California Buried in Record Snow after Winter Storms - Driving Through a Snow Maze - 2023 - 4k

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In #california the #snow has piled up sometimes reaching the powerlines. The #snowfall from repeated #winter #storm has been near the record amount for December-January producing snow cuts higher than heavy machinery and well above the first story of homes. Shot locations include Soda Springs, Norden, Serene Lake and #DonnerPass in the Sierra near I-80 in California. Heavy #snow and #snowstorm is common #weather for the mountains, this season has been off to a record start which should help the state suffering from a mega drought.
Thanks to ‪@JonathanPetramala‬ for putting up with me. Please see his channel for stories along the way.
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@WxChasing Год назад

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@wahrheitsliebender Год назад

How much in meters is it there? I know similiar conditions from the snow holes "Arlberg" in Austria and Balderschwang in Germany, but it seems much.... And what is the altitude there?

@wahrheitsliebender Год назад

This year you have it all so far - here in the Alps we have very little snow so far...

@evaeves8569 Год назад

The trees look so beautiful. Silly thought but it might have been good if there were companies that collected the snow for water for something later.

@bbfoto7248 Год назад

@@wahrheitsliebender I've seen the recent videos of the snow-less Alps! It's crazy.

@Casinogirl56 Год назад

Take away the plowed roads and you can imagine how terrifying it must have been for the Donner party. Great video!

@JonathanPetramala Год назад

Thank you

@JBoy340a Год назад

And walking.

@josephvanwie6706 Год назад

And the rest of the pioneers. .. What happens to us when energy runs out because they were much sturdier people back then. And it's coming soon. ....

@notchback93 Год назад

The cannibalism was probably kinda scary too. But yeah snow is definitely annoying

@apocyldoomer Год назад

Well, some moron told them that there was a shorter way to their destination, boy, was he wrong! Fun fact, the Donners were misdirected. The survivors were forever shunned by other people because of the cannibalism, hey, Joe, would you like the calf portion of old Ned?? Hahaha, not funny.

@davidairozo8965 Год назад

I lived up in Serene Lakes above Soda Springs 82-83 and yes you always had to remember which hole to turn down.

@JBoy340a Год назад

We need this to happen every winter. It used to have these depths more often.

@ashforkdan Год назад

Be careful what you wish for.

@marcosluciosilva2433 Год назад

@@ashforkdan ele tem medo do fogo

@rileymurphy8329 Год назад

@@ashforkdan at this point, BRING IT ON

@WoodSprite4ever Год назад

I agree 💯 here on the west coast a great snow every year would eliminate forest fires

@61rampy65 Год назад

It would be so cool to see the route you drove in the summertime. Maybe you could put this vid and a summer vid side by side to show exactly how much snow there is up there. Fantastic views, with the snow so pure white. Thanks for the fun video!

@wuhsiufong Год назад

google street view has some of the street covered. astonishing snow especially when you compared to the images from summer time...

@lisaadams9168 Год назад

I can’t wait to see the reservoirs come summertime. Thanks for sharing.

@williamd1891 Год назад

The state officials will be sure to drain most of the reservoirs right before the dry season, again.

@GT-mn3bx Год назад

@@williamd1891 Correct. With an increase in prices. Again.

@thereisnopandemic Год назад

@@williamd1891 and claim drought

@YourName-jm7lz Год назад

@@marks_jeep Um...lake mead is by Las Vegas....about 500 miles South East.

@Toreld52 Год назад

Lovely 🤩❄❄ We are having a lot of snow too here in Norway.

@jenniferroberts7581 Год назад

So awesome - that first 5 minutes is my road/driveway! We hike another 400 yards from our parking spot (visible at 4:24) to our cabin which my parents built 60 years ago when I was a baby. Glad to see it as we've not been able to get up there from our Truckee since before all the storms began. The 8-10 households along that road pay $1200 each per winter to keep that road plowed!

@gobbletegook Год назад

I wonder how much it costs for those people that have to have their roofs cleared off. I see that a lot of the homes have metal roofs and that will allow it to slide off more...but that happens for those that don't? And the same guys that do the roads probably side line to do roofs...bt that would only be AFTER they clean the roads, driveways, or parking lots.

