Central Sierra Snow Lab

Tahoe is having a historically bad snow year. Is that about to change?

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The sun sets above Truckee, Calif., near Lake Tahoe, on Friday, March 10, 2023.  San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Gett Lake Tahoe snow totals have been so low that some anxious locals on Reddit have joked about making offerings to snow gods in hopes of fresh powder.  But those prayers may soon be answered, … Read more

A foot of snow and chain control — winter arrives in Tahoe

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Fresh snow covers the Palisades Tahoe ski resort, Thursday morning, Dec. 7, 2023.  Blake Kessler via Palisades Tahoe Thanks to a storm front that hit the Sierra Nevada a little more wetly and coldly than expected, Lake Tahoe got its first measurable winter storm of the season Wednesday, leaving the mountainous landscape looking like winter has … Read more