Late-Season Storm Brings More Snow to the Sierra Nevada

Working inside a nearly 18-foot-deep snow pit at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, (L–R) Shaun Joseph, Claudia Norman, Helena Middleton take measurements of snow temperatures ahead of a weather storm in Soda Springs, Calif., on March 9, 2023. Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP

TRUCKEE, Calif.—The winter that wouldn’t quit showed up again in the Sierra Nevada region of California and Nevada on Tuesday.

The fast-moving, blustery storm wasn’t expected to last long, but it was enough to require chain controls on some trans-Sierra highways and add to staggering snowfall totals left by an exceptional series of winter storms.