@jenniferroberts7581 Год назад

@@gobbletegook People up there don't generally get their roofs cleared - building codes require 500 pounds per square foot snowload! But over the years, yeah, major damage has happened - typically to older houses. Our cabin has a shed roof, but not much slope - but it's built with 4x14 beams on 18" centers -- in big snow years, those beams deflect a few inches! And a big glacier builds up and eventually slides off the back with a huge crash. Sorry I can't post photos here.

@jenniferroberts7581 Год назад

@@gobbletegook Oh, but to kind of answer your question, shovelers in the area make about $50 per hour.

@kylekuntz5302 Год назад

That is going to make a lot of water when it melts! I would really be worried about how much damage is going to happen then, not to mention the roof snow load.

@JonathanPetramala Год назад

It’s a winter wonderland!

@toddmohr8624 Год назад

Never ceases to amaze the power of mother nature.

@oak6845 Год назад

There is no "Mother Nature" it's Father God and his name is the "Lord Jesus".

@maryamaya9970 Год назад

It's Father Nature not mother Nature. God is in control of everything.

@solochristo65 Год назад

@@oak6845 Amen!!!

@Alex_Fox21 Год назад

@@maryamaya9970 God doesn't exist, lol. There only a people, who think if something good happened, for example: they survived a car accident, as pedestrian, of course, and situations like that, when you was really lucky make them think that god exist, but it's not.

@jaydee45 Год назад

This is just the video I was hoping to find. Thank you! I’m in Truckee without an AWD vehicle. Hoping to be able to drive in four days but I’ve enjoyed watching each flake. This glorious gift will help alleviate fires. Yay! Joanie 🐻

@beyondmiddleagedman7240 Год назад

Nothing on Earth could compel me to live in a place like that. Driving over Donner in a storm like that at 76,000lbs was enough to convince me to stay South.

@elflordsjourneys Год назад

My wife grew up at south lake tahoe, back in the 60s,70s every winter was like this. School was canceled for weeks and no power either.

@katwashere194 Год назад

Thanks for allowing me to experience that without the stress of actually experiencing that 😂

@josephvanwie6706 Год назад

It amazes me how any of the wildlife make it through winters like this! Have a heart and put dogfood out and suet and such for the birds. ... You will be blessed in your struggles!

@andreawhitney3385 Год назад

My family has a cabin right there in Soda Springs, went there all the time as a kid they always got a lot of snow but never this much! I could just imagine the skiing!!!

@dorianmclean6755 Год назад

Stunning incredible drive around !! Thx !!!

@kathiv8071 Год назад

ABSOLUTELY 💖💫😎

@zxcv-nk2dd Год назад

I've would gladly see so much snow in Poland... As of late we have almost none in winter.. Keep warm, stay safe and build awesome snowman!

@Queen16333 Год назад

EXCELLENT video, thanks!

@WoodSprite4ever Год назад

Last time I saw snow like this was 1969 I was two yrs old we lived west 50/60 miles west of mt Shasta , in a logging camp now a town called wildwood I remember the cut steps from the front door up to the surface That was posdibly deeper than this 😶

@mikegoff7506 Год назад

If you haven't lived there you just can't fathom the amount of snow the Sierra Nevadas can accumulate. In my early adulthood in the late 70s and early 80s, I used to cross country ski around Norden and Kingvale. On several winters, you would have to be hyper vigilant when skiing across powerline rights of way, as the charged lines were at a height that you could ski into them or across them.

@cathyray3861 Год назад

WOW

@mikeday62 Год назад

So good to see snow to fill up the reservoirs.

@NoFeeArea Год назад

And the lake.

@johnzinckgraf3831 Год назад

sure, but I'm certain they won't lower the water rates

@kathiv8071 Год назад

Just INCREDIBLE...Thank you! I LOVE THIS 💖💖💖💫 Down in Reno...4000 ft below looks like late spring 20 years ago. Just enough to well , remind me to be grateful 😁

@sinaukonten9128 Год назад

i like snow scene... Greetings from Indonesia 🇲🇨🤝

@kathiv8071 Год назад

💖💫😎

@lindaainslie8578 Год назад

Never thought I'd say this from Ontario Canada.. I want to go to California for the snow. ... since we've barely had 3 inches all winter where I am located.

