California water officials were set to trek up to Echo Summit south of Lake Tahoe on Monday for a highly anticipated annual snowpack measurement.
California water officials were set to trek up to Echo Summit south of Lake Tahoe on Monday for a highly anticipated annual snowpack measurement — and this year, it could be like a scene out of the 1975 movie “Jaws.”The results could topple a record set more than half a century ago.
“Absolutely mind-boggling,” is how Maddie Condon, a spokesperson for Palisades Tahoe, describes this year’s gargantuan snow levels. Officials with the National Weather Service said higher-elevation areas in the Sierra could get up to 10 more inches of snowfall — while lower-lying spots could get a couple of inches. The system could jam up traffic on I-80 and Highway 50 leading up to Tahoe, officials warned.
Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley just announced it will be open until Independence Day — and has received an “absolutely insane” 692 inches of snow this year, according to officials at the resort. That’s nearly 25 feet above its yearly average — and slightly more than a foot away from its highest-ever snowpack recorded this century at 707 inches during the 2016-17 season.
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