RIP. Poor guy.

I was exactly in those places a year ago. The elevation is high but the snow is seemingly low. Those mountains are not Sierra; those ranges are to the east of Sierra. The Sierra catches all the watery stuff from the ocean, this is why those mountains are relatively dry.

Still, the place is very lonely and very cold. I did not see a single vehicle while traversing the mountains. There were some ghost towns but no real occupied places.

People left the area long ago. Once, there was lots of life. Mark Twain had his first real job in Aurora, the largest city of the area, with plenty of life. Now there are only ruins.

This is the map of the area, with my tracks:




This is how the place looks like: