New Storm In California May Push State's Snowpack Past Record High

MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 29: In an aerial view, a person shovels snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, amid snow piled up from new and past storms, after yet another storm system brought heavy snowfall further raising the snowpack on March 29, 2023 in Mammoth Lakes, California. The Pacific storm delivered widespread rain and mountain snow to the U.S. west coast in Northern California and Oregon. After years of drought, the state snowpack average for California may hit an all time record from the several feet of new snow which fell during the storm in parts of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Nearby Mammoth Mountain ski resort announced today it has received the highest amount of total snow at the Main Lodge for any season, with 695 total inches, after at least 28 inches of new snow fell during the storm. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)