{"id":5057,"date":"2025-10-15T01:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/5057\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T01:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:22:07","slug":"sierra-visitors-welcome-early-season-northern-california-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/5057\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra visitors welcome early season Northern California snowstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"

California’s Northern Sierra got its first real taste of winter this week as snow, cold temperatures, and a winter storm warning moved through the region<\/a>, with snow coming down hard on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Visitors and locals alike took advantage of the changing conditions in Nevada County, enjoying the crisp fall weather that hinted at the season ahead.<\/p>\n

“Our leaves are just starting to turn color now that our first cold spell’s here. It makes us excited,” said Chris Kelly, a rental technician at Tahoe Dave’s.<\/p>\n

Local businesses say early signs of winter are a welcome boost as skiers and snowboarders start thinking about gear and upcoming trips.<\/p>\n

“It’s really nice, it’s a little different. A transition away from summer,” said Aimee Shipp, visiting from Yosemite.<\/p>\n

Shipp said her group couldn’t resist getting their hands on the snow: “They threw some snowballs yesterday, so that was fun.”<\/p>\n

While fall colors still blanket much of the Northern Sierra, a dusting of snow has begun to appear on the peaks, a hopeful sign that ski season could begin earlier than expected.<\/p>\n

“Now’s the time to start thinking about what boots you want, the helmet you want, what goggles you need,” Kelly added. “Everyone’s getting pumped for even-night skiing at Boreal, whoever can make snow the fastest. The kids are really excited.”<\/p>\n

Travelers heading up to the high country are encouraged to bundle up and take it slow on slick roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California’s Northern Sierra got its first real taste of winter this week as snow, cold temperatures, and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,266,124,5633],"class_list":["post-5057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-northern-california","tag-sierra-nevada","tag-snow-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}