Lake Tahoe Snowfall 2024

Snowfall reports around the lakeshore ranged from 5 feet in carnelian bay to 4.5 feet in tahoe city. In the south lake tahoe area, where 3 to 5 feet of snow fell, a snowslide trapped vehicles and briefly shut down highway 50 in california sunday morning.

An intense blizzard with wind gusts of up to 190 mph turns a slow snowfall season to above average in just four days. Olympic valley, placer county — skiers rejoiced wednesday as a storm covered lake tahoe with its first significant snowfall of the new year, following a slow.