california Condor Eben McMillan 24 april 1964 places where the sun could not reach. Leaving the pickup at end of navigation we hiked on around Big pine mountain To where we could see out towards the west. Upon reaching this point we found the weather closing in and a light snow commencing to fall so we returned to the car and drove back to alamar Cabin where we put up for the night with a good fire to warm things up and cook our evening stew. All facets of condor study were fully discussed Before we retired for the night. It was decided that if tomorrow turned fair we would hike to west Big pine Lookout by 9:00 A.M. and spend the day in that area searching for Condor. In the event the weather turned bad we thought it best to return home rather than get caught in a snowstorm that might block the road going out for three or four days. a Bear had broken out the North window of the alamar Cabin and making his way inside had left the Cabin in a mess inside. We Patched the window with Ian's air mattress and repaired everything else to where we spent a very comfortable night in out of the howling wind and powder snow that fell.