We typically get just light dustings of snow as well. Then again, under 6 inches is what I consider a light dusting, LOL.Snow around here isn't unheard of, but it's typically a light dusting at higher elevations. Certainly not enough to go sledding or cross country skiing. If it hits lower elevations it's more a once in 30 year event.
I've actually seen snow tires around here. I figure they were for someone going skiing on weekends who didn't feel like taking them off. A lot of the newer winter tires are less squirmy on dry roads.
It's really not all that far to mountains with snow in California. I could drive 3 hours to ski resorts. From the outskirts of Los Angeles it's only 90 minutes to Big Bear.
We typically get just light dustings of snow as well. Then again, under 6 inches is what I consider a light dusting, LOL.
I was half an hour drive from work. I would get to work and everyone would be crying about the horrendous snow and I'd look around and wonder where it was at with only 3 inches. Then I'd show them a picture of the 14 inches I cleaned off my car that morning.
I live in a hard-core winter climate and I have never in my life see so much snow as we saw when visiting Lake Tahoe (in April).Snow is not a foreign concept around here as a lot of people love to ski and do other winter activities. But we would need to get up to Lake Tahoe or Yosemite to do that. But if it ever happens here we all freak out about it.
A couple of years ago we were visiting relatives in the Seattle area and then it snowed on Christmas Eve. It was absolutely a white Christmas with at least 8 inches of snow, and our kids got to play in it, although I wasn't sure what it would be like on the road since we were going home that day. I was told that it could have been a near disaster if it were on a normal commute day and not around Christmas with most taking the week off.
I live in a hard-core winter climate and I have never in my life see so much snow as we saw when visiting Lake Tahoe (in April).