Local residents say it's been years since they saw this much snow in the area. For young ones - who didn't have to worry about driving - it was time to play.
"It's so much fun when you slide down and you go backwards," said one young sledder.
But for adults - especially those who had to drive - the day was perhaps less fun.
Drivers found themselves navigating difficult conditions or sitting in traffic for hours, while store employees had to dig out parking lots.
"We got about a good six inches over here," said Palmdale resident Valerie Lawrence. "When I stepped in it, I went down."
In Rosamond, rain and melting snow flooded the Tara Estates mobile home park. Residents say nearly two dozen mobile homes and more than a dozen vehicles were inundated by the fast-rising water.
The slippery road conditions resulted in tragedy in at least one case. One person died when a big rig and a vehicle crashed on the 14 Freeway in Palmdale, just before 3 a.m. Friday.
The crash shut down the northbound lanes for hours.