The Gisler Family: June Lake #1

Last year we started a tradition of heading up to Mammoth after Christmas. This year the Bird family joined us for four days in the snow! We found a great cabin in June Lake, which is north of Mammoth by about 15 miles, and much more secluded. It doesn't have the hustle and bustle of Mammoth, and definitely doesn't have that "LA" feel. We were surrounded by amazing scenery and tons of snow! June Lake is definitely more mellow, but we really enjoyed that, and I think we'll make June Lake our new winter retreat. It's a very easy drive into Mammoth, so it's really a perfect location to take the family. On our way to June Lake, the weather got bad quick, and Hwy 395 south of Mammoth was closed due to a white out. We sat on the side of the highway for about an hour and a half before we all got a police escort through the low-visibility area. As we passed all of the traffic exiting 395 for Mammoth (there were A LOT of people headed to Mammoth), we were very happy with our decision to head on to June Lake.

Outside of our cabin was a sled ramp and snow banks at least 3 feet deep- great for playing in the snow!

Here's Ian trying out the sled.

Jack had to taste the snow. We warned him about eating yellow snow (or any colored snow, for that matter!)

Shelly's turn on the sled.

Uh oh...Jack has made his first snowball of the season...and I'm his target!

Lana's sled run

Aaron "slid" without a sled.

Amazing views from the road from June Lake to Mammoth. The weather on day 2 was perfect. We headed into Mammoth and took the scenic loop. Once there, we walked around, checked out the shops, and had an awesome gondola ride from the Village to Canyon lodge.