Mammoth is battling a river of rain, sleet, and snow 

We retired to the Sierra Foothills 10 years ago (ElDorado County). At that time I wanted to be at about 4000 feet because it is beautiful with more pine vs oak trees. A friend that had lived near Placerville for 40 years said "you want to be between 1800 and 2500 feet in elevation. You will not have the valley fog and although it might snow, you wont be snowed in very often." We purchased 10 acres with our dream home and my dream shop located at 2300 feet in elevation. I would agree with the advice we received from our friend after10 years of living here as experience. Another suggestion, try to find a place with as flat of a driveway as possible. Our road (we live on) is not plowed. I am 69 and my wife is 67. We absolutely love our home and have no regrets moving here from the Bay Area. The thought of going back there even to visit is daunting.

@@jimm2442 I would only visit a big city if you to for specialty health care.

Move to Bishop No snow

I must say, it is nice to see that this you are prepared for living in severed snow. So many in So. Ca. were not prepared and suffered the consequences. Thank you for showing a useful perspective.

@@jolenecreech7648 How can you be prepared for a once in a generation snow? My sister lives in Arrowhead they were relatively prepared but still the snow they received has never been seen up there. I lived in Big Bear for many years and the record for snow was in 82 at 12 feet. My sister is at 4500 feet and they have received about 8 maybe more. Unheard of.

Preparedness starts with the correct mindset. If you think it can't, or won't happen, your goose is already half-cooked! 🤣🤣😝

@@noraleestone2859 well put Noralee. It never stops amazing me how a lot of folks dis miss the idea …often until it’s to late

He didn't do the berm with his snowblower. Rock & Dirt came with their Skid Steer and did it, and the whole driveway. 😁

Weather has always been erratic and unpredictable and extreme, only thing new is how many people are exposed to it.

The fight died with the snow blower demise

​@@selfemployed1338 And Social Media, Weather has been changing world wide sense the beginning of time. Nothing New Here

This is kind of normal for the Sierras.

@@selfemployed1338 And frequency of extreme events caused by industrial activity.

Chains front and back if there’s enough suspension clearance.

mammoth is not the place to retire--40 miles down the road in bishop is a lot better

My thoughts exactly

Yep Sierra Cement is what we used to call it up at Tahoe many years back.

They open up parts of the lake, when frozen over, to dump snow. Though it's coming down so consistently that they're having a hard time keeping up.a

No. That snow in neighborhoods is all on private property. Who knows what is under the snow banks

Looks like they have having difficulty just trying to keep the roads open, much less relocating that MASSIVE amount of snow.