7 feet of snow in 7 days, some Tahoe ski resorts had to close due to too much snow-SF Chronicle, 2/5/19

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Above images: 1. “Snow piled up at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows on Feb. 5, 2019. The ski resort has received 3 feet of snow in 24 hours.” 2. “Snow piles up at Heavenly Mountain Resort on Feb. 4, 2019.” 3. “A strong winter storm dropped nearly six feet of snow at Mammoth Mountain as of 8 a.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Caltrans has closed off travel through the Sierra due to whiteout conditions.”

2/5/19, “7 feet in 7 days: Tahoe resorts buried under snow,“ San Francisco Chronicle, Alix Martichoux

“The Sierra has been walloped with so much snow, some ski resorts have actually had to shut down lifts and trails for safety. 

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, which has received more than six feet of snow in this latest winter storm, had to close all lifts Monday because of whiteout conditions, high winds and avalanche dangers. The resort reopened five lifts late Tuesday morning.

Other resorts in the Tahoe area also got hit hard by the blizzard. Heavenly Mountain Resort reported a 24-hour snowfall total of 36 inches [3 ft.] Tuesday morning.

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Kirkwood reported 88 inches over the past week--that’s more than 7 feet of snow. All that snow delayed opening Tuesday to around noon.

Sugar Bowl closed early Monday, around 2 p.m., as winds gusted to 60 miles per hour.

Even when resorts were open to skiers and snowboarders, getting to them was a real problem. Interstate 80 was closed in both directions from Colfax (Placer County) to the Nevada state line all day Monday and into Tuesday morning. Highway 257, Highway 50 and Old Highway 40 were also all closed periodically.”



Above image: “This car slid off Highway 28 near Lake Tahoe on Sunday afternoon due to the winter conditions.”…”I-80 reopened in both directions just before 10 a.m. Tuesday. Chain controls were still in effect with a speed limit of 30 miles per hour.”…2/5/19, “Whiteout conditions shut down 100 miles of I-80 in the Sierra,” SF Chronicle, Alix Martichoux
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Comment: Could we please get some global warming in these places where “experts” told us children would never see snow again and therefore US taxpayers must pay billions yearly in perpetuity to cronies of mass murderers in the US political class starting with their hero, convicted felon George Soros?

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