Mt San Antonio

Today the clouds cleared out, and as I expected yesterday, Mt San Antonio to our southwest was covered in snow from Tuesday’s storm.

Up here we see the northeast face – the millions in the LA Basin see the southwest face.

When you see a picture postcard photo of downtown LA’s skyscrapers with the snowcapped mountains in the background (think “Hi, MOM! From SoCal & The Rose Parade!”), it’s this mountain that’s the big one.

Known better as “Old Baldy” it peaks out at 10,064 feet, so even in SoCal there’s plenty of snow for a couple of ski resorts.

Yes, you can go surfing in the morning and snow skiing in the afternoon. It’s SoCal! We’re just a bit more toward the fringe edge of SoCal now.