Lifestyle
LET’S GO HIKING Exploration Trail (Part 1)
By TIM WILCOX - Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Running Springs/Arrowbear Length: 4.6 miles (round trip) Elevation gain: 750 feet Challenge: moderate to semi-difficult For the sake of careful identification and context, please note that the full...
LET’S GO HIKING: Sequoia Trail
By Tim Wilcox - Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Heaps Peak Arboretum Length: 0.8 mile Elevation gain: 122 feet (from mid-trail) Challenge: easy A fitting place to launch this column is one of the most well-known and popular hiking destinations in the western...
Rim administrator comes home Bethany Negersmith, principal of VOE Elementary School
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Thomas Wolfe may have written that “you can’t go home again” but Bethany Negersmith did not heed that admonition. Negersmith grew up on the mountain, attending Lake Arrowhead Elementary School and Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate School before her...
Rare discovery in Crestline
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY - Staff Writer Recently Lisa Wilson, a homeowner in Crestline, made a remarkable discovery while tending to her garden. The rains and snows created some erosion in the yards on the mountain areas, after last winter’s storms, so many people have...
Be aware of bears around us
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY - Staff Writer Bears live within our forest but our interactions with them do not need to be negative. The bears are a natural part of the forest’s ecosystem and, since humans have decided to live in the forest, humans must learn to peacefully...
Come for the food, stay for the music
By Mary-Justine Lanyon It’s been a long time coming but Misti and Jimmy Dixon will be opening their barbecue restaurant and country bar – Cadillac Cowboy – in Lake Arrowhead Village this weekend. The grand opening on Saturday, July 1 will be by ticket only. Then, on...