@xtc996 Год назад

its either a huge winter of a lean winter never a in-between.

@jareddoran6605 Год назад

Never thought I'd see someone from outside California considering a visit for the snow rather than the beaches lol (I'm all for it btw, the Sierra Nevada mountains are pretty much heaven on earth)

@bbfoto7248 Год назад

Same in the Alps unfortunately. Look up some recent videos. It's scary. Glad we've got this snow in the Sierra Nevada, though! It's still falling as I type this just South of Yosemite Nat'l Park. :)

@jareddoran6605 Год назад

@@bbfoto7248 Oakhurst?

@bbfoto7248 Год назад

@@jareddoran6605 👍

@MyCleverHandle Год назад

I remember driving through that kind of scene about 20 years ago, up near Lake Sabrina and June Lakes loop...on Father's Day! Late winter that year, we were in shorts and sandals, trying to get from Bishop up and over to the west side. Wound up going all the way to Topaz lake-? All the other roads had all closed within the previous 2 days. Fun fun fun!

@williamgibb5557 Год назад

This us why, you start plowing or blowing the snow when it first starts. Go as wide as you can and narrow up as-needed. But that snow storm was something else. Stat safe, healthy and up right when walking.

@briinelson298 Год назад

Very nice ride. Wow.

@bb-fe9ur Год назад

WOW, that is really cool and crazy. Thanks for taking us along, you got a new sub and like!

@WxChasing Год назад

Thank you!

@kathiv8071 Год назад

Right😃 well said, Thank you 💖

@shellycooper1210 Год назад

It’s so peaceful and beautiful

@desratlinda8639 Год назад

Wow, it's like a winter wonderland!

@avivstoica Год назад

It is a maze 😁🎊🎆🎇 beautiful ❤️

@Cali_Girl1 Год назад

Wow!

@fredharvey2720 Год назад

That is insane

@kathiv8071 Год назад

So am I. Cannot get a ride up there and I’m only 45 min away on a good road day

@jenniferrevilla5298 Год назад

Absolutely awesome!!

@diannaschmidt6545 Год назад

The snow machine with the rotory slicer, is awesome. Much Love to Y'all. Hang in there. 🤠

@glentanner4770 Год назад

I would have already got lost and hypothermia would be setting in by now. All that snow is incredible, stay safe.

@dwightevans8545 Год назад

Reminds me of growing up in Northern Maine. We had lots of winters like that. But maybe more prepared. You didn't dare go into the woods/forest without snowshoes. If you did go without them, you'd sink, and that would be the end of you. Ahhh..but snowmobiling..now that's what I miss.

@footwerxs Год назад

I live right right next door to where you grew up, due East in New Brunswick Can. I also recall many a winters like this, and add on the freezing rain and rain after a blizzard to make the snow like cement. This winter is the lightest winter I seen in these parts in 15-20 years or more.

@dwightevans8545 Год назад

@@footwerxs great to hear! I grew up in Houlton, Me

@designmaniac3920 Год назад

Happy to hear because Maine is where I would like to live one day and I love snow:)

@randyk7699 Год назад

Amazing!

@paulipuhakka8788 Год назад

Growing up at Whistler in the early 70's, I remember seeing the snow pack very much like this. Wow! Sadly it rains alot nowadays. That's a good dump of snow! My hats off to all the snow removal crews who have spent countless hours and sacrificed sleep to make it possible to access homes and roadways. Cheers and lots of beers to you all👍 from British Columbia 🇨🇦 Oh, One more thought. How was the stampede to get first tracks on the hill??? ⛷️😂😂😂

@DM-hw4cr Год назад

These Sierra Nevada towns average 7k ft in elevation. All the winter moisture falls as snow unlike whistler.

@kathiv8071 Год назад

Those were the days my friend 💫💖

@jsshay01 Год назад

@@DM-hw4cr My uncle had a cabin in Whistler for many years until just recently. They never said there was no or too little, snow. Had great times.

