Hi
I want to take a little weekend trip up to the Eastern Sierra. Does anyone have current conditions for vehicle access to Cottonwood lakes, onion valley, the lakes up bishop creek. Are any of these trailheads accessible?
Thanks

It just recently snowed up here. We got about a foot in Mammoth about a week ago.
It's all melted off though,...maybe some morning ice patches at 8,000 feet (most of those trailheads are about 7,000 - 8,000 feet).
Here is the Inyo National Forest website information for the current conditions in the White Mountain Ranger District.

I heard about recent snow but webcams of various area show little remain. Thanks for the link

From this weekend.

Rock Creek road is open till a gate at the pack station above Rock Creek lake (short of Mosquito flats). There is some snow on the trail, nothing to worry about

Road to South Lake is all open. Trails have snow in shaded spots.

I can't imagine trailheads being hard to get to, especially with the weather coming up this week

Cottonwood was clear this weekend. In general there seem to be virtually no snow below 10k. Above 11k though its a totally different world.

Sabrina and North Lake are clear but the North Lake campground is not open yet. I climbed a peak near Lamarck Col today - there's alot snow back there! It appears I'm the first person this season to go further than Upper Lamarck Lake. Nice cross country over snow in absence of trail.

Deb wrote:Sabrina and North Lake are clear but the North Lake campground is not open yet. I climbed a peak near Lamarck Col today - there's alot snow back there! It appears I'm the first person this season to go further than Upper Lamarck Lake. Nice cross country over snow in absence of trail.

Did you notice if any lakes above 10k are thawed out yet by any chance? Thank you.

Danielsan12 wrote:

Deb wrote:Sabrina and North Lake are clear but the North Lake campground is not open yet. I climbed a peak near Lamarck Col today - there's alot snow back there! It appears I'm the first person this season to go further than Upper Lamarck Lake. Nice cross country over snow in absence of trail.

Did you notice if any lakes above 10k are thawed out yet by any chance? Thank you.

Birch Lake at 10,800 feet was frozen pretty solid last weekend... but no snow on it and snowline a bit above it.

Danielsan12 wrote:

Deb wrote:Sabrina and North Lake are clear but the North Lake campground is not open yet. I climbed a peak near Lamarck Col today - there's alot snow back there! It appears I'm the first person this season to go further than Upper Lamarck Lake. Nice cross country over snow in absence of trail.

Did you notice if any lakes above 10k are thawed out yet by any chance? Thank you.

Grass Lake is melted. A small lake/pond just below Lower Lamarck Lake is melted as well. Everything else = frozen.