This below link was the puny snow depth on May 6 before the storm:
This was the snow depth right after the May 8 storm:
And per link below the snow depth last Saturday May 15 that shows little at higher elevations melted with just melt off at lower elevations. Of course since the snow there has been more snow showers, cool temps, and mostly cloudy troughy skies.
See the dark graphic that is Mono Lake? See how multi feet of snow are now covering crest areas of the Tuolumne and Merced River basins? And below that the lighter blue areas show up to 20 inches of that new snow. See where the Tuolumne River and Merced River canyons are bare of snow? My eyes see it now snow free below 7k. Off to the east it is obvious NOT a time to consider driving up into the White Mountains. Even areas from Sonora Pass to Donner Pass still have snow.
Far to the north see those two dark lakes? The one one right is Eagle Lake and the one a bit to the southwest is Lake Almanor. Note the areas with a little snow north-northeast of the latter? That is Mt. Lassen and other volcanic peaks of that region. That is where I've decided to drive to and spend the next weekend. After that will drive off west towards Humboldt and Del Norte redwood and coast areas for the rest of the week.
Go back to the May 6 snow depth map and note how almost all those areas north of about Sonora Pass were free of snow before the storm so all that is also just the new snow. One area that will be fine are the lakes off the Bowman Lake Road. No wilderness permits needed for backpacking to any of the many small lakes at relatively low elevations. However a lot of people know about those areas so one can expect company.
