Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

4:00 pm … snow still falling

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Yep, the snow is still falling—sometimes fast, sometimes with big heavy flakes, but always, falling. It’s beautiful, and exciting, and the roofs are shedding like little avalanches and here in the office we’re taking turns outside with shovels. Greg said it looked like there was one hour around lunch when it snowed 3 inches just behind the office. Santiago said in one 45 minute period we got 2 inches in front of the store. I got the lucky shovel shift with our awesome town plow driver: shovel out a pile, swipe with big plow blade, repeat.

Here are some photos taken in the same places as this morning.

4pm looking north on HWY 395.
4:00 pm on Monday, January 18, 2010---looking north on Highway 395.
Looking south.
4:00 pm, looking south.
Mono Lake Committee. Photos by Arya Degenhardt.
4:00 pm at the Mono Lake Committee. Photos by Arya Degenhardt.

In case you’re looking for more quantitative reports on what’s going on out there, this is my favorite spot to start.

Ok, better go … time to shovel the windows….

9am Monday January 18, 2010 view out the office window. Note the snow level.
9am Monday January 18, 2010 view out the office window. Note the snow level.
4pm, Monday January 18, 2010. Avalanches of roof snow have nearly blocked the window.
4pm, Monday January 18, 2010. Avalanches of roof snow have nearly blocked the window.