It really does snow here at Lake Tahoe!

It really does snow up here at the Lake! This week brought us about 2 feet of the white fluffy stuff. I fortunately had off on Thursday, the day that it stromed so I was able to get lots of freshies. The day did not start off like I had hoped though. First chair was what I was shooting for. A little snag up on the pass kept me from getting there sooner. The roads did not seem all that bad, but when I was coming down brockway summit, cars everywhere were sliding out of control. You would think that me driving an AWD Subaru would keep me on course, but I guess on ice, no one is safe. My car started sliding and luckily there was no one coming up the pass. My car slid into the other lane and I could not control it. The car next to me was sliding, the car in front of us was sliding. Up about 70' or so there was a Black BMW X5 sitting in the wrong lane up against the guard rail. I knew if I couldn't stop, I was going to hit her. Sure enough, I kept on sliding right into her back bumper. I really only tapped her leaving a scuff on her bumper. The BMW sits pretty high so my drivers side blinker got smashed to pieces and it also dented the fender a bit. Not too bad, but bad enough that there was damage. As I was talking to the lady and getting her insurance info, another Subaru slid right into her front bumper. We all sat there for about another twenty minutes waiting for a plow truck to come by and drop gravel. The rest of the way down to Northstar was slow going because everyone was affraid of sliding. The damage sucked, but the riding that was had during the day was the best we have had all year! As of right now, the weather report is that it there will be snow and snow showers starting Saturday afternoon all the way through Wed. Snowboarding will be great again next week and hopefully the snow will hjust keep piling up through March.