@lianacrinageorg2781 Год назад

Dear people! I'ved only hear about so big big snow in my country Romania for 60years ago from my grandad .....for sure it's not easy for you.....God bless you all!Love USA!!!!!

@kathiv8071 Год назад

Loving you right back💖💫

@Makapida Год назад

I am in the French mountains at 1000m high, and we have about 30cm of snow… I would be selfishly so glad you got it all if I would not worry about you guys being warm and safe. California houses are built for sun not snow and cold. Hope you will go though this safely, thinking of you…

@Bryan-Hensley Год назад

The Sierra mountains are 4,400 meters high in California

@jareddoran6605 Год назад

There is a lot more to California than just LA and the beach. Welcome to the part of California the media won't tell you about

@Makapida Год назад

I am definitely very ignorant when California is concerned😆

@jareddoran6605 Год назад

@@Makapida I mean, I'm sure there's a lot more to France than just Paris, wine vineyards, and the Riviera. California is the 3rd largest state in the US (behind Texas and Alaska). Look up Yosemite, the Redwood Forest, the Central Valley, Mt Whitney, Joshua Tree, and Big Sur, just for a few examples of how geographically diverse California is

@Bryan-Hensley Год назад

@@Makapida California is 901 km wide and about 1,673 long. They have almost 40 million in population. It's land mass population is mostly right politically. It's the density populated cities that causes California to be left politically.

@Maelu-op9gf Год назад

Incredible!!

@naomiphillips4839 Год назад

Awesome! Thanks

@jams9705 Год назад

I lived in Serene lakes 83-84 and ya wow.. snow was over the tele lines...alpine meadows slide took out the lodge and several lives

@trubre5565 Год назад

Yeah, Alpine avalanche…our first winter in Tahoe Donner, having just moved up here from Walnut Creek. What a shocker❗️

@shAnn0n1 Год назад

WXCHASING never stops!!! LOVE your channel and your content!! YOU make videos like a cinematographer!!! SO beautifully and brilliantly captured!!!!

@JonathanPetramala Год назад

Thank you!

@shAnn0n1 Год назад

@@JonathanPetramala you're very welcome, every bit of what I wrote is true!!!!

@mkollander99 Год назад

Beautiful

@victoriabennett4287 Год назад

Wow, indeed!

@LCLand Год назад

Ahh the sound of that packed powder!! Sad I haven’t been snowboarding in years ❤

@sheilaedie7408 Год назад

You guys are awesome!

@boring.doerings Год назад

This is the amount of snow we used to get as kids here in Washington State…those were the days! In rural and small town Washington!

@jestertryna8956 Год назад

A mazing

@trina2021 Год назад

Wow!! All that snow!! 🥶😵

@alessandroemanuel1585 Год назад

Nice, enjoy ski...

@Mathieutonium Год назад

Driving plow trucks for years in the Midwest and dealing with moderate snowfall was a walk-in-the-park. Here, it’s pretty clear these roads were not cleared by snowplows, but snow blown up and out due to straight edge walls. Cool to see and kudos to the operators that moved the snow!

@apelsinas691 Год назад

nice winter --enjoy,,,

@truthseekertruthspeaker Год назад

Love u guys!! Stay safe out there🙏🏽👑🌺

@JonathanPetramala Год назад

Thank you

@user-go6no3rl6w Год назад

Cool

@boroda10able Год назад

Great video, thanks.

@dancingbearfilmsNM Год назад

WOW ! Is right

@mickeyandres2651 Год назад

Looks beautiful. 🇨🇦

@chrisgrenzner9337 Год назад

I tried to follow you on google street view. What a difference! Thanks for the ride along, this is crazy.

@WxChasing Год назад

Wish I had before video. Next fire season when I’m up there will get the area without snow.

@HappyComfort Год назад

WoW!!! 😮😳🤯

@Sunshine-vr9qr Год назад

Thank you so very much 😮

@WxChasing Год назад

Always welcome

@patriciaperry2028 Год назад

Love this

@kathiv8071 Год назад

DITTO 💖💫

@sheilaedie7408 Год назад

Wow, really beautiful though but scary. Unbelievable and amazing too!

