California's Donner Pass: Blizzard Chaos!

Witness historic #snowfall in #california from Donner Pass to Truckee and its aftermath! Cars stranded, people trapped, and massive #snow #plows #trains and #blowers work tirelessly to clear the up-to-7-feet of snow, which could reach a record-breaking 100 inches in spots by the end of the storm with snow cuts already over the power lines in places. Is this snowfall the final nail in the coffin for the historic drought conditions and make it a record year for the Sierra? Watch to find out!
#blizzard #California #donnerpass #SodaSprings #whiteout #cars #trucks #trucking #Truckers #railfans #travel #winter #weather #stranded #Interstate80 #closed #massivesnow #snowremoval #Snowblower #historic #snowfall, up to 7 feet of snow, could reach 100 inches, snow busting #drought condition, #record #2022 #2023 of snow for the #sierra
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  • @WxChasing
    @WxChasing Жыл бұрын

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  • @berndlangner5068

    @berndlangner5068

    Жыл бұрын

    Ich schalte auf TV App.

  • @cindymacisaac7516

    @cindymacisaac7516

    Жыл бұрын

    New subscriber here!

  • @Mrbfgray

    @Mrbfgray

    Жыл бұрын

    2:24 --crunch, oh well that was minimal considering.

  • @Techno-Time-Machine

    @Techno-Time-Machine

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank You for uploading this amazing content in this quality! Best regards from Germany

  • @thatdudeinorange5269

    @thatdudeinorange5269

    Жыл бұрын

    As a non US citizen California is thought of as always above +20° Celsius, guess there's still a little more to learn about geography 🥶

  • @notwilling2239
    @notwilling2239 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video-no overbearing music, no editorializing narrative, just raw footage so we can see for ourselves.

  • @kylesmith2604

    @kylesmith2604

    Жыл бұрын

    I’d imagine you have a specific channel in mind, but also every channel has their own style of content. Humanizing the story does go a long way to show the impact of the storm

  • @protoolpat1
    @protoolpat1 Жыл бұрын

    This storm is to the point where even veteran locals with snow worthy vehicles should just stay home.

  • @DynoDieselWagon

    @DynoDieselWagon

    Жыл бұрын

    A snow removal professional knows how to deal w/ extreme conditions. That's why we charge accordingly.

  • @CrazyKazy

    @CrazyKazy

    Жыл бұрын

    Mother earth has her own agenda.

  • @ciscoguru69

    @ciscoguru69

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CrazyKazy Old man winter is flexing like a bauss😂

  • @rickbeal1544

    @rickbeal1544

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@Custos Luminis just like all this snow shows us we are getting warmer every year. Not it's just a hoax to line the pockets of the one percent.

  • @rickbeal1544

    @rickbeal1544

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@CrazyKazy that rite don't believe the global warming hoax.

  • @anxiousbeachbums
    @anxiousbeachbums Жыл бұрын

    A former, 30 yr. Truckee resident says "They're getting their butts kicked up there this year." Undoubtedly, CalTrans is once again doing an AMAZING job keeping the highways open.

  • @Kreemerz

    @Kreemerz

    Жыл бұрын

    This is normal snowfall for that area. Break out some of the history books of snow in that area, from the 1800s and thereabouts. You'd be shocked to to see how much snow would fall up there.

  • @anxiousbeachbums

    @anxiousbeachbums

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Kreemerz Totally understand. Just saying they're at 200%+ of normal this season, no doubt. Would like to know what the March 1 snow survey came up with.

  • @mybleachhouse

    @mybleachhouse

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anxiousbeachbums Don't' know what that guy kreemerz is babbling about it being "normal" to have a record pace of average snowfall, and then comparing it to burying a couple horses in 1800. I guess they do get 5 foot snows every winter but these storms have been pretty off the charts. Awesome to have nearly 2 years worth of snow at this point to help make up for the drought years.

  • @gregorykulinski2186

    @gregorykulinski2186

    Жыл бұрын

    Well snow pack it's essential for West. Younger Dryas has had up to 2 miles of ice in Nortben America Continent, How much of snow pack is that? In 11th century. There was "Mini Ice Age" Baltic Sea was solid frozen.

  • @annihilatedbutcomingback1119

    @annihilatedbutcomingback1119

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes we are , im in Soda springs ca ( 15 min from truckee , donner summit) Truckee ain't got nothing on our snow lol, in about an hour or so we are getting tge next round

  • @YahshuaLovesMe
    @YahshuaLovesMe Жыл бұрын

    whoever took these shots deserves an award.

  • @rainers.2080

    @rainers.2080

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree. Fantatic video. Mesmerizing.

  • @MrThenry1988

    @MrThenry1988

    Жыл бұрын

    Award For what? I don't understand. It's just snow.

  • @CosmicStargoat

    @CosmicStargoat

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrThenry1988 You deserve an award as well.

  • @KLF-1057
    @KLF-1057 Жыл бұрын

    I used to live in Truckee. Never saw anything like this; not even close. The dedicated CalTrans, CHP, and truckers deserve the biggest shout-outs. They help keep everybody safe, fed, and supplied.

  • @llb380

    @llb380

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, my brother used to live in Truckee, and was never so happy as when he moved to the Reno area.

  • @muziklvr7776

    @muziklvr7776

    Жыл бұрын

    @@llb380 It's beautiful during the summer months but downright viscous in the winter.

