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Mountains Get 6 Feet Of Snow With More On The Way
Great news if you love to ski or snowboard. The only trouble - getting there and back.
CALIFORNIA — If you love ditching the Bay Area for the ski slopes around Lake Tahoe, several resorts received more than six feet of snow in the past week, the National Weather Service reported Monday. The only problem is getting there and back.
Caltrans and the Nevada Department of Transportation shut down roads for hours over the holiday weekend because they were impassable.
The biggest winners were Squaw Valley with with 75 inches of snow through Monday morning and Northstar had 73 inches.
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Another half foot of snow was expected through Monday night.
If you'd like to take another crack at getting to Tahoe this coming weekend, another storm is expected to barrel through just in time for the weekend.
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Those same storm brought rain and strong winds to the East Bay on the way to the mountains.
The storm has brought strong winds since Saturday afternoon. We'd appreciate your reports of any wind damage (trees/branches down, power outages, etc). Thanks! #CAwx pic.twitter.com/elzG65ycWW
— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) December 1, 2019
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