Pages Tagged “San Gabriels”
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- Far Snows
We actually got quite a bit of rain (for Southern California, anyway) in December, and the mountains have stayed cold enough that the snow has stuck around for a few weeks! Here’s a view of the San Gabriels in mid-December, after a big storm. And here’s a comparable view a week into January. Nowhere near […]
- Clouds Flowing Over the Snowy San Gabriels (Dec 2019)
Clouds flow over the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles this morning. We’ve had a decent amount of rain this December, and snow in the mountains, leading to hopes for a wet winter and enough water to store for next summer. Oh, and skiing for those who are into that sort of thing 😁
- Snow Above Los Angeles (Feb 2019)
The winter storm of the past few days is over, leaving a thick coat of snow on the higher parts of the San Gabriel Mountains and a thin dusting on the lower parts, even the mountains behind the Hollywood Hills, still lingering though mid-morning. By mid-afternoon, most of the snow in the second photo appeared […]
- Late Start
From yesterday: the first significant snow in the mountains above Los Angeles this winter, courtesy of last week’s storm. Unfortunately, it’s almost spring. The weather has already warmed up again. Last week I was wearing sweaters and a medium jacket. Today I’m back to short sleeves, and I had to put the jacket away on […]
- Smoke rises from Mt. Wilson
Smoke rises from Mt. Wilson above Los Angeles on Tuesday around noon. The wildfire has threatened the observatory and critical communications towers. Today it’s too hazy to see anything but the barest suggestion of the downtown skyline, much less the mountains behind it. Not that it looked quite this clear even on Tuesday – I […]
- Snow and smog above LA
Last week’s storms actually dropped snow in the San Gabriel Mountains that lasted more than a few hours! Clouds have hid them from view for the last few days, but this morning I could see snow behind the distant LA skyline, before the smog layer thickened too much to be able to tell.
- Crimson Saucers in the Sky
In a case of perfect timing, I caught this view of lenticular clouds over the San Gabriel Mountains last night, lit up red from the side by the sunset.
- Return of Saddleback & San Gabriel Snow
The rain on Friday dropped the annual light dusting of snow on Saddleback. I caught glimpses of it while out walking with J on Saturday, but the peaks were still shrouded in clouds. Sunday, however, the sky was almost completely clear. I kind of wish that sign wasn’t in the middle there, but my Photoshop […]
- Snowy Mountains Through the Cloud Window
On my drive to work this morning, a gap in the clouds left this amazing view of the San Gabriels covered in snow from the last week’s worth of storms, lit up by the rising sun. By the time I made it up to Los Angeles, clouds had blocked the view, and I didn’t see […]
- San Gabriel Snow and Clouds
Photos: Clouds drift past the snowy San Gabriel Mountains, the peaks lit by the morning sun.
- San Gabriel Mountains Emerging From Smoke
The wind’s changed, the weather’s cooled off, and firefighters are starting to get the Station Fire under control. For the first time in days, we’ve been able to see the San Gabriel Mountains. The eastern part of the range was clearly visible this afternoon — more visible than it usually is during the summer, with […]
- Touring the Mt. Wilson Observatory in 1992
With the observatory threatened by the Station Fire, I dug out my photos from a tour my family took 17 years before.
- Snowy San Gabriels above Irvine
Irvine in the foreground, Peter’s Canyon in the middle distance, and far in the distance, the San Gabriel Mountains covered in snow.
- Misty Mountains: Another San Gabriel Snow Panorama
Last January when I caught a view of the entire range of the San Gabriel Mountains absolutely covered in snow, I figured it was a once-in-a-lifetime sight. Sure, they get snow every year, but they usually don’t get that much snow. Amazingly, I got to see something similar again today. In a way, even better, […]
- San Gabriel Snow Panorama
We went to The District on Saturday afternoon to catch Cloverfield and check out the Auld Dubliner. I took the Warner exit to go in the back way, and noticed someone standing out on the shoulder of the ramp, taking photos. I looked out past the wide expanse of empty fields and was astonished to […]
- Snow-capped mountains of L.A.
Yes, you can (sometimes) see snow on the mountains from Los Angeles. Not often, but sometimes.