The Mountains Are Calling, And You Can't Go

Plus, summer skiing is almost over, we made the globe wobble, privatization of the outdoors, and a company trying to DRINK THE DESERT'S MILKSHAKE (metaphorically)

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A view from Mount Williamson in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, currently inaccessible due to road damage

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the effort to expand the national monument boundaries of what I consider what one of my “home mountain ranges”—the San Gabriels, northeast of Los Angeles. These beautiful mountains make up the overwhel…