What the Dr. Ordered

[Digger]

I guess ya all know mountain travel the next few days may be difficult!!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE -NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
346 PM PST WED JAN 2 2008

...THE STRONGEST OF A SERIES OF STORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...

.SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY LIFE THREATENING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS SIERRA PASSES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO SHOWERS ON SATURDAY BEFORE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE SIERRA FOR THIS PERIOD SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO

[Ed Wahl]

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[Scott V]

Latest reports are 6-10 feet of snow. I hope they are right for once, I went up to Tahoe for some casino fun last Friday and the snow that was up there was really small. Threre was snow just not much, it looked as if Placerville got alomst as much as Tahoe did.

[Jeff C.]

Yahoo! Looks like its going to pow riding over the weekend if I-80 isn't closed. Break out the big sticks and fat boys!! Also the rain might bring more fish into the system. Jeff C.

[bigtj]

We got 10" in 5 hours since it started snowing at 5pm here in Reno. Don't plan on heading over the hill until next week some time.

[Jeff C.]

About 60 ft of my fence blew down on Friday. Spent Saturday morning setting in new posts. I tried to drive up Saturday afternoon but got turned around at Alta when Caltrans closed 80 due to blizzard conditions on the summit. Drove up Sunday morning with no problems. Had the best day of powder riding this season yesterday at The Ranch. Jeff C.