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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. A bit of rain swept through the Lake Tahoe Basin Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and weather officials have growing confidence that a pattern change is headed to the region this weekend.
The overnight rain should diminish on Wednesday and the sun and clear skies will last into Saturday with highs in the low 60s. Wednesday night low is expected to be in the high 20s and then in the mid 30s through Friday with winds anywhere from 10-20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
The long term forecast from the National Weather Service in Reno says Saturday will be partly sunny and breezy as a late season pacific storm system moves into the region bringing strong winds, colder temperatures and rain and snow for the mountains.
Three hours to go 7 miles: Tahoe gets crushed by ski traffic
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Ski traffic was gridlocked on Highway 89 in Tahoe last weekend.Caltrans/Twitter
On Friday morning, Josh Lease left his house in Meyers at 6:45 a.m. to go skiing on the other side of Lake Tahoe at Alpine Meadows.
Usually, the 55-mile drive takes about an hour and a half. Lease, who is a 20-year Tahoe resident, knew he needed to get an extra early start because there was bound to be ski traffic. Friday was the first big powder day of the winter, and that morning, the storm lifted after delivering more than 6 feet of snow to the region.
A fortune, a widow and a castle in Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay By Julie Brown
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by the mysterious widow who built the castle at Emerald Bay.
I often visit Emerald Bay to go hiking. From the mountainside, you can see Fanette Island and just barely make out the box-like shape of a stone teahouse on top. I ve heard stories about the wealthy woman who built the teahouse on the island. In the summer, when guests would visit her at her castle on the shore of Emerald Bay, called Vikingsholm, the butler would row her and her friends across the bay to the island for tea time. I imagined they wore summer dresses, carried parasols and sipped tea out of fine china, while enjoying Emerald Bay’s glory all by themselves.