SAM Magazine - Sugar Bowl, Ca., December 21, 2007 - With storms pounding ski areas from Utah to New Hampshire, the only part of the country yet to see substantial accumulations of snowfall is starting to catch up. Ski areas in the Sierra and Lake Tahoe areas have seen substantial accumulations over the past week.

Alpine Meadows is reporting three feet of snow from the most recent storm cycle, with Diamond Peak, Nevada, seeing accumulations of two feet at the summit. Farther south, Mount Rose scored approximately 14 inches from the same storm. \