Donner Summit Snowcamping, Feb 2005

Building and enjoying the snow kitchen

Pre-dawn views:

Flora Lake

Morning fog over Donner Lake:

Morning coffee with a view

Group shot

Return trip, near Azalea Lake

A sampling of snow shelters:

My snow trench

A snow cave entrance

A snow hammock

Another fancy trench with an entrance tunnel

Collapsing the snow cave the following morning - it took ~5-10 big jumps for me to break through the weakest point...