Winter issue on stands now.
Look for Spring issue mid-March.
ON PATROL WITH RUBY THE AVALANCHE DOG
By Lara Kirkner
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IT CAN BE TOUGH TO BE THE ONLY GIRL CHARGING IT in a group of boys, but June Mountain’s Ruby, the ski area’s first official avalanche canine, takes it all in four-legged stride.
AN EASTSIDE RUNNER LAMENTS THE SHALLOW DATING POOL
By Jeff Kozak
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Running toward the dream of finding the perfect line, and someone to share it with. PHOTO JEFF KOZAK COLLECTION
I DON'T REMEMBER JOINING THE EASTSIDE ORDER OF MONKS, but every time I attempt to renounce my faith, the missionaries once again appear at the doorstep of my social scene.
FREQUENT SIERRA TREKKERS CONSIDER THE CONTENTS OF THEIR BACKPACKS an extension of their very beings. The most famous pack identity is that of early twentieth century Sierra mountaineering legend Norman Clyde. “
SOUTHERN INYO'S MALPAIS MESA AND THE DARWIN HILLS
By Wynne Benti
ACROSS THE ROLLING BLACK TOP of Malpais Mesa, in the heart of the Malpais Mesa Wilderness in Southern Inyo County, soft sand mixes with black and red volcanic pebbles. A forest of Joshua trees has found the shallow soft soil hospitable, their silhouettes pressed against the west-facing backdrop of the Sierra and its snowy peaks—Olancha, Lone Pine, Whitney, Independence, the Palisades—as far as you can see north on a clear day. Below, Owens Lake at Keeler’s edge forms a checkerboard of silvery-blue water against expanses of packed alkali dust and sand dunes that touch the north end of the Coso Range.
A WALKING TOUR OF THE GHOST TOWN
LATE AFTERNOON LIGHT FILTERED IN as the air chilled. Even in summer, the Bodie basin is cooler than other Eastside spots at similarly high altitudes. In fall, the aspens dotting the hillsides turn sooner than anywhere else. Autumn is a great time to take a walk through California’s official ghost town, where aspen leaves are outshone by colorful history and enduring legends.
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