Lifestyle
How to prevent cardiovascular disease
The fourth Health and Wellness presentation – Hearts & Smarts – by Soroptimist International of Rim of the World will feature family nurse practitioner Kim Walker. Walker will draw from her extensive experience as a registered nurse in critical care, emergency and...
LET’S GO HIKING – Arrowbear Lake
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: East of Running Springs Length: 2 miles Elevation gain: 114 feet Challenge: easy to moderate Small Is Beautiful was a popular and influential book published in 1973. Its title could apply to Arrowbear Lake, so...
Vandals damage Mountain Skies telescope
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Mountain Skies Astrological Society’s $1.3 million research grade telescope sustained major damage when three high school age vandals broke into the society’s observatory in the dead of night in late April, causing several hundred...
Films aim to help teens with mental health issues
By Mary-Justine Lanyon If a teen breaks his arm, misses a day of school and returns in a cast, everyone will ask what happened, how he is. But if that same teen misses school due to having a panic attack or feeling too depressed to leave the house, it’s possible no...
LET’S GO HIKING – Pacific Crest Trail
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Silverwood Lake Length: 5.2-mile round trip (partial transit) Elevation gain: 87 feet (return leg) Challenge: easy It’s one the longest and most well-known trails in the United States. The Pacific Crest Trail...
Young anglers brave the cold
By Mary-Justine Lanyon It was a cold and extremely windy morning at Tavern Bay when nearly 150 young anglers participated in the recent Arrowhead Lake Association Junior Trout Rodeo. The event kicked off with a pancake and sausage breakfast. “Chef Wayne Austin and his...









