Surprisingly green the desert is behind the Coachella Valley in the foothills above on the S side. Great hike Cahuila Reservation trails. Steep rocky 10K 250m up to 900m elev. then back. Plentiful rains Nov-early Jan, lots of new green grass, a few wildflowers. #climate #hiking #california #desert

Surprisingly green the desert is behind the Coachella Valley in the foothills above on the S side. Great hike Cahuila Reservation trails. Steep rocky 10K 250m up to 900m elev. then back. Plentiful rains Nov-early Jan, lots of new green grass, a few wildflowers. #climate #hiking #california #desert

Glad to have Marine Layer return w lite onshore flow. Last week + very warm/dry. Torrey Pines SP closed all access thru Feb! Ran down steep cliff trail instead from Glider Port get Blacks Beach run/short dunk in. 120m sheer crumbly sandstone cliffs 👍🏽. #weather #climate #running #sandiego #coast

San Diego, grew up here, hard to imagine, since I left 1982 😜. So much different then! Great to visit, but miss my wolf and coyote at home, and the cold. Dry offshore flow 26C for walk w sis Mischelle Mission Trails park. Used to do long runs here before 2012. #climate #hiking #sandiego #california

Emerald City visit relatives soak in progressive culture. Record warmth last 3 months shrubs blooming bulbs popping. My master gardener Uncle Tom never seen this so early his 50 years here 😪. 10-13C last few days. Lots clouds at least holding moisture in. #climate #hiking #dogs #washington

Emerald City visit relatives soak in progressive culture. Record warmth last 3 months shrubs blooming bulbs popping. My master gardener Uncle Tom never seen this so early his 50 years here 😪. 10-13C last few days. Lots clouds at least holding moisture in. #climate #hiking #dogs #washington

Warmest and mostly dry fall/winter on the Beartooth Front will continue at least few more weeks. Not a pretty picture. Last time we ran old logging road/trail up gulch W-fork Cyn 1900-2300m month ago solid snow/ice. Today mostly bare, no spikes 12C W breeze. #climatechange #running #dogs #montana

Warmest and mostly dry fall/winter on the Beartooth Front will continue at least few more weeks. Not a pretty picture. Last time we ran old logging road/trail up gulch W-fork Cyn 1900-2300m month ago solid snow/ice. Today mostly bare, no spikes 12C W breeze. #climatechange #running #dogs #montana

Greed, racism, and separation from Nature are destroying the planet. Ironic for our ICE Out for Good march protesting Renee Good's murder in MSP last week. Because Red Lodge is deserted due to climate collapse, ski area is barely open, on life support. 8C and dry. #climate #ICEout #Montana #dogs

More wintry in middle Rock Crk. Canyo 2200-2500m than last time we ran here over 3 weeks ago. Still overall snowpack down low only 5-8cm, drifted in shady/sheltered spots. Made for easy run Parkside Cmpgrd west 5K up, not deep enough to ski on. Warm/dry again now 😔. #climate #running #dogs #montana

More wintry in middle Rock Crk. Canyo 2200-2500m than last time we ran here over 3 weeks ago. Still overall snowpack down low only 5-8cm, drifted in shady/sheltered spots. Made for easy run Parkside Cmpgrd west 5K up, not deep enough to ski on. Warm/dry again now 😔. #climate #running #dogs #montana

newrepublic.com/post/205105/... In addition to collapsing climate, white supremacist fascism fully on. Pace of the former is accelerated by the latter. Still can't ski Beartooth Highway from 2300m closure, nothing first 2K, rocky on margins, never been so late. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana #peace

newrepublic.com/post/205105/... In addition to collapsing climate, white supremacist fascism fully on. Pace of the former is accelerated by the latter. Still can't ski Beartooth Highway from 2300m closure, nothing first 2K, rocky on margins, never been so late. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana #peace

