Skiing the Angeles Crest

The Angeles Crest, less than an hour's drive from Los Angeles, offers a bewildering array of snow conditions: crusty, cruddy, patchy, gloppy, and many winters, nothing.

But sometimes the storms are cold enough to dose the area with delightful powder, as these photos from April 13, 1999 show.

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Looking South
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Snow and Rock
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Fresh Tracks
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Above it All
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Looking North
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Rest Spot