The California Department of Transportation shared information that they were helping folks get turned around and back to safety, after witnessing multiple slide-offs, accidents, and having to retrieve stuck vehicles.
The status of roads is ever-changing. We encourage you to check the latest road conditions in California here:
California Department of Transportation | Caltrans
Snowfall was nearing 100″ as the sun was setting Thursday over Mammoth Mountain in California. Not far behind that was June Mountain, at 72″ or 6 FEET! Other noteworthy storm reports were in the four to five foot range in Northstar, Kirkwood, Alpine Meadows and Dodge Ridge.
The heavy snow will continue through at least midnight Friday morning. After midnight and through daybreak Friday, the heaviest snow should start to taper and give way to gradual clearing from northwest to southeast.
From Thursday afternoon through Saturday morning, another 12-24″ of snowfall is forecast for California's Sierra Nevada Mountains while 4-8″ will spread across much of the rest of the West.
Reader Comments
This week old video from Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah gives you an idea on the cost of errors, and the visibility in that video is WAY better than in a blizzard. [Link]
R.C.
*Except for those on A1A down here.
RC
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