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November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
One could ride to 4,400' on Mt. Lowe from most urban areas of the Basin.
October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reposted
Monster October storm for the San Gabriel Mountains - winds were aligned perfectly for orographic rainfall on the transverse ranges. 4”-5” across the west fork of the San Gabriel River drainage. Fire season is over up there.
October 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
.@mthigh East seeing some accumulation at 8,200. #SoCal #CAwx
October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Via Caltrans D7 --

@CaltransDist7 has reopened State Route 2 (Angeles Crest Hwy) between Islip Saddle (post mile 64.1) and Vincent Gulch (PM 74.7). This 10-mile stretch has been closed since winter of 2022/2023 for emergency repairs. #ACH

cc: @transversedreams.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Little action west of Baldy today.
July 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Wasp nest. Big as a basketball, Polk County, Ore.
July 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
July 4 Mt. Hood, Ore.
July 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Vasquez Rocks, SR-14 Santa Clarita area. Gorn / "Arena" episode.
June 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Blue Ridge ski area turnoff, from 1956 item on SR-2 / Angeles Crest Hwy opening in publication California Highways and Public Works. @mthigh
June 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Nice peek at Angeles Crest Hwy repair operations -- with remaining snow, presumably this week.
www.linkedin.com/posts/caltra...
#caltrans #district7 #angelescresthighway #angelesnationalforest… | Caltrans
Check out this video of emergency repairs in action. Caltrans District 7 crews are hard at work in the Angeles National Forest, making critical emergency repairs along the Angeles Crest Highway (State...
www.linkedin.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Decent focus, not perfect (Nikon D3500). She is collecting from Papaver somniferum (v. Lauren's grape).
May 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1:31 p.m. 4/26/25 @mthigh
April 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"California could house around 1,183 grizzlies: 115 in the Transverse Ranges, 832 in the Sierra Nevada, and 236 in the Northwest Forest."
www.latimes.com/environment/...
The California grizzly bear, gone for 100 years, could thrive if brought back
A new study found that it's possible to return grizzly bears to California. Whether that's a good idea is a matter for residents and policymakers.
www.latimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Never-built Huntington Beach Freeway, SR-39, passes Windy Gap and Mt. Islip in this Chat GPT image. (Freeway was on regional planning maps in the 1950s.)
April 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Good morning. Via @bensweather
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
From Russ Scholl's Periodic Table of Snow. See No. 62, "Mank."
magazine.colostate.edu/russ-scholl-...
March 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Fishscaled up, skied down couple of times. Sun angle's brutal on the snow now.
March 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Beginning skiers w Baldy Bowl beyond.
March 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Go Barton Flats.
March 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Clouds west, L.A. River. @NWSLosAngeles
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
.@snow_valley_ca with 10,000-ft. Ridge beyond, 2/8.
March 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#Classic day @RimNordic
March 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Go Palomar. 🔭 #CAwx
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM