We were faced with some unpredictable weather this past weekend while hiking in the eastern Sierra Nevada. This area seems to be the meeting place for very warm air coming from the the nearby desert to the east and cool air arriving from the west coast. This can be a recipe for disaster....
After a quick 20 minute hail storm we decided to press on to LaSalle Lake, a small body of water just below Feather Peak Pass around 11,500 feet. Knowing that we were very exposed to the weather, should it rear it's ugly head, we decided to press on anyway. And the lightning, thunder, rain and hail decided to press on as well, in our general direction. We took shelter next to a rock and hoped for the best. This is where we were...
and this is what you should do to avoid looking like these cows that decided to huddle together against a barbed wire fence during a storm.....
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