Mixing Mountain Disciplines
Lonnie Kauk and the New Era of Sportsmanship
LONNIE KAUK KNOWS HOW to make the people below him smile. It’s late afternoon and he’s lowering off a climb, kicking off the granite wall tossing snowboard grabs in the air. The snowboarder climbs. Or, the climber snowboards…
Story by Dana Nichols. Photos by Peter Morning & Christian Pondella.
Thumbs Up!
Snowmobiling Keeps Converting 'Em
UNDER THE THIN GUISE of journalism, I accepted an invitation to go snowmobiling, to see if these drunken rednecks were onto anything...
Story by Mike McKenna. Photos by Christian Pondella.
June Mountain's Gem
On Patrol with Ruby
WORKING SIDE BY SIDE with Mammoth Mountain’s male avalanche dogs during the 2006 avalanche slide off Climax, she proved she could hold her own...
Counting Snowflakes
ONE HUNDRED MILES over a January landscape, measuring snow depth and water content so Sacramento can determine how much California will be able to drink the coming summer...
Story and Photos by John Dittli.
Trailer-made in Olancha
Custom Skis for a New Economy
I WENT DOWN TO THE DESERT to see about a pair of skis. I’d been hearing about Michael Lish, how he could set up in the parking lot at Chair 2 and crank out whatever you wanted for $333. It sounded too good to be true...
Story by David Page. Photos by Christian Pondella.
To June and Beyond
California's Best Lift-served Backcountry Skiing
FOR THOSE INTERESTED in lift-accessed backcountry, June Mountain has it all. Like a 5,000-foot run in exchange for skinning up only 2,000 feet...
Story by Joseph Merriman. Photos by Christian Pondella.
Hooked OnWeekly essays and humor by McKenna.
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