April 8, 2021
A Tease...
I've seen some photos on the IR Facebook page of trees in the snow and I wanted to try my hand at it. So I traveled up to Crystal Lake and there was very little snow up there, even on the mountains(but they're south facing). I decided to drive up to the eastern San Gabriels and try there(I saw some photos on Reddit that showed some snow on one of the peaks). I headed out Monday morning and there was no snow to be seen on the San Gabriels, except a ridge of white at the very top of Mt. San Antonio. But as with the mountains around Crystal Lake, they're facing south. By the time I neared Wrightwood, I could see some snow on the higher elevations and after getting some shots at Inspiration Point(HOW MANY ARE THERE?) at Blue Ridge(including the shot of Mt. San Antonio), I continued on to Mt. Baden-Powell(yes it's named for the Boy Scout guy). I hiked a bit up the trail(actually a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail) and wandered a bit off the trail to a bank of a gully that had a good view of the snow and trees on the slope. I may head back up there on Friday, there was a trail that headed down into the gulch that I wasn't sure where it went, but upon my return home I found it goes to an abondoned mine and old miner's cabin and really want to see those as well.
Read MoreI've seen some photos on the IR Facebook page of trees in the snow and I wanted to try my hand at it. So I traveled up to Crystal Lake and there was very little snow up there, even on the mountains(but they're south facing). I decided to drive up to the eastern San Gabriels and try there(I saw some photos on Reddit that showed some snow on one of the peaks). I headed out Monday morning and there was no snow to be seen on the San Gabriels, except a ridge of white at the very top of Mt. San Antonio. But as with the mountains around Crystal Lake, they're facing south. By the time I neared Wrightwood, I could see some snow on the higher elevations and after getting some shots at Inspiration Point(HOW MANY ARE THERE?) at Blue Ridge(including the shot of Mt. San Antonio), I continued on to Mt. Baden-Powell(yes it's named for the Boy Scout guy). I hiked a bit up the trail(actually a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail) and wandered a bit off the trail to a bank of a gully that had a good view of the snow and trees on the slope. I may head back up there on Friday, there was a trail that headed down into the gulch that I wasn't sure where it went, but upon my return home I found it goes to an abondoned mine and old miner's cabin and really want to see those as well.