Tried for Rock Crk. Canyon and up Hellroaring Rd. toward that plateau. Windy, snowing/drifting on hwy, turned back. W-fork Canyon not windy at all yet, got up to 2440m Lower Basin Lake from 1900m start. At lake tho, dire, -3C storm force SW gusts. 10-15cm snowpack 😔 #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

Tried for Rock Crk. Canyon and up Hellroaring Rd. toward that plateau. Windy, snowing/drifting on hwy, turned back. W-fork Canyon not windy at all yet, got up to 2440m Lower Basin Lake from 1900m start. At lake tho, dire, -3C storm force SW gusts. 10-15cm snowpack 😔 #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

Meanwhile almost entire western half lower 48 had it's warmest ever fall/early winter. Never seen like here, 4 🌈 in Dec. Beartooth Front, lots rain too. Frightening, hard to imagine 10 years out now. All this highly apparent on Lakefork Cyn run, 2100-2300m and back. #climate #running #dogs #montana

Meanwhile almost entire western half lower 48 had it's warmest ever fall/early winter. Never seen like here, 4 🌈 in Dec. Beartooth Front, lots rain too. Frightening, hard to imagine 10 years out now. All this highly apparent on Lakefork Cyn run, 2100-2300m and back. #climate #running #dogs #montana

Monthly shopping el Ciudad Grande (BIL) doesn't mean can't get good run in. Phipps Park NW edge of megaplex great during cool season. No water 🔥 and rattlesnake haven in summer. 100m high rims N side Yellowstone R. valley/side gulch, sheer drops on Sandstone rocks. #climate #running #dogs #montana

Monthly shopping el Ciudad Grande (BIL) doesn't mean can't get good run in. Phipps Park NW edge of megaplex great during cool season. No water 🔥 and rattlesna ke haven in summer. 100m high rims N sideYellowstone R. valley/side gulch, sheer drops on Sandstone rocks. #climate #running #dogs #montana

Warped stegosaurus scales in stone, on outside of Clarks Fk. Cyn of Yellowstone R. are interesting climbing. Only on the slopes, not the crumbly sandstone/schist rocks. Moist ground helped stabilize steep loose slopes a bit. Summer would be trickier, snakes too. #climate #hiking #dogs #wyoming #gye

Warped stegosaurus scales in stone, on outside of Clarks Fk. Cyn of Yellowstone R. are interesting climbing. Only on the slopes, not the crumbly sandstone/schist rocks. Moist ground helped stabilize steep loose slopes a bit. Summer would be trickier, snakes too. #climate #hiking #dogs #wyoming #gye

Brief winter shot didn't give much ❄️ Rock. Crk. Canyon 2200-2500m. Beartooth Hwy from 2300m closure awful mix touch powder atop solid ice then bare. 1km in good solid snow, 15cm base. Hiked up to 2500m, then back -3C no wind! Bit of skiing cyn bottom after 👍🏽. #climate #hiking #skiing #dogs #montana

Brief winter shot didn't give much ❄️ Rock. Crk. Canyon 2200-2500m. Beartooth Hwy from 2300m closure awful mix touch powder atop solid ice then bare. 1km in good solid snow, 15cm base. Hiked up to 2500m, then back -3C no wind! Bit of skiing cyn bottom after 👍🏽. #climate #hiking #skiing #dogs #montana

Nice having brief winter shot, but not enough new ❄️ to ski in town or lower Wfork Canyon, up to at least 2200m. Made for easy running on lower Silver Run trails along W-fork of Rock Crk. 1850-1950m and back. Used to ski here a lot in "the old days". #climate #running #dogs #montana #gye #winter

Nice having brief winter shot, but not enough new ❄️ to ski in town or lower Wfork Canyon, up to at least 2200m. Made for easy running on lower Silver Run trails along W-fork of Rock Crk. 1850-1950m and back. Used to ski here a lot in "the old days". #climate #running #dogs #montana #gye #winter

