Toured up to a mini peak near the June Lake Junction yesterday. Been coming here for along time!
The little storm we had was waning by mid day although winds were still quite gusty. I found about 1" at the highway and 2" to 4" higher with wind deposits deeper still.
There was a melt/freeze crust beneath the new snow on the lower slopes - even in sheltered north facing terrain. It was a weak crust so the skiing was still fairly decent.
Higher up near the summit the crust seemed a little less prevalent and the skiing was quite good on the right aspects.
The views from up top are great. Mono Lake.
June Lake with Mts Wood and Lewis behind.
I was pretty leery of skiing in zones with more snow as the winds were undoubtedly creating slabs and heightening avalanche danger. Here I found a little slab formation in the lee of ridges but they were quite thin and non reactive (no cracking or collapsing).
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