News of California

Involved in a tragic accident in DV.
https://www.ktnv.com/news/california-ma ... ional-park

http://www.highsierratopix.com/communit ... 37&t=19276

I recently came across this mailing list in the Lewis Clark material. Fun to investigate some of the unfamiliar (to me anyway) names. Like Belmore here:
https://www.adn.com/features/article/belmore-browne-was-first-nearly-climb-alaskas-mount-mckinley-then-he-got-lost/2012/10/30/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/201 ... 986344002/

I was on that bit of the trail just last month...

:shock:

This is from the CHP incident webpage. Looks like someone tried to drive up White Mountain Road in the snow. $175 an hour for the tow.

Can't say I never got stuck like that, but I can say I don't do it anymore.

Incident: 00117 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: White Mountain Rd / Sr168 Loc Desc: 3/4 MILE JNO Lat/Lon: 37.282351 -118.151216
Detail Information
6:48 PM 9 1039 BILLY'S TOW
6:48 PM 8 ...

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is closed indefinitely due to storm damage on the Tramway Road

https://www.kesq.com/news/palm-springs- ... 445?fbclid

Does anyone have the first edition of Zdon's Desert Summits? If so, could you post a scan of the entry for Marble Peak in Anza-Borrego? The peak was dropped from the Updated Edition and I have some doubts as to the accuracy of the peak's location as identified on peakbagger.com. Thanks in advance!

Hello Everyone,

We are making a 4th effort to locate some evidence in the Matthew Greene case. Our plans are to set-up basecamp at Deadhorse Lake in the Minarets, search dates are 9/4-9/8/19.

We hope some of you will consider joining are group to finally bring closure for the Greene Family, while spending time with some fellow Sierra loving people in one of the most beautiful parts of the Sierra. Please contact me at: ...

Hey Mountain Fans,

Anyone been up Split Peak and care to give some advice on if there is a plausible site to pitch a tent above or near the top of the St Jean Coulier?

We will camp at Red Lake or higher and then head up the coulier the next day - the thought is we might pitch a tent near the summit for a night. I have never been up so don't know ...

Folks interested in combining hikes in the Sierra Nevada with fossil observations might want to check out a couple of paleontology-related web pages I rather recently uploaded. They're completely personal, non-commercial cyber-sites, of course.

The first is "High Sierra Nevada Fossil Plants, Alpine County, California" over at http://inyo3.coffeecup.com/highsierra/highsierra.html. It's a visit to a 7 million year-old (late Miocene) fossil leaf and petrified wood locality situated above the local timberline (around 9,000 feet). Features a detailed ...