58 feet of snow? Try that on for a wet mountain range in California

 

In true, dramatic California fashion, the state’s Sierra Mountains region is on pace to break a 40-year-record for snowfall, turning an area once stricken by drought into a place of excess.

And more snow is on the way, with weather experts saying the wet pattern will continue this month and possibly into April with rain.

The snow brought avalanche evacuations, major interstate closures and overwhelmed ski resorts that ironically had to shutter access in some areas because there was just too much of a good thing.

...Mammoth Mountain has about 700 inches of snow. That’s 58.4 feet. Most other ski resorts h has about 700 inches of snow. That’s 58.4 feet. Most other ski resorts have surpassed 500 inches, according to ABC10.

All of Utah’s basins recorded by the Utah Snow Survey are in the triple digits for snowpack — well above average — with some receiving twice what they normally get.

...Utah’s neighbor to the east, Colorado, is also getting generous amounts of snowpack.

The Yampa and White Basin is at 136% of normal, while the basin of the Upper Colorado River Headwaters is at 122% of normal, according to the snow survey in Colorado...more