Torrential graupel storms track across Stonewall Valley toward Mud Lake playa.
A stunted Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) clings to an outcrop at the base of the Cuprite Hills.
With snow building on the ground before me, I turned to see a dust devil approaching from the valley bottom.
Left the truck in the turbidity of the graupel squall to walk a two-track to the slopes; summit high point on the right.
Peak 6107 - the Cuprite HIlls highpoint; the storm providing drama for a typically undramatic hill.
A track of snow marks the storm I left as I began the short climb of the Cuprite Hills.
Dust and snow swirl around Mount Dunfee to the southwest.
