Not true, Caltrans is always prepared for heavy snow in the Eastern Sierra, it is the amount, at least 25 feet of new snow has fallen on Mammoth Mountain since February 1st. Not the 3 to 6 feet the article would lead you to believe. There is severe danger from avalanches all along Hwy 395 from Mammoth almost the Nevada border.
Any word from the Donner Party?
Record snowfall in Mammoth.
Reread. That 3 to 6 was for the latest storm.
Since the Mammoth website says you’ve had 30’ for a yearly total at the base I think you might be talking about the summit..which has a year total of 45’ so far.
That’s great!
But you need to get out and smell the cookies, I-M. The other mountain states do a way better job. I-80 through Parleys Canyon is hardly ever closed with similar snowfall, Vail Pass gets hit hard all the time and stays open, notice how you don’t hear about those places being paralyzed in giant traffic jams like I-80 up to Donner Pass.
Been there done all that myself for the last 50 years. You may have some good guys over on the East slope working 395, but the LA born road crews out of Sacramento don’t seem to get the snow thing on the West slope, and they don’t have a make it work attitude...it’s “let’s just close it and hope they go away”.
They really aren’t mountain people.
I'm up near Carson City and I can hear the "booms" from avalanche control up at Tahoe from my house.
Our roads on 395 (Gardnerville to Carson City), CA 88 and 89, and Hwy 50 were terrible yesterday. The snow fell all day and there was no way Caltrans or NDOT could keep up with it.
Much better today!