Quote Originally Posted by Dogwood View Post
It may just be my illusion but it's my best guess a SOBO JMTer starting at Happy Isles in early July this year will not be faced with some kind of winter wonderland hike as illustrated in the pics above!
The point of the pix above is: in a normal May, you don't see a winter wonderland up there. Instead, you'd find seriously suncupped snow that is melting away quickly, not conditions for perfect ski runs.

Meanwhile, it is apparently snowing again in Mammoth tonight, and there's another shot at snow on the weekend. Time for that hot sprng is running out, and with each cold week that goes by now in spring, the snow will last one week longer into the summer.