  • @waynekendall6741

    @waynekendall6741

    Жыл бұрын

    I lived in Truckee for 41 years and saw my share of heavy snowfall. The most I saw was 5ft. overnight and that occurred twice.

  • @jams9705

    @jams9705

    Жыл бұрын

    @@waynekendall6741 I lived in Donner Lake by the Kitchen across from the lake. There were crazy times trying to get out to Squaw Valley!!!

  • @trubre5565

    @trubre5565

    Жыл бұрын

    Been here in Truckee for 41 years! This is almost the worse I can remember! Three days of a break & then we’re right back at it. Seems like early 80’s. Prosper Heights. All those people who moved up here during COVID to get away from the madness down below, are probably regretting it now.

  • @dtylice
    @dtylice Жыл бұрын

    Crazy. We were able to get off Banner Mountain early this morning. The snow line was down to 2000 feet. Thanks to all ‘plow boys’ braving the storm and all the power guys fixing the power. 🙏 Be safe everyone.

  • @latetotheparty4785

    @latetotheparty4785

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m used to the snow in Grass Valley, but I can’t shovel or put chains on anymore. I’m staying in motels and with family in Sacramento and Santa Rosa. I’ve been texted by PG&E and emergency services the power has been off since yesterday. Snow is great for youngsters, I had my fill growing up n Grass Valley.

  • @dscott1699
    @dscott1699 Жыл бұрын

    We are just now getting out of our home for the first time in 6 days. Thankfully provisions were stocked up. Firewood was stored in the garage. The silence was (is) amazing. Really enjoy hearing the train horns on the crews clearing the lines. Watched plenty of movies and enjoyed each other's company tremendously. Thanks to all those for making things accessible again.

  • @Lee-ts3dw

    @Lee-ts3dw

    Жыл бұрын

    I bet it was a blast being snowbound. I wish I could be.

  • @solochristo65

    @solochristo65

    Жыл бұрын

    Stocking up is the key......I was surprised that many were not. Strange!

  • @trezjr73

    @trezjr73

    Жыл бұрын

    You had the wood stove--that is the key to survival!

  • @jeffhampton2767

    @jeffhampton2767

    Жыл бұрын

    You can live without food for over a month and you can melt snow for drinking water

  • @codymoe4986

    @codymoe4986

    Жыл бұрын

    @JeffHampton...Only tough folks like you have the willpower to pull that off...probably.

  • @tonycathyhickman2512
    @tonycathyhickman2512 Жыл бұрын

    This is unbelievable! Thank you for posting this. A huge thanks to the brave men & women working to keep the roads plowed, for those out rescuing the drivers stuck, & the emergency response workers, & truck drivers delivering goods to the stores!

  • @richardfegley254

    @richardfegley254

    Жыл бұрын

    For sure... If the stores are able to be OPEN. I thought it was a bit strange. No snowmobiles are out.

  • @user-eu2ub6xy1t

    @user-eu2ub6xy1t

    4 ай бұрын

    I couldn't imagine how to survive this winter season people living here are brave. Thank you for plowing the huge snow.

  • @u4riahsc
    @u4riahsc Жыл бұрын

    I've only driven over Donner Pass in the summer. Think I'll keep it that way.

  • @JohnnyLandscape

    @JohnnyLandscape

    Жыл бұрын

    Jeremiah from Ukiah

  • @explorepikespeak
    @explorepikespeak Жыл бұрын

    Imagine the Donner wagon train party surviving this -- those that did survive -- 170 years ago during what was a similar snowpack and harsh winter, in an era with no snowplows and snow blowers.

  • @donwatson8257

    @donwatson8257

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope people don't start to get bitey

  • @tommymcweedface229

    @tommymcweedface229

    Жыл бұрын

    Covered wagons.

  • @terripebsworth9623

    @terripebsworth9623

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thegreatone11 They ate already dead people. It was that or die themselves.

  • @alexk73

    @alexk73

    Жыл бұрын

    The boredom of being stuck must have just eaten at them…..

  • @HeadNtheClouds

    @HeadNtheClouds

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thegreatone11and no BBQ sauce either 😮

  • @herbertscott9575
    @herbertscott9575 Жыл бұрын

    December 12, 2019. I accepted a load from Lodi, CA to Boise, Idaho. It was my second week by myself. Im a florida guy, never seen snow before. It was raining that whole day. I saw all of the signs about "chain law in effect", thinking that didnt apply to me because it was raining. Got on I-80 going East. At the 5000 ft. Mark, I learned about weather and mountains. Epic winter wonderland. Everyone else was Chaining up their tires but I just went in my sleeper berth and watched videos on how to chain up. I attempted it but only got wet, numb limbs and dirty. This paticular pass is THE MOST DANGEROUS in America during the winter. Make sure you have had practice chaining, make sure you have food and supplies on your truck and make sure you take it SLOW going down the mountain.

  • @mwhitelaw8569

    @mwhitelaw8569

    Жыл бұрын

    You've got some exploring to accomplish if you consider Donner pass to be the most dangerous. From an old hand You be careful out there greenhorn Try not to sleep in chainup areas It takes up space for us that wanna keep truckin.

  • @RandyKildow

    @RandyKildow

    Жыл бұрын

    They usually just park you at the bottom somewhere.. Like the fairgrounds at Auburn..

  • @bryanbennett972

    @bryanbennett972

    2 ай бұрын

    I would argue Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado is worse then Donner. Been over both dozen of times in the winter.

  • @allanfifield8256
    @allanfifield8256 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the pure video with no cheesy music or over-wrought commentary.

