I went snow camping at Kibbie Lake this weekend. My trip started when I picked up the permit I requested in the drop box (Stanislaus NF), and found it was counter-signed by a pink chicken. The trail was generally clear (small snow patches) up to the Kibbie Lake/Styx Pass trail junction, beyond that the trail was generally snow covered (small clear areas). The lake was mostly frozen over, a few small open patches, my water supply was melting snow draining towards the lake. Saturday was beautiful, warm, mostly sunny. Saturday night was clear, and considerably colder than the forecast (forecast for that location was 30, ice was moderately developed in my water bottles), Sunday was mostly cloudy and breezy but no real precipitation.
Its a long way into Kibbie Lake when starting from the Cherry Lake dam, but it was really cool having the lake to myself. It would have worked better as a two night trip so I could spend the middle day exploring around and just enjoying being there.
View of the lake:
Campsite: