Late Snow in Idyllwild

By Julie Pendray

IDYLLWILD — This week brought welcome rain and even late snow to Idyllwild in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California.

Here’s an updated gallery of May snow photos from the mile-high village above Palm Springs. Click on one photo to see enlarged versions, then click on forward arrow to go through the gallery.

Manzanita hedge in snow, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Into the woods, in snow. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on white. Tara Jade storefront window. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Yellow flowers in snow. Photo: Julie Pendray.

A welcome sign greets visitors to Idyllwild on Highway 243. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Strawberry Creek, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Strawberry Creek. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Someone drew a happy face in the snow atop a fence post in Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

A rainbow among snow. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow covered manzanita. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow on flowering bush, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Yardbirds truck full of firewood warms a snowy day in Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Fireside Inn in snow, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Firewood in snow, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow covered firewood, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on red. Snow in Idyllwild in mid-May. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on red 2. Idyllwild, May 2015. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on black. Higher Grounds CoffeeHouse patio, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Wheelbarrow in snow, Lily Rock Native Plant Nursery, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Totem pole in the center of Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Roses in snow, Prairie Dove, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Red truck for sale outside Mountain Mike’s, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Madonna and child shelter from snow. Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow fell around potted “Johnny Jump Ups” at Prairie Dove Boutique, Idyllwild, just before Mother’s Day, 2015. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Painted deer in Idyllwild, California. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow covered lupines, Idyllwild, May 8, 2015. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Painted deer in the snow at Idyllwild Area Historical Society, May 8, 2015.

Snow on succulents, Idyllwild, May 2015. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on wooden church sign, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow covered arbor, Idyllwild Area Historical Society. Photo: Julie Pendray.

These boots are made for walking in snow. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow on green motorcycle, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow on firewood, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.