the heck is the snow? Yes, March has finally shifted us from a dry to a reasonably wet (more)
February 11, 2018
Gorgonio & San Jacinto
Here's an aerial view of the north aspects of the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Jacintos, taken yesterday Feb 11, 2018. Gorgonio, at least, has more snow than I was (more)
January 20, 2018
SoCal Backcountry Report
Well. The cursed pattern persists. This most recent storm seems to be focusing its efforts on the San Bernardino Mountains, which might lead to 6" or so of new snow in the most (more)
January 16, 2018
Snow Valley, Express Edition
Happy 2018 everyone! While we are once again watching the long range forecasts and hoping for the elusive 'pattern shift', here's some good news: Snow Valley finally got its (more)
December 25, 2017
Merry Christmas 2017
Merry Christmas to you and Happy New Year! This winter alas has so far opened as yet another dry one, but there is snow to be found in the high country, particularly if you're (more)
December 1, 2017
December
Happy December to you, Sierra skiers and beyond. Hope you had a short but sweet summer; now is the time for long shadows, piercing afternoon sunshine, clouds of breath visible in (more)
September 10, 2017
Mammoth in August
We're a little late with this update here, but I did want to mention that Mammoth Mountain closed August 6, making for a 2016/2017 season that offered skiing in ten consecutive (more)