@cathy_p637 Год назад

That snow is ridiculous! If you're a skier YEAH🏂 If you're like me, , see ya in the spring,

@JonathanPetramala Год назад

Big lines of traffic for skiiers

@anglosaxonmike8325 Год назад

This channel has some of the best footage on youtube. The drone videos are spectacular.

@FedererFan080808 Год назад

Great Video! Awesome and scary at the same time! Good job.👍😊

@PerfDayToday Год назад

Hope it doesn’t warm up too quickly, oh boy.

@djjamar Год назад

Thank you almighty father for filling our cup to the brim.

@robertfournier7050 Год назад

We call that a huge dumping of snow. Like your driving through amaze

@clifforddalton3067 Год назад

Maybe I love snow so much is because where I am the UK we get very little. Nice drive, thanks. vvery enjoyable

@daniaann Год назад

Ngl, that looks like so much fun with the right vehicle

@anthonygasparini1734 Год назад

"WOW"

@user-wk4wo8qn6o Год назад

Как красиво!!! Как у нас в России! Только у нас сейчас снега гораздо меньше, чем обычно зимой.🥰🥰🥰

@patrickbrownrigg1058 Год назад

Pretty good.

@barb0138 Год назад

Wow that is crazy

@ejr5480 Год назад

Adventures of Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum!

@Lee-ts3dw Год назад

Very pretty

@angelialvares Год назад

despite the inconvenience....Nature sure is pretty

@jamesmancusi6747 Год назад

I was up there two days ago - snowmageddon!

@kathiv8071 Год назад

WOW💖💫🤗

@kc6nfv746 Год назад

Great video

@emerson2you Год назад

Good they need that to bath in this coming spring summer

@WLORE899 Год назад

Let’s hope we don’t get a lot of warm rain on all that snow we need the runoff but not all at once!!! 😮

@stevenwinterhill3623 Год назад

Ice age ❄️❄️❄️😊😊☕

@Akindone53 Год назад

This is not unusual for the Sierras.

@badassmalificent Год назад

And here I am in southwestern Ontario, still waiting for winter. 😭

@danmcdonagh8924 Год назад

Looks like fun when that melts .

@daoyang1562 Год назад

Wow. I want to drive in that maze.

@PAVEL-JAKL Год назад

Few years ago I drove semi truck many times thru Truckee in winter time that was something special..

@renebeckner1994 Год назад

I lived in Reno most of my life and must say this snowstorm is not anything new. There was massive snow in 1981,1993,2004, 2005 and many years in between. Then it's going to warm up and flood in the Reno area like it is in no cal

@laeeqkhanswati6661 Год назад

Excellent Report Laeeq Khan Karachi, Pakistan

@lorib5398 Год назад

@jean I've watched that movie numerous times. It's so compelling.

@user990077 Год назад

You want snow? Try Valdez, Alaska. I worked at the pipeline terminal there and in winter from time to time one would have to brush off 3 - 4 feet of snow off the pickup truck before heading to work in the morning.

@salvatorepitea5862 Год назад

Yup..soon as they said California big snow ...I was like Sierra Nevada..

@napili5470 Год назад

Thanks fopr the video. I use to live at Donner Lake and this use to be a comin experience evey winter.

@YourName-jm7lz Год назад

no it wasnt cause this only happens every few years.

@InHisGrace33 Год назад

WOW 😳🥶🥶🥶 Bummer. 🤠 But riding around with you guys through this was better than being on any amusement park ride. 😁

@bugtusslealien3931 Год назад

You can judge the depth of snow by looking at the aerial telecom cables. They are usually 18-20 feet in height and the snow is deep.

@andysmith5012 Год назад

Follow the main power lines. I've heard 400" so far and it's so beautiful.

@PJ_222 Год назад

We New Yorkers are use to these Winters but we haven't had it like that in a few years. Wow never thought California experience snow like this.

@bbfoto7248 Год назад

@@GAVACHO5150 Agree for the most part, but the "lake effect" blizzards in Buffalo can be brutal. Rochester, too. I'm in the Sierra Nevada.

@hoboonwheels9289 Год назад

I'm from Alberta, have never seen snow like that here, although in the 40s there's pictures of snow like that. Weather cycles every fifty to hundred or so years.