TRUCKEE (AP) — The staggering snow totals in the Sierra — more than 10 feet the past week at some ski resorts around Lake Tahoe — are taking a bite out of a nearly 6-year-old drought.But they’re presenting an unusual problem for area ski enthusiasts: there’s too much snow to ski.Road closures and avalanche threats kept most resorts closed for the third day in a row Wednesday as a blizzard continued to batter the Sierra with as much of 4 feet of snow in the past 24 hours in the upper elevations.Dan Lavely, who moved to Lake Tahoe in 1968 and now lives in Reno, had been looking forward to spending his days off Monday and Tuesday on the slopes of the Mount Rose ski resort southwest of Reno.“In all my years, it’s so rare to have too much snow,” Lavely said in an interview Wednesday. “Having a season pass — you pretty much live for these conditions. You want 2 or 3 feet of fresh powder, and you want to go play in it.”The Kirkwood ski resort south of the lake, one of a handful of resorts that remained open, reported Wednesday it had received 4 feet of new snow in the last 24 hours for a seven-day total of more than 11 feet.
Snow: Too much of good thing for skiers in Sierra