Blizzard Dumps 10 Feet of Snow in Parts of Sierra Nevada; Another Storm on Its Way

Travel in the mountain region is again highly discouraged until the storm passes, the weather service reported.

A person uses skis downtown as snow continues to fall during a powerful multiple day winter storm in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in Truckee, Calif., on March 3, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

As road crews and residents in the California mountain regions were shoveling themselves out of several feet of new snow from a rare blizzard that blew through the state over the weekend, weather officials warned another winter storm was on the way.

“This one is looking a lot weaker than the weekend blizzard, thankfully,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Nathan Rick told California Insider. “Even though the storm itself is lower impact, the overall impacts could be compounded from this weekend.”