By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Running Springs/Arrowbear Length: 4.6 miles (round trip) Elevation gain: 732 feet Challenge: moderate to semi-difficult Here’s another hiking destination with a long name: Children’s Forest Exploration Trail. In...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor $46,998.27 That is the total amount of donations made to the Rim of the World Unified School District at the Dec. 18 meeting of the board of trustees. The Rim of the World Educational Foundation made presentations to all six campuses,...
This Elf on the Shelf took the shelf to new heights! Bethany Negersmith, principal of Valley of Enchantment Elementary School, appeared as the elf throughout the school on the last day before winter break and kept the fun going at that night’s school board meeting....
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Crestline Length: 2 miles (round trip) Elevation gain: 275 feet (return leg) Challenge: easy to moderate What is it that attracts so many hikers to the Heart Rock Trail? It’s certainly not prominent signage. The...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon The focus of the Every Girl Counts meeting on Dec. 11 at Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate School was achieving healthy bodies and brains. The program – sponsored by Soroptimist International of Rim of the World – is open to girls in sixth,...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon In her highlights presentation on Valley of Enchantment Elementary School to the school board at their Nov. 21 meeting, Principal Bethany Negersmith noted they have the largest enrollment in the district. The current enrollment is 548...
