I had been hearing about a smoke hut on June mountain, in Junes Lakes CA, for about 4 years. I could never get up there when my bros were off work, so they could never show me. Last year i went up there with a few friends from my area, and told them about it. They got the idea to ask some "cool" locals where it was. We did and they just looked at us like we werent "cool" enough. So i went outside the main lodge and called my buddy that had first told me about it. I was trying to get him to give me directions over the phone, he thought i would get lost (if you go out of bounds at june expect to walk your ass a long way) so he wouldnt tell me for my own safety. As I was on the phone a oldskool lookin cat was trying to talk to me while i was on the phone. I thought he was just being rude so i ignored him. when i got off the phone he asked if I was looking for "his" hut. It ended up costing me a beer and 30 minutes of him telling me alllllllll about the building process and the age and the traditions you have to keep up if you use it. So he took a trail map and pinpointed the location. Me and my buddys grabbed some beers and went for it. When we got there i was on the verge of tears. After years of hearing about it, in person it was 10x better then any description. Imagine the hobbit hole in lord of the rings (circle door made out of tree limbs even) covered in 5 feet of snow. Inside is everything you need to make it in the freezing mountains, and i mean everything. You could sleep 4 - 5 people in there. Dont worry about smoking utensils, bongs, pipes, papers, they are all there....and remarkably clean too. There a bbq, cooler (stocked with sodas), log cots...amazing. All you have to do is take your trash with you, sign the guest book (read some of the old ones, they go back years), and leave some money to the snow idol on the altar. We smoked for an hour or so and when another group of riders showed up, we turned it over to them. If you know June and want to find it, just look for the long haired oldskool cat drinking coors light (everybody knows him). But please respect it, its almost 20 years old. And remember......
Dont Mammoth June