It's a crisis: Sierra Nevada ski resort reportedly receives less than nine feet of snow in five days

Dumping of snow delights Sierra ski resorts

RENO, Nev. ---- Ski resorts in the Sierra Nevada are reporting some of the biggest November snowfall totals in years, including one near Lake Tahoe that says it got nearly 9 feet over five days.

Report: Global warming threatens state's snowpack | Sacramento Business Journal

Date: Monday, June 11, 2001, 4:21pm PDT

Global warming could severely shrink the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

New scientific research suggests that even conservative estimates of the effects on the state's snow patterns would be enough to deal a crucial blow to the state's economy. Snow that builds up in the Sierra during winter is a crucial source of water and electricity for the state.

Within a lifetime, Californians will begin to see a shift in precipitation that will bring less snow and more rain to the mountains, according to scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla.