Eastern Sierra

Activities Onion Valley, Kearsarge Pass, and Mt. Gould A birthday peak-bag from Onion Valley over Kearsarge Pass toward Mt. Gould, a hard altitude reset, and a turn-around made on time. August 9, 2025 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 Activities A Mt. Whitney attempt, undertrained A late-October Whitney attempt on a leftover permit, undertrained and a day off the redeye from New York. October 29, 2022 Places Spring camp and a Mammoth run A late-May camp-and-run at Mammoth, in the sweet spot where spring skiing and dirt trails overlap. May 28, 2022 Activities A surprise powder day at Mammoth A car-camped Mammoth weekend with Misha that cashed in on a surprise March powder day. March 19, 2022 Activities December Mammoth An early-season December lap at Mammoth, big high mountain holding the snow. December 8, 2021 Overlanding Lone Pine pit stop A regroup in Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills after dropping down off Cerro Gordo. September 8, 2021 Places A solo run up to Mammoth A quick solo Mammoth run with photo side-trips and some target shooting on the surrounding public land. July 18, 2021 Activities First trip to Mammoth First time up to Mammoth, running the Eastern Sierra at 8,000 feet. The first of many. April 7, 2019