Panamint Valley
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Panamint Valley covered in clouds after the snows from Father Crowely view point
Went out to the Panimant Valley where I normally great the new year. (Didn't have son in law Scot or any grandkids whom usually hang out with me for New Years Eve). Had a rare snow on the 2nd of January, snowed down to at least 1000' elevation in the Panamint Valley as well as 1700' in the Searles Valley Trona Pinnacles area. May have even gotten even  lower if it snowed over the mountains in Death Valley. I was told the last time the Pinnacles had snow was 1996. I was making beer runs to Pioneer Market in Trona and after 3 or 4 days of being socked in by clouds the lady working there was complaining she had lived in Trona for years and hadn't ever gone so long without seeing the sun. The Panamint Valley cleared up after a few days. (Ridgecrest even sooner).
Mya near Warm Sulfur Springs area ( Indian Ranch area)  in the Panamint Valley Trona Pinnacles
Trona Pinnacles after a rare snow
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Photos by Lenzenhuber