November 2011 Archives
Outdoors:
Veronique de Turenne said it best: "I'm baffled when I hear people talk about the lack of seasons in LA. What they're really saying is they're just not paying attention."
Outdoors:
If the seasonal Santa Ana winds are light, the leaves in SoCal stick around a little longer.
Video:
Need something to push you over the edge and start planning a hike of the 211-mile John Muir Trail?
Transportation:
Weekend hikers, take note. Parking in the streets south of Hollywood's famous urban hiking spot will likely be getting worse.
Openings & Closings:
Trails and a popular remote waterfall closed since the summer will remain so until next spring.
Outdoors:
An early November ski season opened today in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Outdoors:
That storm that dropped rain on Los Angeles today also dumped snow in the local mountains.
Video:
Excitement over a pod of humpback whales hanging out closer to the shore than usual has drawn people to the area, but the encounters are dangerous for both people and the pod.
Openings & Closings:
As of November 1, visitors can travel the spectacular Pinto Basin Road for the first time since violent storms cut off access September 13.
Openings & Closings:
There's a half mile or so to go and then it will be finished: 5.5 miles in the Eastern Sierra-Nevada Mountains for walkers, runners and cyclists.