Short sharp trough sweeping thru, bringing much needed ❄️. 8-10cm, now tapering off, temp. dropped to -12C so far. About over now, dry after tomorrow, but least we got this. Break in early aftn., so got quick run up Nichols Crk. gulch trail 1850-2200m and back. #climate #running #dogs #montana

Short sharp trough sweeping thru, bringing much needed ❄️. 8-10cm, now tapering off, temp. dropped to -12C so far. About over now, dry after tomorrow, but least we got this. Break in early aftn., so got quick run up Nichols Crk. gulch trail 1850-2200m and back. #climate #running #dogs #montana

Phantom Crk trail starts 1935m E. Rosebud Lk in that canyon. Ascends up side gulch, reaching 3100m + Froze to Death Plateau in 14K. Got to 2300m Slough Lake, would need break trail thru 20-25cm solid slushy snowpack up from that. 6K in. Snowed hard on return 👍🏽. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana #gye

Phantom Crk trail starts 1935m E. Rosebud Lk in that canyon. Ascends up side gulch, reaching 3100m + Froze to Death Plateau in 14K. Got to 2300m Slough Lake, would need break trail thru 20-25cm solid slushy snowpack up from that. 6K in. Snowed hard on return 👍🏽. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana #gye

Bighorn Canyon NRA today, some sheep were out, always great to see. www.nps.gov/bica/index.htm ❤️. Windy 4C there, have be careful not get blown into the 400-700m deep canyon w sheer crumbly sandstone walls. 10K hike Layout Crk. trail, up the way after. #climate #hiking #dogs #wildlife #montana

Bighorn Canyon NRA today, some sheep were out, always great to see. www.nps.gov/bica/index.htm ❤️. Windy 4C there, have be careful not get blown into the 400-700m deep canyon w sheer crumbly sandstone walls. 10K hike Layout Crk. trail, up the way after. #climate #hiking #dogs #wildlife #montana

Great timing Clarks Fk. Cyn of Yellowstone R. hike today. SW flow Atmospheric River pattern just -dz end of the pipeline E edge of Beartooth Complex. 1500-1750m deep, this canyon sees katabatic winds OCT-APR of cold air drainage from the high country to the W. #climate #hiking #dogs #wyoming #gye

Great timing Clarks Fk. Cyn of Yellowstone R. hike today. SW flow Atmospheric River pattern just -dz end of the pipeline E edge of Beartooth Complex. 1500-1750m deep, this canyon sees katabatic winds OCT-APR of cold air drainage from the high country to the W. #climate #hiking #dogs #wyoming #gye

Happy Solstice, when we are tilted away from the sun 23.5deg here in Nrn Hempisphere 😜. Sundance/Otter's Uncle Greg visiting got out for short hike Beartooth Highway from 2300m closure. Got 2K up, then 25cm powder 👍🏽. Secret falls in E Rosebud Canyon after. #climate #winter #hiking #dogs #montana

Quite the day yest. Beartooth Front 10C -RA, 80-120kph W winds afternoon thru last nite. Brief weather window for Beartooth Hwy Survey early aftn. Icy low. Got up to 2450m 4K in, time to return, gale force winds starting. Not bad up there, 4-8cm new ❄️ over the ice 👍🏽. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

Quite the day yest. Beartooth Front 10C -RA, 80-120kph W winds afternoon thru last nite. Brief weather window for Beartooth Hwy Survey early aftn. Icy low. Got up to 2450m 4K in, time to return, gale force winds starting. Not bad up there, 4-8cm new ❄️ over the ice 👍🏽. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

Must have had 110kph SW-W wind gusts last nite our place, mountain wave event. Same again tonight, not looking forward to it. Wind let-up today Rock Crk. Canyon for 12K hike 2200m-2350m then back. Cooler too, which we also liked 5-7C. Warm dry chinooks last 4 days. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

