Los Angeles Downtown from Kenneth Hahn ParkLos Angeles is surrounded by picturesque, scenic mountains, including the San Gabriels to the north, San Bernardinos to the east, and Santa Monicas to the west. The only problem is that 95% of the time, you can't see them with the city enveloped in a smoggy haze.
A few times a year, however, after a good rain storm, the mountains come into view, and it's a glorious sight to behold. After the past week's series of storms, today was such a day. Though quite a bit of water vapor and a light haze hung in the air, this morning the San Bernardinos were clearly visible (and gloriously snow-covered) towering over downtown from Kenneth Hahn State Park. The "hike" was a quick, 10min scamper up a muddy trail, with a rewarding view.
Later in the day, I decided to explore available views from a couple other spots. First, I went to the USC campus and got on top of the highest building I could. Unfortunately, this was only a 7-story parking garage, but it was still ok...
Downtown L.A. from USC
Hollywood hills and Griffith Observatory
Miracle MileFinally, I went to Pasadena, and managed to snag some decent shots of the snow-sprinkled San Gabriels from a Metro station along the 210 freeway...all in all not a bad day!
Snow on the San Gabriel mountains
Snow sprinkled San Gabriels - looking toward Mt. Wilson
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