  • @spicencens7725
    @spicencens7725 Жыл бұрын

    Holy cow!!! I hope all are well! Just imagine what the Donnors and others on that wagon train went through! They had no forewarning systems like today! They relied totally on themselves...and their deceased...to survive and what little knowledge they had of such a thing. I spent a month one summer, years ago in a tent, at a 60 acre property, reading at night about the Donnors from a lantern. We were not far from a place called Chilcoot, and Frenchman's lake area. What a wonderful summer it was! Fishing, filming, catching frogs, riding dirtbikes, bathing in a creek, exploring old buildings. I'll never forget it!

  • @sp1nrx

    @sp1nrx

    Жыл бұрын

    Chilcoot is on the east end of Sierra Valley. One Christmas drive home the temperature was -9°f.

  • @Mrbfgray

    @Mrbfgray

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly what we needed in Cali, real drought buster season.

  • @Scambush

    @Scambush

    Жыл бұрын

    All they had to do was not listen to that stupid guy and his purported 'shortcut' after they were warned and warned and warned not to do it.

  • @kellybaxley6818

    @kellybaxley6818

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing such a great memory!

  • @juliemorgan4937

    @juliemorgan4937

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly...that pass can get major snow we just never know when what year our how much mother nature does her owen thing ....

  • @johnchedsey1306
    @johnchedsey1306 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up in the Colorado mountains and saw my fair share of snow...but wow, this is insane even by my standards! Just goes to show you how much moisture those Pacific storms pack when they hit the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

  • @iloestryker3012

    @iloestryker3012

    Жыл бұрын

    I was yet again recalling the big seventy eight blizzard eastern massachusetts the banks gramps had shoveled through the front walkway (pretty heights) and bank heights around town, this video tops those

  • @Manu-et9rj

    @Manu-et9rj

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iloestryker3012 yeah, sadly the east can't even compare with the sierra's snowfall even on the wildest years. in mountainous parts of quebec the snow depth might maybe reach 2 meters on a very snowy year, but in this video it looks like 5-10 meters, thats crazy. and the storm, or the winter isnt over yet

  • @joanwebster6378

    @joanwebster6378

    Жыл бұрын

    The average snowfall at Echo Summit, on the Hwy 50 route to Tahoe, is 411 inches annually. Mammoth is now approaching 500" for the 22-23 season.

  • @fritzsmith3296

    @fritzsmith3296

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iloestryker3012 "recalling the big seventy eight blizzard..." Yes, Rt 128 (Boston bypass) had hundreds of abandoned cars left buried in snow drifts making it hard to clear the road of snow. I lived in Western MA at that time in the Berkshires. Snowbanks from plowed snow were seven to eight high on our country road at 1700 ft elevation. Our farmhouse (wood heated) was cozy and warm as I watched the National Guard (on TV) with huge equipment that was flown in from N. Carolina to help clear the snow. I was born in MA in 1944. 1978 was the worst I ever seen it.

  • @iloestryker3012

    @iloestryker3012

    Жыл бұрын

    take note of the (mere yes) printings by Joan just above a bit of an example

  • @outsidetheboxink
    @outsidetheboxink Жыл бұрын

    This pass is brutal in a blizzard! It blows in wicked fast. My car radiator conked out passing through there in December 2008, and luckily I was able to roll downhill to the only hotel and repair shop outside of Reno. I was there for 2 days. As a kid from Utah I had the pioneer history of Donner Pass in my mind and, wow, that would've been terrifying in a covered wagon!

  • @bettyallen6372

    @bettyallen6372

    Жыл бұрын

    @ Outside the Box Ink, exactly, and those who live there know how it gets some years! I used to live in Applegate down the mountain near where the trucks chain up, and have been to Donner/Truckee many times - base of Donner statue represents snow depth when they got stranded - 20 ft.! No way out!

  • @whiteroseangel1511

    @whiteroseangel1511

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear it worked out!!🙏🏼😅

  • @outsidetheboxink

    @outsidetheboxink

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bettyallen6372 Heaven's sake, 20 feet?! You folks keep safe out there and take good care of each other. Indeed, mountain communities excel at that!

  • @outsidetheboxink

    @outsidetheboxink

    Жыл бұрын

    @@whiteroseangel1511 That's kind of you to say, thank you. Awesome locals in that neck of the woods, grateful to them for help, advice and great humor!

  • @pikiwiki

    @pikiwiki

    6 ай бұрын

    Hard to imagine people trying that in a covered wagon

  • @kriscampbell2327
    @kriscampbell2327 Жыл бұрын

    I've lived in Minnesota for 7 decades so I've seen plenty of snow but...............this is freakin' amazing. That is a LOT of snow!!! Really impressive!!!

  • @megapet777

    @megapet777

    6 ай бұрын

    Agree, this looks amazing.

  • @RussellBettsgogov
    @RussellBettsgogov Жыл бұрын

    Great job documenting this. Amazing amounts of snow. Wow.

  • @kell_checks_in
    @kell_checks_in Жыл бұрын

    OK, people. What part of DONNER Pass don't you understand?

  • @toddjerseyarchitectureinc.8059

    @toddjerseyarchitectureinc.8059

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol.

  • @plotholedetective4166

    @plotholedetective4166

    Жыл бұрын

    Hungry why wait snap into a slim Jim....

  • @danyellerobinson5940

    @danyellerobinson5940

    Жыл бұрын

    ..."Pass"

  • @BooRadley452

    @BooRadley452

    Жыл бұрын

    I stopped running that gulley years ago.

