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I'm with Tony on this one. Having something up there is better than nothing. The road situation since the drought of 11-15 has been truly terrible, and I suspect it's something of a chicken-and-egg problem. Caltrans is in no rush to clear the roads when there's "nothing" up there, which keeps it...

If they put half as much effort into actually operating as they did in putting together the sales pitch, there might be some hope for a year or two. But I agree the premise is horribly misguided. The idea of heli-access to avoid road issues is ... creative, I guess, but it makes you wonder...

Meanwhile down here by the coast it finally cracked 70 today, for the first time in over a week. This locked-in shallow marine layer pattern is unusual for early fall, when we usually have our most consistently clear / warm days. It reminds me of Tony's comment in the fire thread about the later...

I got a kick out of this. The most recent Google Earth image is only from 2020, but it confirms the exploratory committee of 2017 decided against any repairs.

Mountain High's webcam streams on Youtube are still frozen at when they lost power. You can still view the previous ~6 hours showing the fire approaching. Some dramatic views of employees rushing to get the snowmaking system going as smoke pours over the ridge: For a sense of timing, this was...

The first Santa Ana events can happen as early as mid-late September, but the peak of the hot, dry wind season is more like October - November. Once the northern hemisphere storm track gets organized enough that low pressure systems can dive into the Great Basin and pull a cool airmass behind...

That’s good news about mountain high. I watched the east cams yesterday and it didn’t look good. Though at least they had time to blow some water across the hill before the fire arrived. I am keeping my fingers crossed for Baldy. The fire is firmly established in the San Antonio Canyon and high...

I assume the Poopout Hill / Horse Meadows road was unmaintained / closed in winter? It looks like it would have made for ideal access to San Bernardino ridge: a road along a forested north facing slope above 7000 ft. At present that lower 3 miles of low altitude, variable aspect terrain are...

Spoken a bit too soon, perhaps. Temps at the weather station near my house about a mile from the coast in Redondo shot up to 91 before the sea breeze kicked in, and LAX set a daily record at 102. The morning air had the distinct desert smell of creosote and sage, a dead giveaway that it was...