Activities

Activities Mammoth at minus eleven A record-cold Mammoth camp on the Long Valley BLM flats, minus 11 in the inversion, hot springs and skiing to balance it. January 8, 2022 National Parks Mojave Preserve on the way home Turning a Vegas obligation into a detour home through the Mojave Preserve: the lava tube, the singing dunes, and slot canyons. January 6, 2022 Activities December Mammoth An early-season December lap at Mammoth, big high mountain holding the snow. December 8, 2021 Activities Big Bear ski camp A cold December camp-and-ski at Big Bear, trading a chilly night for first chairs. December 4, 2021 Overlanding Lone Pine pit stop A regroup in Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills after dropping down off Cerro Gordo. September 8, 2021 National Parks Joshua Tree, beaten by the heat A Joshua Tree night at Hidden Valley where the early-September desert heat just beat us. September 8, 2021 Overlanding Cerro Gordo, the mine and the tram A lap around Cerro Gordo, the silver-mining ghost town high in the Inyos, and its abandoned salt tram. September 7, 2021 Activities Barker Ranch to the dunes A big swing across Death Valley, from the remote Barker Ranch hideout out to the Mesquite Flat dunes. September 6, 2021 National Parks Desert pivot with my dad A mountains trip with my dad rerouted to the desert after California closed all its national forests for fire season. September 5, 2021 Overlanding Lytle Creek, ruined A weekend of trying to relax at Lytle Creek, undone by a stuck 2WD truck and broken glass. August 7, 2021