Favorite point-and-shoot camera for the mountains?

I've had a series of SLRs and pocket camera for climbing, hiking, and skiing. I was disappointed by the small Nikons and Cannons. Their exposures were all over the place - yea, you can post-process but the camera should be getting closer that what I'm seeing.

I recently purchased a Sony RX100 and holy cow this thing is stunning. Very fast and excellent in tricky lighting (duh, like in bright snow). I shoot in RAW and .jpg - you have more flexibility in RAW but the .jpg is pretty impressive. It's 20MP, Zeiss lens, internal HDR (takes 3 shots at differnt exposures you set and merges the file). I slip it into the small leg pocket of my softshell pants and don't even notice it. The sensor is about twice the size of the Cannon 100S.

No point and shoot I've used comes close the quality of this camera. Downside? Gulp! $650.

Anyone using a good, up to date, point-and shoot with optical view finder any more?
I haven't seen any.
My last 2 have had were not so equipped and I find myself shooting almost no action shots any more and fewer in bright sunlight. I find it's just too hard to see the subjects on the screen in those conditions.
I miss my old point-and-shoot with the optical view finder

Anyone using a good, up to date, point-and shoot with optical view finder any more?

There were several mentioned in the previous posts. In the "really simple and cheap" category you could look at the Canon A series (the newest one being A1400 but some older ones were also well regarded, e.g. A720). The Canon G series or Nikon P 7000 (or 5000) series could fit the "more advanced, feels almost like an SLR" category but they don't have the zoom power and are a bit more bulky. Then there are the numerous (too many to count, really) so-called "bridge" cameras... many of them also falling into the "super-zoom" category.

This viewfinder question is interesting to me, really. Anybody, who frequently uses both cameras with viewfinder and without, cares to provide their opinion? I can't seem to let go of the idea of needing a viewfinder. And an optical one, really. Tried a bridge camera (Lumix series) with an electronic viewfinder and it was the weirdest feeling as it just seemed slow and unnatural.

Maybe I just need to "get over it" ... the fact is there are so many awesome options for display-only cameras. So often I came across one where I was thinking "wow, all specs are just right, including the weight and price" and then... bam, no viewfinder... the search continues. So as I said in a previous post... the Canon A1400 for $90 seems like a cheap experiment, which has some decent track record that says it won't be a total waste of money.

I use a venerable Canon SD800 every day on bike commutes, skiing, anything, with coating worn off the screen, shutter guards now requiring manual opening sometimes because I took pix of high tide / storm surge last winter and drenched it in salt spray. Like the size and manual controls. Had an optical viewfinder but the lens is now crazed and clouded so I've gotten over that. Rechargeable ithium ion battery lasts well even in cold and I carry a spare. I want a similar size/weight that will be better in low light and better image quality when zoomed. I had a nice chat with Dave Guinn at Kenmore Camera at Cyclefest. His recommendations:
for waterproof:
Nikon AW100 or
Panasonic T5's.
for not as rugged, but compact and good optics or feature:
Sony RX100
Panasonic 2S___ or LX7
You could go see Dave and try them.

Cannon G15 or SX260
Nikon P7700 or S9300
Fuji XF1

I saw this Olympus TG-2 iHS camera advertised on cascadeclimbers. It seems pretty cool (except no viewfinder). I like the picture of the camera on the climbing rack.

TG-2 iHS

I wonder if anyone is using it.

So where is your favorite place to make a purchase? Online or local? Any benefit in buying local?