SierraDescents | Category | Skiing
May 11, 2008
Williamson Still Hard
This just in: Climbing Mt. Williamson is still Hard. Really Hard. SierraDescents personally verified this yesterday, with an ascent and ski of the south-facing couloir between Mt. (more)
April 27, 2008
Birch Mountain Marathon
Saturday I skied Birch Mountain with a group of skiers from the Angeles Sierra Club's ski mountaineer's section. I don't get the opportunity to ski in groups that often, thanks (more)
April 21, 2008
Williamson: Notes from the Field
Today's Notes from the Field come courtesy of my friend Bill, whose adventures on Mount Williamson served as an early inspiration to me on my own quest to ski California's (more)
April 15, 2008
Tandem Skiing
Flagstaff had a great ski season this year, though, like California, the traditionally-big March ended up high and dry. Still, there's enough snow to ski on the mountain right (more)
April 10, 2008
Lone Pine Peak – East Couloir
Sometimes as a writer you just don't know how much information to give. It would be easy to present this as a dashing adventure in which I fearlessly charged into the unknown and (more)
March 23, 2008
Mt. Baldy – North Face
After scouting Mount Baldy's north face from Mount Waterman last week, I thought I'd hike up for a ski attempt this weekend. There was no question there would be snow—lots (more)
March 20, 2008
Route 2 – Mt. Waterman Report
But is there snow? That was the question, so I packed up the skis and the boy and hit the road. Figuring I'd try to find snow a little closer to home, I drove up Route 2 from La (more)
March 15, 2008
Skiing Palmyra Peak
I am standing on Palmyra Peak's summit ridge with two Telluride ski patrollers, and they seem every bit as amazed as I am to be here. From our perch at 13,150 feet, we can see (more)
February 28, 2008
The Milk Run
I've been skiing Colorado resorts for some time now, and I often find it hard to explain objectively why I like Telluride so much. Telluride certainly doesn't have Vail's snow or (more)
February 26, 2008
Black Iron Bowl: Elevation
We knew a few things before we got here in Telluride. We knew they were having a near-record year for snowfall. I can verify that: today I overheard a ski patrol talking. He (more)
