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June 6, 2024
Mount Gleason
I may have inwardly cringed a bit during my San Gabriel traverse last year when I claimed you could spend your whole life exploring the San Gabriel Mountains. Really? I asked (more)
May 18, 2024
San Jacinto Aerial
Here's a still-snowy San Gorgonio Mountain photobombing a mostly-dry San Jacinto Peak, as seen Wednesday on the way from LAX to Phoenix, Arizona. This shot really gives a good (more)
May 12, 2024
Throop Peak – North Gully
Believe it or not this is the first time I've skied Throop Peak from its 9142' summit; I've come close previously, but always ascended/descended the big northwest face over Lily (more)
May 1, 2024
Sunday at Mount Baldy
I am a spring skier at heart; give me t-shirts and slush over winter's cold brittle snowpacks anytime. And how about adding in a crew of good friends and family plus some SoCal (more)
April 27, 2024
The Baldy Crest
Here's the Baldy skyline from just off the summit of Throop Peak yesterday. There is still a heck of a lot of good snow on the north and west faces—if you're willing to (more)
April 24, 2024
Rosie’s Alley
On various adventures past I vaguely recall noticing a possibly-skiable line through Baldy Bowl's east buttress—but somehow I never got around to actually trying to ski (more)
April 15, 2024
A Very Wet Waterman
With weekend snow levels forecast to dip as low as 4000', it was possible to believe there'd be cold April powder turns in the mountains this weekend. The reality was quite a (more)
April 12, 2024
Humphreys Cirque
While the west side of the San Francisco Peaks is inarguably beautiful, I tend to think of it as the boring part of the mountain. The west side includes the Arizona Snowbowl, and (more)
April 5, 2024
Allison Clay
Dave Braun and I took a spring break trip to Flagstaff, Arizona this past week to ski some of the big lines on my hometown mountain, the San Francisco Peaks. Initially I was (more)
March 18, 2024
Skiing Kratka Ridge
Yesterday I took my daughter to ski Kratka Ridge, one of Southern California's "lost" ski areas. It was her first official day backcountry skiing in Southern California. I do (more)
