Places

Activities Mountain High in summer A summer poke around Mountain High and Wrightwood: a quick hike, ice-axe self-arrest drills, and hammock time. June 19, 2023 Places Birthday weekend, desert and snow A May birthday weekend stacking late-season Mammoth skiing against the opened-up desert. May 19, 2023 Activities April Fools in a cowboy fit at Mammoth Wind closed Mammoth's summit on April Fools, so the cowboy outfit came out for a snow photoshoot instead. April 1, 2023 Overlanding Coyote Canyon with the Bronco Finally committing real time to Coyote Canyon, Anza-Borrego's classic 4x4 through-route, with Sean's Bronco for backup. March 25, 2023 Places LA under snow The historic 2023 storms put snow behind the LA skyline, and a friend skied Mt. Lukens, the high point inside city limits. March 3, 2023 Activities Niseko powder Four days of legendary Hokkaido powder at Niseko, where the best runs all meant a hike off the ridge. January 25, 2023 Places A side trip to Nara An unplanned half-day in Nara: aggressive bowing deer and the giant bronze Buddha of Todai-ji. January 22, 2023 Places Osaka Osaka's neon and food, kabuki and taiko, and a day trip out to Nara's deer (and the region's monkeys). January 21, 2023 Places Kyoto Kyoto in the quiet of winter: temples, torii gates, and the imperial grounds without the cherry-blossom crowds. January 19, 2023 Activities Two weeks in Japan A two-week Japan trip: the Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka triangle by bullet train, then four spoiling powder days in Niseko. January 15, 2023