Mt Pinos conditions

Ahoy there, So Cal Astromart associates, 8)
Anyone been up to Mt Pinos lately? Or even Lockwood Valley?
I'm sure there was a boatload of snow a couple weeks ago,
but with the recent warm weather, perhaps it has disappeared?
My brother is driving out to pick up a spare scope (his first),
and I'd like to take him somewhere darker than my back yard for his first light experience.
Red Rock Canyon would be a good alternate, but it's a much
longer drive home on what will be a work-the-next-day night.
Linton

Linton,
There's no snow at Lockwood valley but I don't know if the LAAS site will be open and it's difficult to find another site around there to set-up a scope. If you google the pine mountain club/mt pinos webcams, you'll see a boatload of snow on the north face of Pinos with the snow level listed at 7500 feet. The trouble is, a lot of idiots show up AFTER dark to play in the snow and, in doing so, illuminate the entire parking lot. I've been there and experienced the madness last year and I'd like to go up to Pinos this holiday weekend but I expect the same type of crazy behavior up at the parking lot, after sundown.