  • @ecurrie4549

    @ecurrie4549

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep pretty to see in the summer not so much in the winter...

  • @greenspiritarts
    @greenspiritarts Жыл бұрын

    I am never going to complain when I have to go out and plow a measly 8 inches off my driveway! Very impressed with the number of building that had obviously kept up with their roofs…and the ones who had not. Can’t help but wonder how wildlife copes with this amount of snow.

  • @Jerkasoid

    @Jerkasoid

    Жыл бұрын

    Loer elevations, I hope

  • @Jerkasoid

    @Jerkasoid

    Жыл бұрын

    By going to lower elevations, I hope before all that snow arrives.

  • @tommyudo3195

    @tommyudo3195

    Жыл бұрын

    Hats off to Caltrans workers having to plow and work in these difficult conditions!

  • @marilynbarriger7726

    @marilynbarriger7726

    Жыл бұрын

    They are so much smarter

  • @diannehortonpong1388
    @diannehortonpong1388 Жыл бұрын

    Much love (and thanks) to all of the CHP, Nevada County & Placer County SO's, snow plow drivers, EMTs, Fire, etc. out there! I'm a former Nevada City & Auburn, CA resident (retired in Kimberly, Idaho, out by Twin Falls). I've been watching this entire cycle of storms online and have a parent living in Nevada City. Between videos, KCRA coverage and Chief Meteorologist, Mark Finan from KCRA I've been able to keep tabs. Praying for power to come on, sun to come out and once roads open and all settles down, come back out to Northern California for some phenomenal skiing!

  • @Mercyme8934
    @Mercyme8934 Жыл бұрын

    Great documentary on this snow pack. Keep safe and remembering what it feels like to live in it. We shoveled pathways, decks, roofs, put on chains and brought firewood in for neighbors. I loved it because I was young, healthy and fit. Worked at and skied Snow Valley outside of Running Springs, CA Really is beautiful and if you prepare in the warmer months. Loved playing cards, listening to music, jigsaw puzzles and visiting neighbors soup in the crockpot and a few potatoes in the fireplace coals. Good times. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @JoeMcFarlanesgoogle

    @JoeMcFarlanesgoogle

    Жыл бұрын

    This is the way 👆🏼

  • @joey809
    @joey809 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful sight indeed. Especially if you can sit by fireplace and enjoy.

  • @spikespa5208

    @spikespa5208

    Жыл бұрын

    Fun to visit. Fun to play in. Live and work out in it? Nope. Appreciation to the Caltrans, NDOT, and county crews tryin' to keep things moving.

  • @jaytaron
    @jaytaron Жыл бұрын

    Hey, I love your video I like that there is no music no narration just the film and it is incredible

  • @marieschafle1700
    @marieschafle1700 Жыл бұрын

    Was in a storm like this in the 90’s. Snow covered the vent for the pellet stove and everyone in the house got carbon monoxide poisoning. Lucky to have survived! Please check to make sure your vents are clear on the roof!

  • @ciscoguru69
    @ciscoguru69 Жыл бұрын

    A friend of mine bought house in this area. He called and asked why there was a snowblower and a flame-thrower in the garage. Well, I says...it snows...occassionally. Now...he is quite proficient with the tools that were so generously left behind. 😂

  • @Rhaspun

    @Rhaspun

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe the former homeowner was moving to a sunnier location without snow.

  • @pamelawing5747
    @pamelawing5747 Жыл бұрын

    I live in Reno, and I have put on plenty of chains over the years but with storms like these, I look at cars stuck on HW 80 and think "why"? What WERE you thinking? Thinking? You weren't. May everyone be safe and well and eventually get home. I will say that I am grateful for the water that will come from this and hope that the ground can absorb a good bit. I was up at Tahoe in September and I have never seen it so dry and I've been going up there since the 60's. Wishes safety to everyone that lives up there, from Truckee to all around the Lake and surrounding communities. That is a boat load of snow to contend with.

  • @basedsalty6970

    @basedsalty6970

    Жыл бұрын

    The farmers should be happy

  • @steveegbert7429

    @steveegbert7429

    Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully Pyramid Lake will get a much needed filling out of this winter as well. I grew up in Sparks from the mid 50's to graduating Sparks High in '71 and don't remember anything like this.

  • @brettdavis80
    @brettdavis80 Жыл бұрын

    Fun getting stuck up there in an 18 wheeler on Rt 80 going west to Cali in early 2010. Snow kept coming down harder and harder. Took a while for the message boards to say Chain Up. By that time it was Too Late! Fun chaining up in all that snow fall. I definitely won’t forget that!

  • @leatherwoodjay
    @leatherwoodjay Жыл бұрын

    Holey Moley! Never seen snow that high in Tahoe before that completely covers the home! Wowza!

  • @Sonoma_Coast

    @Sonoma_Coast

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of that was from the snow blowers when they clear the road they blow it to the side like shown in the video.

  • @Sonoma_Coast

    @Sonoma_Coast

    Жыл бұрын

    But, yeah, Sierra at Tahoe ski resort has gotten 462 inches this Winter at 8800 feet. That's 38.5 feet. That was before this storm which has added another 5-6 feet.

  • @mikejones8866
    @mikejones8866 Жыл бұрын

    This is the amount of snow we used to get every year when I was young. Now, it's a rarity.

