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25 Mar 26 - Conditions Report: Sierra Nevada Snow & Bishop Creek Intake Two
March 27, 2026 2 min read
Our staff member and local photographer, Shelley (@ilovetheeasternsierra), has been out and about this week and sent us some pics which give a good idea about how the Sierra is looking in terms of snow. See the pics below!
Conditions Report:
Current As Of: 25 March 2026*
Activity During Report: Hiking
Conditions:
The hot temperatures over the last three weeks have brought the snowline up considerably from where it was at the start of March! These pics show that you need to get to 7-8k feet in elevation before you starting finding snow at all really and even higher than that 9-10k feet to start finding it consistently. For example, the snowline for the North Fork of Big Pine Creek trail is at the Lon Cheney cabin currently.
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View looking west over Intake Two Lake along Bishop Creek
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Cardinal Pinnacle has emerged from the snow and should be ready for climbing soon!
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Fun halo-esque lighting thanks to the cloud cover!
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Wildflowers are starting to pop out already!
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From Andrews Mtn looking at the Sierra across the Owens Valley
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*All conditions reports are subject to change, increasingly so with each passing day since the observation(s) were made. They are provided as a tool to assist your adventuring, not to replace your own risk management and decision-making. No information in any trip or conditions report published by Eastside Sports should be considered definitive in its information or directive in its recommendation.
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