Winter brings snow and dramatic views to the Southern California mountains.
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Carlos Fimbres
Hot air balloons in Temecula are seen floating in front of snow-covered mountains after a November 2019 storm.
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Arthur Doyle
A drone view of the snow cover at Lake Arrowhead Village after a November 2019 storm.
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Caitlin Brown
Holiday travelers encountered some stunning sights in Southern California's mountains after a November 2019 storm.
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Stu Marzell
A view of the snow-covered mountains in the distance as seen from Hacienda Heights Dec. 2, 2019.
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Ken Kilar
Two cars are buried under snow off Highway 330 from Big Bear during a late November 2019 snowstorm.
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Suzann Reina
A snowy scene after a late November 2019 storm in the Palmdale area.
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Snow Sports PR/John Brice
Snow blanketed Snow Valley Mountain Resort in Running Springs on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019.
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Toni Guinyard
As two storm systems moved through Southern California, Wrightwood got a healthy dusting of snow Nov. 21, 2019.
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Toni Guinyard
It's not yet winter, but after a storm rolled through the region, Wrightwood is getting ready for the holidays Nov. 21, 2019.
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Toni Guinyard
It's not the inside of a snow globe -- it's Wrightwood Nov. 21, 2019.
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Toni Guinyard
Snow is coming down in Wrightwood Nov. 21, 2019.
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Toni Guinyard
A couple of inches of snow layered tables in Wrightwood Nov. 21, 2019.
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Toni Guinyard
Wrightwood will make you feel merry and bright Nov. 21, 2019.
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Snow Sports PR/John Brice
Snow blanketed Snow Valley Mountain Resort in Running Springs on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019.
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Alex Vasquez
Caltrans asked drivers to use extra caution in mountain areas. Here is a view of snow covered roads in Mount Baldy on Wednesday. Nov. 20, 2019.
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NBCLA
A screengrab from our Big Bear Camera shows the first significant snowfall of the year on Wednesday Nov. 20, 2019.
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BBMR
Footsteps appear in the snow in Big Bear in March 2019.
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BBMR
A view of Big Bear Mountain Resort in March 2019.
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AP
A crowd of skiers is seen Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Wrightwood, Calif. A winter storm swept through the Southwest and brought a rare snowfall to the Las Vegas Strip and the mountains above Malibu in California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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AP
Visitors gather at a sledding hill in the aftermath of a snow storm Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Wrightwood, Calif. A winter storm swept through the Southwest and brought a rare snowfall to the Las Vegas Strip and the mountains above Malibu in California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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AP
Visitors play in the snow Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Wrightwood, Calif. A winter storm swept through the Southwest and brought a rare snowfall to the Las Vegas Strip and the mountains above Malibu in California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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AP
A visitor sits on a park bench under a snow-covered landscape Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Wrightwood, Calif. A winter storm swept through the Southwest and brought a rare snowfall to the Las Vegas Strip and the mountains above Malibu in California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Ron Lyon
The view from Long Beach Harbor to Mount Baldy in February 2019.
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Victoria Wood
A view of Lake Arrowhead in February 2019.
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Victoria Wood
Lake Arrowhead after another fresh coat of snow.
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WESH
Snow cover the Acton area north of Los Angeles Thursday Feb. 21, 2019.
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Toni Guinyard/KNBC-TV
Snow cover the Acton area north of Los Angeles Thursday Feb. 21, 2019.
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AP
FILE - This Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 file photo shows California's mountains glistening with snow behind the Los Angeles skyline and homes above a normally-brown hillside. In just a matter of weeks, a very wet winter has greatly reduced drought conditions in California as a series of storms coated mountains with heavy blankets of snow and unleashed drenching rains. The U.S. Drought Monitor reports Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 that about a third of the state has no significant dryness and only about 10 percent of the state falls into categories of drought. (AP Photo/Damian Doverganes, File)
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michael Freitas
Snow in Idyllwild.
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AP
Michael Monsivais, left, makes a snow man with the help of his girlfriend Torrie Martinez at Fort Tejon State Historic Park, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Lebec, Calif. A series of winter storms socked the U.S west with unusual snow also falling in Hawaii and parts of Southern California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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AP
A young visitor walks along a snow covered trail Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, near Lebec, Calif. A series of winter storms socked the U.S west with unusual snow also falling in Hawaii and parts of Southern California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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AP
Traffic makes its away along Interstate 5, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, near Gorman, Calif. A series of winter storms socked the U.S west with unusual snow falling in Hawaii and parts of Southern California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Fresh snow coats Mount Wilson above Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, after the latest in a series of storms that have given California a very wet winter. The National Weather Service said rainfall in January for downtown Los Angeles was 191 percent of normal. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
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Mt. Baldy Fire Department
A snowy lane on Mt. Baldy following a February snowfall.
