Snow

On January 8th, just at the beginning of the set of storms, we decided to go to Mt. Pinos and experience the snow coming down, not just on the ground.


Alan observed the snow by the side of the freeway as we approached Gorman.




There was indeed quite a bit of snow on the ground in Gorman and Frazier Park, but it was raining lightly instead of snowing.




Unfortunately for our plans, officials weren't letting any extra people past Frazier Park because there were already a lot of people in the Mt. Pinos area playing in the snow. So we got out the maps and decided to go around via Maricopa and come in the back way. Once we dropped down the north side of Gorman on I-5, the snow disappeared.




But after winding back into the mountains past Mt. Abel, the snow was very much in evidence. Now we just needed a good spot to park.




Around 5pm we found a good spot with a nice slope right by the parking lot.









Jenny's turn.




Roger's turn.




Alan's turn.




And Jenny even made a tiny snowman.




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