Donner Lake

The high Sierra Nevada in California and western Nevada have been in the news these past few days. This year, for example, more than 52 feet of snow has been reported at the University of California, Berkeley lab at the top of Donner Pass. The reported totals are now said to be more then 250% of yearly average snow accumulations, and more snow is coming. 

Not quite a month ago, we transited Donner Pass and passed through Truckee, a few miles east of Donner Lake. As it happens one of my many snapshots caught the mountains and Donner Lake, but clearly with much less snow than has fallen in the past ten or twelve days. Here's an 11x14 oil on media board, "Above Donner Lake," showing the area before the big blizzard.