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Mdash; Southern California Backcountry Skiing. April 17, 2016. Getting to Know You: Dynastar Mythic & Scarpa F1. Quick thoughts here on the Dynastar Mythic and Scarpa F1. The Mythics are mine—I bought them after trying them last year at WWSRA Mammoth. The boots are next year’s model, sans tronic mechanism, on loan from Scarpa (more.). March 30, 2016. Salomon MTN Lab Review. Salomon continues its quest to transform itself into a major Backcountry/Freeride force with its new, tech-compatible (more.). It’s ...
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Mdash; Southern California Backcountry Skiing. January 20, 2016. Apparently I had blocked the memory of just how hard it is to tour in the San Gabriel Mountains. No longer. Dave, Al, and I returned to The Devil’s Backbone (more.). January 2, 2016. Snowbowl Gets A Lift. A new chairlift, that is. I would tell you its name, but the Snowbowl’s website is currently down, so the new lift will have to remain at least temporarily nameless (more.). December 26, 2015. A Blue, Blue Christmas. December 22, 2015.
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Mdash; Southern California Backcountry Skiing. December 26, 2015. A Blue, Blue Christmas. If you can’t be in Mammoth today, I guess Los Angeles isn’t too shabby right now either. A very Merry Christmas to you and yours—and a Happy (and snowy) New Year! August 8, 2015. How bad is California’s drought? San Francisco Bay is now a wide, grassy plain, completely devoid of water. Desperate locals seeking affordable housing (more.). December 26, 2013. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours! I’...
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Mdash; Southern California Backcountry Skiing. June 9, 2015. The BPA Saga Continues…. With something somewhere between disgust and resignation, I must report to you that BPA, the ambiguously-toxic (or is it safe? Wonder chemical found throughout our plastics and thus our bodies, is once again back in the news (more.). November 3, 2010. November 9, 2009. BPA in the NY Times. August 5, 2009. New Yorker on SPF Ratings. July 30, 2009. I was reading an article in this month’s Backpacker magazine about t...
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Mdash; Southern California Backcountry Skiing. March 29, 2016. Back from Spring Break at Mammoth Mountain and trying to catch up on the usual backlog of things I’m supposed to be doing. Let’s start by (more.). Posted in Current Conditions. March 6, 2016. As we progress through what must our driest wet winter ever (or is it the wettest dry winter? I have really been struggling to piece together what has happened, will happen, and even is happening out there (more.). Posted in Current Conditions. I think I...
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Mdash; Southern California Backcountry Skiing. September 15, 2015. Cottonwood Camp Strikes Again. Those of you who read about my rim-to-rim day hike a few years back may recall me mentioning the 1978 overnight I did with my parents to Cottonwood Camp, from the North Rim (more.). July 23, 2015. SP Crater is perfect: that is the lead. A gorgeous, perfectly-formed, symmetrical, aesthetic cinder cone volcano, SP Crater sits just north of Flagstaff (more.). July 3, 2015. A Walk Around the Block. July 27, 2014.
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Mdash; Southern California Backcountry Skiing. January 20, 2016. Apparently I had blocked the memory of just how hard it is to tour in the San Gabriel Mountains. No longer. Dave, Al, and I returned to The Devil’s Backbone (more.). July 31, 2015. Hiking to the top of 12,633′ Humphreys Peak is easily one of Northern Arizona’s marquee attractions, though in summer it’s also typically a hike you want to avoid (more.). April 5, 2015. October 21, 2014. September 1, 2014. August 19, 2014. Okay, I thought this o...
