My good friend Stan Bales who works as a Recreation Planner for The Bureau of Land Management decided to come visit us in Mammoth Lakes. Stan loves the great outdoors and always tries to fit a lot into each day (life is short). I wanted to take him hiking and skiing and he only had one full day to spend here. Well, Mammoth Lakes delivers on opportunities close to home and we decided to take a beautiful hike and ski in the same day.

The sunsets in Mammoth Lakes have been beautiful lately. We took a hike on Doe Ridge following dirt roads to watch the clouds interact with the Sierra Crest yesterday evening and were delighted to see this.