charnees

FYI, the weather forecast for the Lake Tahoe area of the High Sierras is for snow middle of the week, aound Oct 4 or 5. Check wunderground.com for info.

charnees

ttt

Shanti

I'll be spending a few days in and around Yosemite and am glad that I'm coming back from the eastern Sierra on Tuesday. It's predicted to get down into the 20s at night and there's a possibility of snow showers around Tenaya Lake.

tenthumbs

GGGggggrrrrrrrrrr. I am NOT ready for this! Summer just started! (pouty face)

Dayenu

Early this year?

(Happy birthday, TenThumbs!)

charnees

it's not entirely unheard of to have snow now. We once stayed at Silver Lake, just south of Tahoe around Oct 10 and had a day of snow.

tomfuller

I'm expecting at least a dusting of snow if not more at Crater Lake NP on Tuesday (10/4). The guy who slid down the snowbank at Crater Lake in July just got out of the hospital.

tenthumbs

(thanks, Dayenu!!!)

It's not unheard of, but I do NOT like it!! We had snow last October, and it didn't quit until mid-June. I'm still holding a grudge........>

MichelleY

KCRA reporting snow down to 6,000 ft. Whaaa, we still have some grapes to pick here in the valley. Napa/Sonoma have just started!

november_moon

I heard that the grape growers are picking like mad to get the grapes off the vine before it turns cold.

Placename

Remember the Donner Party in your travel planning.......

Shanti

It's been raining in the eastern Sierra. And I just read on TripAdvisor that CalTrans will be closing Sonoma Pass on Tuesday at 5pm.

tomfuller

Less than 2 weeks into Autumn and Winter wants to come to the high country. Crater Lake forecast: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...d2=-122.13&e=0

Most Californians have never even heard of Canadian Ice wines.
Between Niagara Falls and Toronto the wineries actually wait until the grapes have ice on them before picking.

Dayenu

Ha ha ha Tom Fuller we went to Niagara Falls, Canadian side, and asked a local Fodorite where we can buy ice wine - she was born and lived all her life in that area, she never heard of it!

tomfuller

If anyone is looking for icewine follow one of the links here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_wine
75% is made in Ontario

charnees

The problem is in CA that few wine producing areas ever get frost by harvest time, only early rains sometime, so you get mildew.

Michael

Bonny Doon winery used to make a vin de glacière for lack of frost. I think that it is now made by a different winery.