News of California

Does anyone know if Tioga Pass is going to reopen? I notice on the webcam for the entry station it looks like the park service has it plowed out but CalTrans still has it closed at the bottom of the hill.

This photo was taken this morning in the San Gabriel Mountains:

Any recommendations for a good sports medicine MD within 10 miles of Glendale/Pasadena? I've got Aetna PPO so no Kaiser docs pls. thanks

http://www.vimeo.com/6686768

It includes the Sierra, the Whites, and Joshua Tree.

Some of the clips look fake, but he has other videos showing his setup and how he did it, so they're all real, amazingly.

Just moved backed out here after years away. Can't wait til next season to get back in the mtns. I'm in the Bay Area, happy to do the driving, or share gas, or whatever.

Would prefer something with real climbing, albeit easy?, snow and ice fine. N. Arete Matterhorn, Bear Creek Spire, something in Minarets?

Brandon

Is anyone going to Royal Robbins lecture next week? which includes a preview of the climbing exhibit.

I understand that ACH is opening the first weekend of December.

What is the best map of the peaks around Onion Valley (Independence, University, Gould, Dragon, Kearsarge, etc.) that can be purchased online? I need it soon . . .

I have Tom Harrison's Sequoia and King's Canyon map, but the Onion Valley region is not covered in sufficient detail.

Is Vincent Gap open from the east? The SP page for Baden-Powell says that it's closed as of September 30, 2009. It also said that the gap was 5.5 miles west of Big Pine. This page says the ACH is open to 6.5 miles west of Big Pine: http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cgi

Anyone been up there recently?