  • @Patricia-so9rw

    @Patricia-so9rw

    Жыл бұрын

    Horrible reality isn't it, as I recall the same from my childhood there.

  • @kell_checks_in

    @kell_checks_in

    Жыл бұрын

    Your lifetime has no statistical significance.

  • @woodywoods7958

    @woodywoods7958

    Жыл бұрын

    Not a rarity, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023. This year is the first one in 42 years I can remember that has been non-stop though. It's stormed nearly every week since January. 9 feet at Soda Springs in the past 7 days and 3 feet since yesterday.

  • @carlenelaifook4372

    @carlenelaifook4372

    Жыл бұрын

    Like Celestes Mike jones??

  • @frandanco6289

    @frandanco6289

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kell_checks_in = Your brain has no statistical significance...

  • @cynthiaforee1564
    @cynthiaforee1564 Жыл бұрын

    Prayers for all 🙏

  • @catherinenelson4162
    @catherinenelson4162 Жыл бұрын

    I used to work on Donner Pass. Yes, I've seen weather like this a number of times. Once you're over the top, and start going down the East side of the mountains, it gets somewhat better.

  • @judithmagill1284
    @judithmagill1284 Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to my world. Hunkered down and snowed in. Thanks for the video to let people see what we're dealing with.

  • @mobius-1503

    @mobius-1503

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers and prayers to yall out there im pretty dumbfounded at how thick it gets there. Thought only Alaska gets this bad. You guys just shelter in with heat food and water? Wat temps are we talking about at nights.

  • @shourjyadasgupta
    @shourjyadasgupta Жыл бұрын

    Crazy crazy weather ... I hope this takes california out of the drought and we see greener pastures longer this year.

  • @kftc1980

    @kftc1980

    Жыл бұрын

    They need more water storage, without it most of the moisture just flows away. The population has doubled since the last dam was built.

  • @frozenmale43
    @frozenmale43 Жыл бұрын

    It's Beautiful, Think this will fill the lakes now.. Love this.

  • @dennisg4053
    @dennisg4053 Жыл бұрын

    They brought out the Rotary Snow Plow! They only do that for Big Snow!

  • @daviddrane6643
    @daviddrane6643 Жыл бұрын

    the wildlife must be getting hard hit.. I live in Canada and have never seen snow like that in my 60 years. stay safe and warm..

  • @YahshuaLovesMe
    @YahshuaLovesMe Жыл бұрын

    I love California!

  • @madeline5116
    @madeline5116 Жыл бұрын

    A great clip. May God bless you and your family with good health and peace.❤❤

  • @railroad9000
    @railroad9000 Жыл бұрын

    That looks positively NASTY! Hghway depts and snow train crews are to be commended for the work they do in these conditions!

  • @jams9705
    @jams9705 Жыл бұрын

    I lived in Serene Lakes, Donner Pass from 1981 - 1985 and 1983 was just like this new dump. Alpine Meadow Ski had a severe avalanche took out the ski lodge and several people...snow was over the tele lines it was very serious times. Lucky for me I had a lifted Dodge Power Wagon chained all 4 wheels to get around.

  • @DIGGER19860

    @DIGGER19860

    Жыл бұрын

    Serene lakes gets dumped on like no other place i know. Had a cabin there since the 70s

  • @bobelliott2748

    @bobelliott2748

    Жыл бұрын

    Those old Power Wagons were pretty good. I drove one for work in 1974-75 in sometimes bad conditions. It went through u-joints pretty fast but, as you say, with all four wheels chained up there wasn't a lot that could stop it.

  • @georgemarinez7650

    @georgemarinez7650

    Жыл бұрын

    That's just a dusting you cry babies wanna see snow come to desert. Center so cal 😂

  • @californianorma876

    @californianorma876

    Жыл бұрын

    right! When the drought broke!

  • @DIGGER19860

    @DIGGER19860

    Жыл бұрын

    @@georgemarinez7650 theres 40 feet of snow in serene lakes. Do you see the wall behind the cars thats all snow bud.

  • @barbaratrubenbach115
    @barbaratrubenbach115 Жыл бұрын

    Donner Pass, cars, trucks are stuck, can you now see why so many pioneers died there? Those scenes are so scary.I can't imagine anyone one traveling anywhere in that.

  • @af7521
    @af7521 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting and making these types of videos.

  • @desertwind306
    @desertwind306 Жыл бұрын

    What an awesome video!!! It makes me appreciate the hot days of summer. (not really) I cannot imagine what it would be like to live there when this is happening. I have never lived where it snows, so wouldn't know the 1st thing about surviving. Hats off to these people who clear the way!

  • @brianh6

    @brianh6

    Жыл бұрын

    Here is how I survive bad snow storms/brutally cold temps. I think you could handle this with no experience. Step 1 - Stay home. Step 2 - Turn heat on. Takes a good second or so to flip the switch. That's it. Obviously more complicated if you absolutely must travel in which case it is important to know how to deal with it. And I have a plan for what to do if the power goes out for a while during really cold temps while travel is impossible.

  • @matthewhodge6374
    @matthewhodge6374 Жыл бұрын

    It's crazy the amount of snow from mammoth to Truckee. The melt is going to be nuts.

  • @MrMharley

    @MrMharley

    Жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking about the melt too …. Wow a lot of water !

