View from inside office in NOVEMBER -- notice large cornice outside window
Cornice almost down to snow on deck
Cornice outside window
Lots of snow on the roof
Snow on trucks -- in NOVEMBER!
Ice on windows
Snow on Boat Dock
Ice forming a Heart on the window
Driving down Donner Pass Road
Snow encrusted sign
Vehicle without lights on and covered with snow is hard to see! People need to make sure that their lights are free of snow and that they are ON when driving during snow storms + SLOW DOWN!
Snow and fog clearing off -- going to be a beautiful day
Again, no lights on
Snowplow behind is almost impossible to see because he does NOT have his headlights on
ALL white vehicles shoudl have their lights ON so they can be seen easier. If someone has not properly cleared their windows and quickly look down the road before busting through the berm in their driveway, they could be hit by a vehicle driving down the road.
Another white vehicle (Truckee Police vehicle) with NO LIGHTS ON!
Quail looking for food
WHY are Quail here in the winter?
Frosted trees after freezing Fog -- Thanksgiving 2010
Plowing walkway
Bushes tied up but when covered with snow, they fall over and get in the way of the walkways
Snow being held up by a tied up bush
Icesicles
Hangars need to be shoveled out at the Truckee Tahoe Airport after each storm
"Elastic" snow -- cornices will begin to "bend" down when they get more snow on top
Beautiful morning after snowfall
More Quail
snow piling up and it's not even January yet!
Plastic cover for the window to keep from being broken when the snow slides off the roof -- shutters aren't good because then there is no natural light coming in; putting 1/2" plastic helps alot
Sunset of Donner Lake with Christmas Lights installed on Deck
Sunset
Water running down the hill and flooding onto Donner Pass Road due to inadequate drainage system at this location
Water flooding across the road because of lack of decent drainage
Water flowing across Donner Pass Road at the middle Entrance of Donner Pines WEST Condominiums
Snow on Christmas Lights
Lights on Boat Dock as well.
lights covered with snow
COLD Morning (19 degrees)
Looking towards the West End of Donner Lake and Donner Summit area
Snow stuck to fencing at the West End Beach
Ducks with snow on their backs
Snow building up in front of a cabin on Conifer Drive, Donner Lake
Snow filling up between Garage and Renatl Office at Donner Lake
Tree broke off and fell on top of cabin
Parts of tree on snow
Broken Tree Stub
FedEx truck tried to go up old Highway 40 without chains. Each trailer had to be brought down separately -- Snow Chains Required sign WAS posted.
Compacted snow on parking lot
Santa with #48 NASCAR at Glenshire, Truckee, CA
Snowman and Snow Fort
Sunny Day
Snow piling up
Starting to lose parking spaces
South Shore Drive is plowed pretty well. Signs are disapearing by snow
Rental Office with snow
Donner Lake trying to freeze
Looking towards Donner Pass, Donner Peak and the West End of Donner Lake
Foggy morning
Sunset over Donner Summit
Sun RISE -- lokking EAST towards Donner Memorial State Park and Northstar
Reflection of Sunrise in neighbor's windows -- note very little snow on their deck -- that will change SOON
All roads East-Bound over the Sierra were closed; we thought we could get through on Highway 49... NOT
MANY trees fell onto the the roadway
Yuba River rising
Downed Trees
Finally home -- calm after the storm
"Sliver Moon"
More Snow and the Lake is frozen over
Night before Full Moon -- Moon showing through snow and between trees
Snowing -- AGAIN
Where did the STOP SIGN GO? Corner of Donner Pass Road and South Shore Drive
Fire Hydrant almost buried
MORE "White Gold" falling
Postal Boxes dug out
Diane hand-shoveling her Sister's driveway in Summerset, NV so that the carpet layers can get in.
New Carpet in Living Room
Snow is almost up to the roof at Donner Lake Realty Sales Office
Beautiful Day
Donner Lake TRYING to freeze over again
Ice outside window of Rental Office
"View" out Diane's window -- note snow almost covering the "Jungle Gym" at the West End Beach -- snow is above the fence.
MORE snow :-(
BBQ covered with snow
Cornices off boat docks
Snow above deck
Cornice needing to be removed before it falls on someone
snow closer to roof
A house on Willow Street
Getting windy
'hard to see, but there is equipment on the rail road tracks removing snow above Donner Memorial State Park
'Stopped snowing?
Storage Shed is buried
Deck Railing is being pushed off the deck
A cabin at the North-East end of Donner Lake
Damage to a cabin on South Shore Drive
Cabin on Conifer Drive
Bent Chimny Flue on Coniver Drive
Frozen Donner Lake
Geese in water surrounded by ice
Snow Damage
Arial flights on the first NICE day in about a month. Donner Pass, Donner Ski Rance and Sugar Bowl
Castle Peak at Donner Pass
Boreal Ski Area on left, Lake Van Norden in distance, I-80
Boreal Ski Area (lower right corner), Donner Lake and Northsar in distance
Back side of Donner Ski Ranch, Donner Lake in background
Looking down at "Rainbow Bridge" and Old Highway 40 -- not plowed all the way to Donner Lake yet
Train Tracks above Donner Lake
Ice along shorline at the West End of Donner Lake
only one line of the train tracks are plowed
Northstar
"Gateway" to the left, Martis Valley and the Truckee Tahoe Airport; Slide Mountain/Mt. Rose in the background
Lake Tahoe from the North East End, looking towards Southshore (4/4/2011 at 9000')
Crystal Bay
Looking down Runway 28 at the Truckee Tahoe Airport
Castle Peak & Donner Lake in the background