Must have had 110kph SW-W wind gusts last nite our place, mountain wave event. Same again tonight, not looking forward to it. Wind let-up today Rock Crk. Canyon for 12K hike 2200m-2350m then back. Cooler too, which we also liked 5-7C. Warm dry chinooks last 4 days. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

Downsloping warm dry chinooks prevail in longer bouts of SW-W flow now here Ern GYE fringe. Our run on the Lakefork trail in that deep shaded canyon was shocking. Bare slopes 2200m, no sun all day. Solid ice much of road/trail for our 13K run 2200m-2400m then back. #climate #running #dogs #montana

Downsloping warm dry chinooks prevail in longer bouts of SW-W flow now here Ern GYE fringe. Our run on the Lakefork trail in that deep shaded canyon was shocking. Bare slopes 2200m, no sun all day. Solid ice much of road/trail for our 13K run 2200m-2400m then back. #climate #running #dogs #montana

Weak cold air push from N last nite, dropped to -12C in town, tiny bit powder. Cold air didn't make it Rock Crk. Canyon very far, easy run up Hellroaring Rd. goes to that plateau. Windy 8C 2230m start. Turned back past new bridge 2600m, -1C windy/shaded. #climate #running #dogs #montana #wildlife

Weak cold air push from N last nite, dropped to -12C in town, tiny bit powder. Cold air didn't make it Rock Crk. Canyon very far, easy run up Hellroaring Rd. goes to that plateau. Windy 8C 2230m start. Turned back past new bridge 2600m, -1C windy/shaded. #climate #running #dogs #montana #wildlife

East Rosebud Canyon slices directly thru highest terrain in MT and Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, illustrates climate chaos/collapse well. Ravaged by 13JUN2022 floods, trail/bridges were re-built. Strong warm chinooks the past week have melted out most snowpack. #climatechange #hiking #dogs #montana

East Rosebud Canyon slices directly thru highest terrain in MT and Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, illustrates climate chaos/collapse well. Ravaged by 13JUN2022 floods, trail/bridges were re-built. Strong warm chinooks the past week have melted out most snowpack. #climatechange #hiking #dogs #montana

East Rosebud Canyon slices directly thru highest terrain in MT and Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, illustrates climate chaos/collapse well. Ravaged by 13JUN2022 floods, trail/bridges were re-built. Strong warm chinooks the past week have melted out most snowpack. #climatechange #hiking #dogs #montana

Was not able to ski in Westfork Canyon, what little snowpack there was on winter-closed road only 2-4cm melting slush atop pavement. Even w my rock skis would be ludicrous. Hiked up Basin Lakes trail to 2200m instead, quiet, no one in lately 👍🏽. Warm 10C 1900m start. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

Was not able to ski in Westfork Canyon, what little snowpack there was on winter-closed road only 2-4cm melting slush atop pavement. Even w my rock skis would be ludicrous. Hiked up Basin Lakes trail to 2200m instead, quiet, no one in lately 👍🏽. Warm 10C 1900m start. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana

We (PNW-Northern Rockies-GYE) are entering into extreme weather week.Plenty to worry about for us, but the PNW will be hard-hit w AR heavy rain and high snow levels. Strong winds here biggest worry, just starting our Nichols Crk. run 1850m-2200m mild 4-7C. #climate #weather #running #dogs #montana

We (PNW-Northern Rockies-GYE) are entering into extreme weather week.Plenty to worry about for us, but the PNW will be hard-hit w AR heavy rain and high snow levels. Strong winds here biggest worry, just starting our Nichols Crk. run 1850m-2200m mild 4-7C. #climate #weather #running #dogs #montana

Was amazed no-one had been up Ingles Crk. trail since heavier snowfall. Nice run up off main W-fork Canyon start 1850m to 2nd stream crossing on Ingles 2250m. 10-15cm powder to break thru between 1st/2nd creek crossings. No moose around, can be exciting. #climate #running #dogs #montana #winter