Wet deer near Genoa after Saturday's storm.
Saturday might not be the last time winter driving conditions turn up in the Sierra Nevada this season.
Forecasters say there’s a possibility this weekend could see snow levels drop to 6,400 feet, which could bring another round of chain controls to mountain roads.
Saturday’s weather drove the annual Heritage Park Gardens Spring Forum & Expo back into Gardnerville Station where around two-dozen folks gathered.
The event was later in the season than usual so those attending could get a look at the work on Heritage Park Gardens, so instead they got to hear about it from organizer Donna Werner, Main Street Gardnerville Director Jen Tune and landscape architect Brian Kington.
The weather also put a damper on Genoa’s street sweeping efforts on Saturday.
Over the weekend, Fredericksburg resident Jeff Garvin reported .65 inches of rain with around a half-inch of snow. While snow fell much of the morning, temperatures in the Valley were too warm for it to stick to the roads.
The Gardnerville Ranchos recorded a half-inch of precipitation while Ruhenstroth received .9 inches since Friday morning.
Up in the Sierra, Lake Tahoe resident Kirk Walder reported 10 inches of snow on his table. Daggett Pass recorded an inch at the top of Kingsbury, which spent most of the morning along with Highway 50 requiring chains or snow tires with four-wheel drive.
Heavenly Valley recorded 10 inches of new snow over the weekend. Heavenly Ski Resort and other resorts closed for the season on Easter Sunday.
Lake Tahoe received most of the benefit from the storm with Marlette Lake above Carson City showing 132 percent of the median snow-water equivalent for April 27.
Ebbetts Pass at the top of the East Fork is just under three-quarters of the snow-water equivalent for the year. Carson Pass is reading 84 percent of the snow-water equivalent at the top of the West Fork of the Carson River.
Many of the snow telemetry site plots show a checkmark to mark Saturday’s storm after a roughly 20-day decline due to snowmelt.