  • @donnaspencer2251

    @donnaspencer2251

    Жыл бұрын

    Praying the melt will be a blessing 🙏 many have cried drought for so long. Let the Lord fill out lakes, ponds, and more. Filter the unclean water as he does with the tiny rocks and minerals that he made to clean with. I saw your work Lord! It was Absolutely amazing! The Lord is good! 👍

  • @anthonyguarino4242

    @anthonyguarino4242

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s an equivalent of 14.4” of rain. If you get 17’ of snow overall, that’s an equivalent of 20.4” of rain, just 3.6” shy of 2’ of rain.

  • @sharonmiller6436

    @sharonmiller6436

    Жыл бұрын

    Pray for a slow warm-up and melt.

  • @omegaforce1262
    @omegaforce1262 Жыл бұрын

    Props to the plow guys !!🙌🏼

  • @shaunelijah2232
    @shaunelijah2232 Жыл бұрын

    That opening scene with the grader. Now that folks is what ya call a "White Out"

  • @henrysantos121
    @henrysantos121 Жыл бұрын

    The only thing I can said, this videos was absolutely amazing well done, be safe everyone fellas and God bless you all.🙏.

  • @louc4130
    @louc4130 Жыл бұрын

    My uncle Wil lived in Truckee for many years and we'd go visit often. I remember a series of snow storms sometime in the 90's ( maybe someone out there will remember the year) whereas my uncle had to climb out his second story window just to go outside and greet us due to the super heavy snowstorms and very high and sudden snow drifts.

  • @laszlovass7326

    @laszlovass7326

    Жыл бұрын

    1989

  • @dabbking

    @dabbking

    Жыл бұрын

    What about like 96 or 98 where good ones in the valley

  • @lauramarsh5658

    @lauramarsh5658

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ll never forget New Year’s Day 1997 it was 57 degrees in Reno and we had a HUGE atmospheric river go through before it was even named. Reno flooddd that year. Scary time!@Noe Gomez

  • @dabbking

    @dabbking

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lauramarsh5658 I remember I was in Carson city and streets where flooded

  • @Frank00

    @Frank00

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you all have to climb into through the window to get into the house?

  • @rickjurado2398
    @rickjurado2398 Жыл бұрын

    Lived in Donner Summit and Truckee in the early 80's. We had a storm about as bad as this, as I got over 8 ft of snow, snowed in for 3 days, as plows couldn't make it up the road, great memories. Thanks for sharing.

  • @kftc1980

    @kftc1980

    Жыл бұрын

    Was that 1988? Down in Meadow Vista at 1850’ we got around 2’ in one storm that year.

  • @awdeveau
    @awdeveau Жыл бұрын

    This is what dreams are made of! I used to go out for a ride when we would get blizzards, sometimes I'd be out until the sun came up without realizing how late/early it was. I'd get home and my truck would be a solid brick of snow with snow packed in the grill along with every crack and crevice.

  • @deceptionallaround
    @deceptionallaround Жыл бұрын

    Great footage

  • @kevinstewart449
    @kevinstewart449 Жыл бұрын

    WOW! Amazing to see that the residents are so on top of keeping their driveways plowed. And quite the parade of powerful smaller snowblowers on display.

  • @DaKayH
    @DaKayH Жыл бұрын

    I grew up there in the 19060 and 80s This was the normal snow fall every year. Don't complain, the water runoff in the spring will good for the lake. You should hope for more heavy winters like this. As it's the only way to fill the Lakes and reservoirs.

  • @paulvon2378

    @paulvon2378

    Жыл бұрын

    this year has been the best winter since 1989

  • @PFab

    @PFab

    Жыл бұрын

    The reservoirs will be drained in no time and back to the excuses. CA politicians know what they are doing. It's a joke. We are doomed. Just wait.

  • @ginapadilla5386

    @ginapadilla5386

    Жыл бұрын

    😯 how long did it take the trucks holding food to get over Donner Pass? Some stores are beginning to have empty shelves.

  • @paulvon2378

    @paulvon2378

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ginapadilla5386 shelves full. Hwy 80 is open

  • @ginapadilla5386

    @ginapadilla5386

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulvon2378 One WalMart Produce empty and various items gone. One near me workers said better to come early a.m. bc food goes fast. Grabbed what I could today. Going in morning I’ll be there when they open.

  • @bobbyd6499
    @bobbyd6499 Жыл бұрын

    The weather there in California is just INSANE. Right now here in Chicago at 12:30 a.m. on 3/2, it is a “balmy” 42 degrees with NO SNOW on the ground. I guess it has to snow somewhere, I’m just glad it’s not here.

  • @robertdoupe4142
    @robertdoupe4142 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up in northern California and Donners pass closed every year. Now everyone's used to these soft warm winters.

  • @dlzigmond
    @dlzigmond Жыл бұрын

    Great job recording! Unbelievable .....!

  • @jewelsquinlan333
    @jewelsquinlan333 Жыл бұрын

    We prayed for this drought to go away... well here we are! It will melt and we'll have abundance of water this year. This to shall pass! Please be safe and be prepared. Peace and love to everyone.

  • @francoutah

    @francoutah

    Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully Reservoir Powell and Reservoir Mead get some relief.

  • @paulvon2378

    @paulvon2378

    Жыл бұрын

    ultimate drought buster storms one after the other since October.

  • @rayalevesque

    @rayalevesque

    Жыл бұрын

    @@francoutah Powell and Mead don't really get any water from the west slope of the Sierra. All the river reservoirs on the west slope will fill this year. After being pretty empty for the last 2 years. Both Powell and Mead get all their water from the "Rocky mt." drainage and the Colorado river complex. Snow in Idaho, Utah counts for more.

