Picture: Clouds over Mount Maclure (L) and Mount Lyell (R) as seen from Clouds Rest, Yosemite National Park, California During the first week of October, I got interrupted in my pursuit of a couple Sierra locations due to an extremely strong, early season snow storm that blanketed some areas with as much as two feet [...]

Picture: Snow covered pine trees along road to Echo Summit, near Lake Tahoe, California I got home this weekend from a sixteen day road & hibernation trip. What the heck does that mean? Well, in the middle of those sixteen days, I hibernated all alone in a motel in South Lake Tahoe while a major [...]

Picture: Aspen trees in Fall along Dunderberg Meadow Road, Eastern Sierra, California Over the course of the last week, I’ve been a hermit crab(be). I ducked into a hotel in South Lake Tahoe at the beginning of last week to take coverfrom an unseasonably early winter storm. Normally I’d say fall storm since we were [...]

Picture: Aspen leaves in early Fall, Lundy Canyon, Eastern Sierra, California I’ve spent the last week cruising through the Eastern Sierra, venturing between Mammoth Lakes and South Lake Tahoe while working on my current book project. I thought I would share my observations for the status of the current fall foliage conditions in this area. [...]

Picture: Water rushing over boulders in the Merced River (Detail), Yosemite National Park, California California’s long, cold, wet season has finally given way to the heat that typically accompanies late Spring and the start of Summer. With the sun now beating down relentlessly on the Sierra snowpack, ranked between 150 – 170% of seasonal norms, [...]

Picture: Temporary graffiti; self-portrait (kinda) after “leaving my mark” while snowshoeing with my family at Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California “Any old fool can drop on their back in the snow and make a snow angel.” – Me. My family and I were enjoying a snowshoeing adventure this last weekend. At one point on [...]

Picture: Oak trees, cows and green grass on hills over valley in spring at sunset, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California When someone is looking at one of our photos, many photographers have heard the saying “Wow! You caught that at just the perfect moment.” Sometimes though, the perfect time to take a photo… [...]

Picture: Fresh snow on tree branches in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California I just heard the weatherman on the radio say, “only three more days until Winter.” It’s so odd that last week we had the lowest, longest-lasting snowfall in the San Francisco Bay Area in many many years. Today the weather was approaching [...]

Picture: Buffalo grazing in snow frosted meadow near a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. I just want to wish everyone a peaceful and happy holiday season. I think it would be wonderful if we could all wake up to a world that seems as calm and gentle as this scene depicts. You can [...]

Picture: Lupine and Owl’s clover bloom in spring oak tree woodlands in the Los Padres National Forest, California This was how my most recent trip started. I want to thank my good friend Michael Routh for bringing me to this location. If you want to see this great display for yourself, dial in the zzzPS [...]