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February 6, 2019
Southern California Dreaming (Reprise)
Motivated by forecasts of ultra-low snow levels and dreams of cold-smoke glory, Trevor and I returned yesterday to the San Jacinto Wilderness to reprise our 2012 Southern (more)
February 2, 2019
What’s Going On Out There?
Rain is the big story for Southern California once again as yet another powerful winter storm comes in warm and wet. Higher elevations may see spectacular snowfall totals. (more)
January 28, 2019
Bear Mountain
Bear is such a quirky resort. Every time I ski here I'm reminded first of all how big the terrain is (by SoCal standards), and then how strange the place is. Like Sugarloaf (more)
January 21, 2019
Waterman
Mount Waterman is not open, but they should be. I'd say they have a solid three feet of extremely dense snow at the ski area's summit, with decent (albeit icy) coverage down to (more)
January 15, 2019
A SoCal Storm Cycle (Updated)
Happy January everyone we have a bona fide SoCal storm cycle on our hands. Once upon a time a normal Southern California winter featured not one but several of these—and in (more)
December 23, 2018
Early Season Sierra
As Christmas nears, things look thin-ish along the 395 corridor from Lone Pine to Mammoth. Certainly there is snow to be found, and some skiable backcountry lines, but not a (more)
December 7, 2018
Kenneth Hahn
Here's the iconic Los Angeles-as-ski-town shot we've been waiting for, taken this morning from Kenneth Hahn State Park, with Mount Baldy's west face rising above the downtown (more)
November 29, 2018
Will There Be Snow, Cont’d…
I hesitate to call attention to this in case it's just a figment of my imagination, but there does appear to be a little bit of snow in our forecast—maybe even enough to put (more)
November 10, 2018
The California Fires
The images defy description. Words flee the body when you stare at a cloud like this. What does it mean, when Mother Nature turns her fury upon us? Where is there to (more)
