The road is clear to Shingle Springs, there were three downed trees between the Eleanor trailhead and Shingle Springs but a vehicle-wide path was cleared through them. Not sure whether I had the lake to myself or not, there were fresh tracks along the trail but some seemed to be heading out rather than in, and though there were 3 other vehicles parked at the trailhead I saw nobody.
At 6500 feet or so the lake is fairly low elevation for Yosemite, but has lots of nice granite around it:
For much of the afternoon a line of clouds seemed to be following the ridge along the Styx Pass trail, and around 5 thunderstorms broke out along that ridge.
I was on the edge of this, Kibbie Lake stayed dry, I could hear a bit of thunder, and I could look up and see I was on the edge of the clouds. This continued for a while, until a little after 6, when the storms collapsed and there was a pretty good outflow wind.
Snow plants know what the calendar says, even though the mountains look like early summer:
Lots of good looking granite in that area:
Cherry Lake resevoir looks pretty low considering it's spring:
