21 ’Grams: February

Here's a month's-worth of outdoors inspiration

February 28, 2017 9:00 am EST

San Francisco, and our immediate surrounds, is the most Instagrammable place on the planet. Hence: 21 ’Grams, our compendium of the month that was, as taken by you, oh intrepid documentarians of the City by the Bay.

S.F.: It does well with a beauty shot.

And the long exposures.

And the real estate.

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And spectacular POVs. (Note: Buy girlfriend shoes.) But let’s get out of town. We heard something about snow….

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Scale.

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Piece of evidence 1: Squaw.

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Piece of evidence 2: The Lake.

Piece of evidence 3: Mammoth. Caption: “After a weekend full of fabulous sunshine, it’s dumping again.”

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Not feeling the snow? Try this, spotted in Bolinas.

Now keep in mind: Things are crazy out there.

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Waterfall hikes are going to be a little intense for a while.

Weird things are going down — like the Lake Berryessa glory hole. 

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This year versus last year.

Just try to stay out of trouble.

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Check in here.

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Get some of these (Hog Island style.)

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And a couple of these.

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If this doesn’t make your heart race, you’re beyond help.

And you can’t see this from inside the bunker.

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Or this (from SF bike-maker Alta.)

Now get out there.

Diane Rommel

Diane Rommel

Diane Rommel has written for The Wall Street Journal, Outside, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Travel + Leisure, Wallpaper and Afar, as well as The Cut, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post and McSweeney’s. She once drove from London to Mongolia, via Siberia.
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