There's been heavy snow in California in the past 48 hours. More than 50cm fell at many resorts. There's some bitter irony to the fresh snow as most ski resorts in the state are now closed,, having had a poor ski season with little snow from November to February.
Today (Sunday 27th) is the last day of the season at Squaw Valley (pictured above on Friday), which reported 52cm of snow had accumulated yesterday, and said that the snow was still falling.
As of next week Alpine Meadows will be the only North Lake Tahoe area still open, and is scheduled to stay open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays into May. It has had a similar snowfall to Squaw.
The other Californian area still open is Mammoth Mountain to the south, which reports a metre of snow has fallen in the recent snow storms there – so probably the biggest single fall in the past six months. Mammoth has a 188cm base and says it will be open at least to the end of May.