  • @paulvon2378

    @paulvon2378

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JedionEarth108 according to UC Berkely it has done a lot. We are no longer in severe drought.

  • @paulvon2378

    @paulvon2378

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rayalevesque Las Vegas and Meade are a different story. Nevada will end up getting more water from Colorado river and California will need to stop wasting water. Feds will not let Meade go Deadpool.

  • @mrgold3591
    @mrgold3591 Жыл бұрын

    I lived in Reno, NV, in the late 90s and Mt. Rose would get so much snow in winter. There was a visitor center at top of the mountain probably close to 2 story tall and it would be completely covered in snow. There would only be a light dusting of snow in Reno with winds stiff enough to tip over 18-wheelers on the hwy to Carson City.

  • @mhxprs
    @mhxprs Жыл бұрын

    kudos to those work so hard in such dangerous conditions

  • @tommy..980
    @tommy..980 Жыл бұрын

    That’s absolutely crazy… I live in Illinois and I never saw so much snow… I believe the Donners started out there journey in Springfield Illinois….

  • @foamyzvideos2617

    @foamyzvideos2617

    Жыл бұрын

    We had that much in 77 and 78

  • @Esperia-ef9xh
    @Esperia-ef9xh Жыл бұрын

    It's beautiful

  • @Us_Paws
    @Us_Paws Жыл бұрын

    Definitely don’t miss truck driving 🛻 through all that 😲

  • @EFTTappingwithHeatherAmbler
    @EFTTappingwithHeatherAmbler Жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thanks for showing the world what it's really like up here right now.

  • @ctwatcher
    @ctwatcher Жыл бұрын

    They called it winter when I lived in Truckee. Lol.

  • @pamelaroden5513
    @pamelaroden5513 Жыл бұрын

    Can you even imagine those poor people who tried to cross that pass on horse and buggy way back in the past. No wonder they couldn't make it.

  • @sylvia106

    @sylvia106

    Жыл бұрын

    Covered wagon. Donner party..

  • @MeanLaQueefa

    @MeanLaQueefa

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah they ate their leather belts and shoes and then people

  • @cplskiusmc5654
    @cplskiusmc5654 Жыл бұрын

    I imagine this is the kind of winter that gave Donner Pass its name.

  • @surendranauthpersaud
    @surendranauthpersaud Жыл бұрын

    Love the snow!

  • @michaelbanach3741
    @michaelbanach3741 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing footage of the snow

  • @oceanview2965
    @oceanview2965 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, awesome footage. That's a whole lot of snow. It seems the next few days will be sunny. Give people a chance to catch up. Then they get pounded with lots more snow. Be safe every one.

  • @CosmicStargoat
    @CosmicStargoat Жыл бұрын

    This is just an amazing video. I have subscribed and shared both of these to Facebook. That is some kind of snow!

  • @Michael_Scott_Howard
    @Michael_Scott_Howard Жыл бұрын

    Just amazing, deepest snow ever.

  • @adamc1966
    @adamc1966 Жыл бұрын

    Finally Donner back to normal 👍

  • @salybarra9315
    @salybarra9315 Жыл бұрын

    This the most snow I ever seen fall in the United States 🇺🇸. Thanks for sharing.

  • @johnnysol978
    @johnnysol978 Жыл бұрын

    Prayers and support for the people of California in these harsh conditions

  • @mariem3800

    @mariem3800

    Жыл бұрын

    This is a little more than usual, but that area is used to a lot of snow. A few years ago they had a season total of like 60 ft. I think it's over 40 now. It's all good. We need the water.

  • @bjbhehir

    @bjbhehir

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not like back East when they get 2 feet and everything comes to a stop and a bunch of people die. In Tahoe people are used to this!! I can't wait to ski tomorrow!!

  • @jcoats5529

    @jcoats5529

    Жыл бұрын

    Prayers? Ya ok 🤡

  • @treylyde999

    @treylyde999

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bjbhehir few inches in Texas close’s everything

  • @megapet777

    @megapet777

    6 ай бұрын

    Prayers 💀 I came to watch this video to relax. xD This is not some kind of catastrophe. This is what we call winter.

  • @tucobenedicto109
    @tucobenedicto109 Жыл бұрын

    Really good Asmr video. Thank you for filming and im sorry your stuck in it. Loved the flanger. And the cal trans Blower! white out conditions!

  • @tinajimenez-spalding6804
    @tinajimenez-spalding6804 Жыл бұрын

    THANK U 4 SHARING, REALITY AT ITS WORST !! GOD BLESS ❣️

  • @zipcode9
    @zipcode9 Жыл бұрын

    I used to drive a semi up Donner Pass I-80 in winter and had to chain up. Only drove 25MPH. At times, they closed the highway down when visibility got too bad. Crazy ride across Donner Pass.

  • @ginapadilla5386

    @ginapadilla5386

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you you carry food? My thing the food getting over the Pass . Grocery shelves shelves are going empty. 😯 I’m a worry wart 😂

  • @zipcode9

    @zipcode9

    Жыл бұрын

    @Gina Padilla No, I brought high end office furniture from Grand Rapids Michigan to California and then loaded up produce from California to deliver at various warehouses in US and Canada

  • @ginapadilla5386

    @ginapadilla5386

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zipcode9 oh ok thanks for replying

  • @BreakingFreeOffGrid
    @BreakingFreeOffGrid Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely amazing! My sister lives in Tahoe! Stay safe everyone!

