+1. I absolutely do not miss seasons in Southern California. On the contrary, I'm much happier when I (almost) constantly have great weather.

Illinois transplant to CA, casting another vote for "I don't miss the seasons at all." After 5 years in CA, I moved to PA for 1 and immediately regretted it at the first sign of significant weather variation.

After about 10 years out of the Northwest (and a particularly severe drought here in CA), I've finally started to miss the rain a little bit. But I sure don't miss the constantly-ruined plans or the incessant depressing grey.

See, I too am a fairly avid cyclist, and I too hate any weather that prevents me from doing it.. but when I lived in LA, it was hard to find good cycling routes. It's a very car-centric area.

I think youd be surprised at the number of people that bike year round in places with snow like Minneapolis and Chicago. I did a year of part time bike delivery in Chicago and had many days of 50 miles in the snow.

Cycling is fun. Skiing is orders of magnitude more fun.

You are just doing it wrong. :) Since you ski, you probably mountain bike. Mostly downhill. Boring. I am a climber (road bikes of course). The longer the climb, the better. California has great climbs.

I ski, I do not ever mountain bike, mainly because it's the same terrain I ski on without the snow to protect me from the rocks, stumps, and fallen trees. Downhill mountain biking is insanity. Cross country mountain bikers go up the hills and down fire roads. Downhillers go up gondolas.

Climbing on skis is a lot more fun than climbing on a bike, and you have access to much more interesting terrain, as they don't generally build roads over mountain peaks, and certainly they don't build them on slopes nearly as steep as what skis let you access.

Showshoeing is the road bike climb of the winter months. You just have to get them to stop plowing the roads.

LA has skiing. Big Bear and Mammoth are nearby.