We spent the weekend up in the snow at Wood’s Lake, near Carson Pass. Temperatures were colder than we usually encounter in the Sierra, but the great company, hot chocolate, and down layers kept us warm. Although it was cold (7 degrees when I crawled into my sleeping bag on Saturday night), the weather was [...]
Winnemucca storm

Last weekend a group of us from the Northern CA hiking group planned on a nice snowcamping trip to Lake Winnemucca near Carson Pass along highway 88. Although there was a storm forecasted for Sunday night, we were only expecting a few inches of snow over the weekend, with plenty of time to get out [...]
A few weeks ago Dave, Steve and I headed up for an overnight in the snow at Loch Leven lakes. I’m a bit late in updating – OOPs! The photo album is here: Loch Leven Lakes
This past weekend David and I did an overnight snowshoe/ski into Lassen National Park with the Northern California Hikers. It was wonderfully hot and sunny on the snow, and sunscreen and hats didn’t do much to prevent sunburn. But it was worth it! We snowshoed in a few miles along the road to the Bumpass [...]


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