  • @ShlisaShell
    @ShlisaShell Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking your time to give us a tour. These videos are priceless. Be safe and God bless.

  • @tomortale2333

    @tomortale2333

    Жыл бұрын

    whose safe up there? n where is anybody safe there? where to go n feel safe?? poor souls

  • @allanfifield8256
    @allanfifield8256 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @hourglas39
    @hourglas39 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, the news casters were not lying about the blizzard and telling people not to go up to the mountains. This is nuts! It was snowing in Victorville, San Bernardino, & Riverside last week. I think we're pretty much got the drought taken care of 😊👍🏽

  • @charsback

    @charsback

    Жыл бұрын

    Yah its been yrs.since they told the truth..

  • @richardatkinson4015
    @richardatkinson4015 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible to see. Thanks

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 Жыл бұрын

    I live in Boston and this winters been very mild, no snowstorms, hardly any snow at all, I love the snow, it quiets everything down, it's beautiful, although that's a lot of snow to deal with. Thank you

  • @superzee172
    @superzee172 Жыл бұрын

    This has certainly shaped up to be the mega storm. Makes you think of the old Donner Party and what they went through.

  • @jenniferroberts7581
    @jenniferroberts7581 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome - thanks for the info on my family's cabin up there. Glad to see our road/parking spot is plowed as we're hoping to go check on things on Thurs/Fri during the break between storms. Hiking a few hundred yards from our parking space is definitely going to be a challenge...

  • @desertwind306

    @desertwind306

    Жыл бұрын

    How nice! I do hope all is well.

  • @trainsupporter9088
    @trainsupporter9088 Жыл бұрын

    Wow - I have huge respect for you getting out there in the elements to share this awesome video! I have a copy of the book "Snowbound Streamliner" which tells of the 3 day ordeal of passengers stuck up there on a train in 1952. The pictures in that book are amazing. If you can get a copy of the book it is well worth it.

  • @JahLove63
    @JahLove63 Жыл бұрын

    I have to tell you, living in the Northern CA Sacramento Valley, the view of the snow covered Coastal Range to the Sierra Nevada's is absolutely beautiful AND I'm thankful our roads are clear! 😁✌💞🤘⛷

  • @r2out
    @r2out Жыл бұрын

    When I see this much snow I think of water. Water for quenching the thirst of the patched land in the lower valleys. California has been in a long and intense drought for the last 20 year, so this snow is very much welcomed.

  • @ivanolsen7966
    @ivanolsen7966 Жыл бұрын

    that's right .... drive around in a blizzard without you headlights on 1:10

  • @yvonnebee550
    @yvonnebee550 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this! Kudos! . Exciting to see snowpack. Unfortunately, there are concerns for severe flooding. Due to extended drought, increased "heat events" and loss of vegetation to wildfires we will see some new terra-forming. The ground has lost absorbancy in some areas, we also lost ancient ice that anchored portions of historic snowpack locations. People need to take inventory of potential watershed/flooding in unanticipated locations. I am in SoCal. I watched a hunk of mountain cleave last week. Woolsey Fire took ancient oak forest, new pathways for watershed took way over past two years and this storm broke the mountain. Look around. Don't wait for someone to tell you about flooding and mudslides.... unless you know a real old-timer or a friend at the historic society, you need to look out for yourselves...... BIG flooding is predicted... I think they call it "megaflood". State of California has published a ton of information

  • @toyota4afe
    @toyota4afe Жыл бұрын

    Unless you've either been here or are a big weather buff or Meteorologist you can't believe the amount of snow that can fall here.

  • @crushthis123
    @crushthis123 Жыл бұрын

    Personally I love it. I live in Lindsay Ontario and it was a bright sunny day when the bus took us to school. By 12 o'clock the school was scrambling to figure out what to do. A lot of students had to stay and sleep on the gym mats and every person with a snowmobile were utilized to get us from the main highway to our homes on the side roads. not just snow we had high winds for days later and we were delivering milk bread eggs etc. to people who were snowbound. Thank god for snowmobiles! Obviously we didn't get as much but there is no difference in the seriousness of the situation. We were playing soccer at first break and at noon hour we were making snowmen with the body being a half a ton in weight and thirty of us pushing to make it bigger. I don't think it fully melted until the end of April lol

  • @scomo532
    @scomo532 Жыл бұрын

    It’s an 1847 winter up there.

  • @duwomaiishgabrielle9498
    @duwomaiishgabrielle9498 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder how the Self Driving Trucks will do in this? 😂😂👍🏽

  • @barryhessel6078
    @barryhessel6078 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty. I don't get to see much of this in central Texas. I like how quilt and peaceful it is.

  • @1vaiox823
    @1vaiox823 Жыл бұрын

    Great work.Thanks.

  • @tstahler5420
    @tstahler5420 Жыл бұрын

    This summer should be excellent for panning the Feather river.

  • @flynnstone3580

    @flynnstone3580

    Жыл бұрын

    This spring is going to be great for growing a garden.

  • @tstahler5420

    @tstahler5420

    Жыл бұрын

    @@flynnstone3580 Absolutely! Plant some tomatoes for me.

  • @rubymckinley4909
    @rubymckinley4909 Жыл бұрын

    Omg, take care guys.

  • @bethbaldoni8310
    @bethbaldoni83102 ай бұрын

    Excellent vid!!! Better than news coverage. I'm sure that they had warning. I saw it on the news the beginning of the week that it was coming.

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