Snow Too Thick to Plow Keeps Skiers From California Resorts

Snow Too Thick to Plow Keeps Skiers From California Resorts
This Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, photo released by Heavenly Mountain Resort shows snow covering chairs and ski equipment at Heavenly Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Duncan Kincheloe/Heavenly Mountain Resort via AP
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SAN FRANCISCO—Winter weather enveloping California’s mountains for a fourth straight day on Friday, Feb. 15, kept skiers from hitting the slopes at the start of the Presidents Day holiday weekend, with snow so deep that plows could not tackle it and cities scrambled to find places to pile it.

Several routes to the ski mecca of Lake Tahoe shut down, including about 70 miles of Interstate 80 from Colfax, California, to the Nevada state line.