Photo Gallery: First storm of the season brings winter wonderland to the San Gabriel Mountains on Christmas eve with snow in the higher elevations of the Angeles Crest Highway
Christmas came early in the form of a snow storm for Todd Hayes of Pasadena and his dog Luke, playing in snow for the first time, at Red Box Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. Hayes makes the trip up the mountain for each year’s first snow storm and this time he brought his Border collie to enjoy the scenery. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A Caltrans snow plow clears Angeles Crest Highway near the Red Box Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A young Husky plays in the snow at Red Box Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A rear-wheel drive car spins its wheels in a large snowy parking lot in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
People enjoyed the snow at the Red Box Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A Caltrans snow plow clears Mt. Wilson Road at Angeles Crest Highway near the Red Box Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. Mt. Wilson road will remain closed until the snow melts. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Chains are required due to snow in the higher elevations of the Angeles National Forest above La Ca–ada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Angeles Crest Highway remained open in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
There was plenty of snow in Angeles Crest Highway near the Red Box Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Snow clings to pine tree needles on a cold morning at the Red Box Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest above La Cañada Flintridge on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. The first cold storm of the season brought plenty of rain and snow to the higher elevations in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)