The flowers in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada are pretty nice right now.

We spent the last 12 days of February doing snow surveys for the headwaters of the Kern River. Snow pack was pretty good with 80 to 100% of the yearly water content. We still could use a few good storms in March to bring the entire pack to normal for the year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ann Klinefelter at Cottonwood Pass, Golden Trout Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, CA

 

 

 

 

Ann Klinefelter skiing high on Mt Guyot, Red Spur and the Kaweahs behind, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada, CA

 

 

 

 

Jim King and Ann Klinefelter skiing on the Bighorn Plateau, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada, CA

 

 

 

 

 

Ann Klinefelter skiing near Crabtree Pass, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada, CA

 

 

 Sunset on the White Mountains, winter, Inyo National Forest, CA

 

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This fall offered a short window for backcountry ice skating, with hot weather thru November, then turning cold as it snowed. Never-the-less, Steve White and I found some nice ice this December in the Glen Pass region of the John Muir Trail.

 Steve White ice skating upper Rae Lakes, Kings Canyon National Park, CA

 

Steve White ice skating on Kearsarge Lake, Kings Canyon Nat'l Park, Sierra Nevada, CA

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