pictures: Lake Tahoe's massive blizzard shatters 51-yr-old record - SF Gate

Dec. 28, 2021Updated: Dec. 28, 2021 12:38 p.m.

Patroller Steve damage touching the bull wheel on the Emigrant Chair and enduring seventy five mph winds on Dec. 24, 2021.

Will Paden/Palisades Tahoe

As snow continues to dust Lake Tahoe, this December has considered record-breaking quantities of snow fall now not recorded in the Tahoe area for many years.

in line with the UC Berkeley crucial Sierra Snow Lab, this snow fall surpassed December 1970 as the snowiest December ever recorded via the institute Monday afternoon — and as of Tuesday, is nearing the mark for snowiest month ever recorded due to the fact 1970 — with greater than 202 inches falling this month. The list changed into 238 inches within the month of January 2017.

Most essential throughways out and in of Tahoe continue to be closed indefinitely on account of downed bushes, roads narrowed with the aid of snow, sleet and ice and a litany of other components. And for the roads which are at present open, chains or snow tires are obligatory.

The national climate carrier's Reno workplace referred to on Twitter that "one remaining storm" is set to pound Tahoe from Tuesday night via Wednesday morning. The temperature is also anticipated to descend to a frigid 10 levels Wednesday nighttime.

"Very cold air relocating in, a frigid NYE and maybe another effective wintry weather storm subsequent week," the workplace tweeted Tuesday morning. there's additionally a chance of snow beginning next Monday, in response to the countrywide climate provider's Tahoe forecast.

meanwhile, these photographs exhibit the staggering snowstorm at present blanketing the Lake Tahoe area.

The hills are covered in freshly fallen snow at Palisades Tahoe on Dec. 26, 2021.

Kate Abraham/Palisades Tahoe

Jeremy Sokulsky clears snow from his 2d story window Dec. 27 in South Lake Tahoe.

Courtesy of Michelle Sweeney

Joshua Bote is an assistant news editor for SFGATE. He grew up in the la enviornment, went to UC Berkeley and has previously worked as a reporter at us of a these days and a tune author at NPR. electronic mail: joshua.bote@sfgate.com