Tag Archives: Mountain

If you are looking for a spring-flowering shrub beyond the typical azaleas, consider native mountain laurel. … Click to Continue »

220 acres of timber litter, brush, grass, and pine needles will be burned approximately seven miles northeast of Westwood this Sunday, October 11 after the Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon finishes. Smoke may be visible from Highway 44 and the McCoy Flat and Hog Flat areas for up to one

The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Fire Management Program will be conducting a fuel reduction project this year in the Ash Mountain area of Sequoia National Park. The project is reducing the number of acres traditionally burned and using more mechanical methods to achieve park goals because of drought …

Dry conditions from the drought prompted a fast response from fire fighters to attack a wildfire near Millerton and Auberry Roads. The blaze burned ten acres. And at one point threatened homes. Fire crews attacked the wildfire on from the air with tankers and helicopters. Auberry Road was crowded with …

Twisted Colossus opens this Saturday.  It’s Six Flags Magic Mountain’s newest roller coaster– an update of an old favorite. The wood and steel hybrid is nearly 5,000 feet long. There are two tracks, and when timed just right a previously dispatched train will climb the lift hill on the track …

Last year, one of Magic Mountain’s oldest and most iconic roller coasters closed down.  Saturday, Colossus reopens as a hybrid coaster. Roller Coaster Expert Tim Baldwin, the editor of roller coaster magazine, rode the coaster live on Sunrise to give us a preview. You gotta see this live shot! Click …