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Coronavirus spotlight: Wrightwood

Hanna Shin and Richard Hong on a crisp and chilly morning at Inspiration Point
Hanna Shin and Richard Hong on a crisp and chilly morning at Inspiration Point in Wrightwood.
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By Irfan KhanStaff Photographer 
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As we all adjust to our new lives under the umbrella of the coronavirus, Los Angeles Times photographer Irfan Khan gives us a look at the mountain community of Wrightwood.

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Wrightwood, whose economy would normally be in high gear with all the snow it has received, has shut down like the rest of the state due to coronavirus the pandemic.
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Inspiration Point along Highway 2 above Wrightwood
Rose Park takes in the view at the 7,381-foot elevation Inspiration Point along Highway 2 above Wrightwood.
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Inspiration Point above Wrightwood
The Smetzers family walk their dog walk on snow-covered Blue Ridge at Inspiration Point above Wrightwood.
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Tracks can be seen at the deserted Mountain High resort in Wrightwood
Tracks in the snow are evidence that the slopes were not entirely deserted at the Mountain High resort in Wrightwood.
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The Mountain High resort reamains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A chairlift sits empty as the Mountain High resort remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mountain High resort in Wrightwood
The Mountain High resort in Wrightwood remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Irfan Khan

Irfan Khan was a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times from 1996 to 2024. He previously served as a freelance photographer for the publication beginning in 1989. Khan started his career as a commercial photographer in 1973 in Pakistan and moved to Dubai in 1977, where he worked for an advertising agency and at a leading English newspaper. Khan’s assignments have taken across Southern California and the U.S. Internationally, he has photographed the Hajj in Saudi Arabia and war zones of the Pakistan/Afghanistan border in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for coverage of the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to semi-classical music of the Indian subcontinent and playing cricket on Sundays.

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