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Kimi Caldwell
Snow-capped mountains are seen behind palm trees in Orange.
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Tony Shin/KNBC-TV
Pictured Feb. 6, 2019, these snow-capped peaks above Corona and Lake Elsinore were shrouded in smoke from the Holy Fire in August.
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Thomas Pompeo
After sunrise at Mono Lake, Tufa State Natural Reserve Jan. 31, 2019.
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Jared Meyer
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Mammoth Mountain Resort
That's a car under all that powder. Only the windshield wipers are popping up through the snow.
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Scott Paul
A view of snow in the mountains as seen looking north from La Habra Jan. 13, 2019.
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Shaeba Mathew
A view of an icy Big Bear Lake on Jan. 1, 2019.
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Shaeba Mathew
A view of an icy Big Bear Lake on Jan. 1, 2019.
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Big Bear Mountain Resort
Big Bear Mountain Resort is pictured at sunrise Friday Nov. 30, 2018 after a day of snowfall in Southern California's mountains.
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NBC 7 San Diego
Big Bear Mountain Resort is pictured at sunrise Friday Nov. 30, 2018 after a day of snowfall in Southern California's mountains.
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Tony Shin/KNBC-TV
NBC4's Tony Shin captured this fresh coast of snow in Big Bear Sunday Feb. 26, 2017.
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Ricky Bonilla
A break between January storms provided an opportunity to dig out in Big Bear Monday Jan. 23, 2017.
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Brian Johnson
A dusting of snow in the mountains, as seen from the Sand Canyon area Monday Jan. 23, 2017.
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Kathy
Sugarloaf Snow Day Sugarloaf, Big Bear City
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Bob Torrez/Snow Valley
A machine shovels snow at the Snow Valley Mountain Resort in the San Bernardino Mountain community of Running Springs on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Bob Torrez/Snow Valley
People are spotted skiing down a hill at the Snow Valley Mountain Resort in the San Bernardino Mountain community of Running Springs on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Johnny Blue
Little French bulldog Dinho exploring for his first time in snow at Big Bear.
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Johnny Blue
A trail leading to Snow Summit in Big Bear
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KNBC-TV
A fresh coating of snow Monday Nov. 21, 2016 in Big Bear.
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Rod Hewitt
A view of snowcapped mountains from the high desert north of Los Angeles.
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A fresh coating of snow Monday Nov. 21, 2016 in Big Bear.
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A Taylor Peck
A blanket of snow covers Lake Arrowhead on March 30, 2016.
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W Taylor Peck
A tree is covered in snow on March 30, 2016 after a line of storms blew through Southern California, dumping a lot of fresh powder on the mountains.
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W Taylor Peck
Residents living in the area say it doesn't snow a lot this late in the year.
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W Taylor Peck
A serene image after a storm hits Southern California on March 29, 2016, leaving areas like Lake Arrowhead and Wrightwood with snow.
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Toni Guinyard, KNBC-TV
Snow caps the mountains north of Los Angeles after an early March 2016 storm.
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Lynne Tucker
Snow in the Southern California mountains after an early March 2016 storm.
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dj
Snow blanketed Forest Falls after a March 2016 storm.
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AP
A light coating of snow on the San Gabriel Mountains in January 2016.
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Lynn Tucker
Lynne Tucker sent this photo of snow dotting the mountains near Palm Springs.
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James Win
James Win sent in this photo of a winter wonderland in Lake Arrowhead on January 7, 2016.
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Pat Durkin
Pat Durkin sent a pano view of snow-capped mountains.
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Debbie Callin
Debbie Callin sent us this image of snow in the mountains as seen from Banning Jan. 6, 2016.
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Rick Flanders
Rick Flanders provided this image of snow in Idyllwild on Jan. 6, 2016.
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KNBC-TV
Snow Summit snow in January 2016.
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Martha Castro
View from Fontana, Jan. 8, 2015.
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Toni Guinyard
A nice dusting of snow in Wrightwood Nov. 21, 2019.
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Toni Guinyard
Wrightwood is looking like a winter wonderland Nov. 21, 2019.
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Dakota Snider/ Visit Mammoth
After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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Dakota Snider/ Visit Mammoth
After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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Dakota Snider/ Visit Mammoth
After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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Dakota Snider/ Visit Mammoth
After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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Dakota Snider/ Visit Mammoth
After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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Dakota Snider/ Visit Mammoth
After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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Dakota Snider/ Visit Mammoth
After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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Dakota Snider/ Visit Mammoth
After two more feet of snow fell over the weekend, Mammoth Mountain was completely open top-to-bottom, with the most skiable acres currently open in the country, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
