Low-level snow lures visitors to Oakhurst as Highway 41 closes north of town

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Low-level snowfall is drafting a assemblage successful the Foothill communities.

"It's her archetypal time, she's lone four, truthful conscionable thought we'd fto her travel spot the snow."

Cameron Brown brought his household up to Oakhurst from Fresno erstwhile helium heard snowfall was falling arsenic debased arsenic 2,000 feet.

"You spot everybody stopping, making memories and stuff, origin they don't get to spot it often," Brown says.

Dozens were capable to bask the wintertime weather, for lone a fraction of the accustomed question time.

"Usually, we person to thrust each the mode up toward Bass, with cars it's usually truly hard to get up there, but this clip it was overmuch easier for america to come," helium said.

But Thursday's flurries rapidly created unsafe driving conditions further north.

Snow-capped trees lined Highway 41 connected each sides adjacent Fish Camp, immoderate adjacent falling into the lanes.

The California Highway Patrol is stationing itself on Highway 41, conscionable earlier Cedar Valley Drive, for concatenation enforcement.

Just a fewer miles up, each postulation was unopen down on Wawona Road, blocking entree to Yosemite Valley.

Caltrans crews worked to wide a way for drivers.

PG&E besides reported a sizeable outage successful the area, leaving astatine slightest 122 residents without powerfulness since aboriginal Thursday morning.

Back successful Oakhurst, Keith Black rushed to stitchery tools for his rental spot and was preparing for the adjacent question of weather.

"Dealing with a batch of snowfall retired here, trying to get each the driveways acceptable for anyone checking in," says Black.

While besides making definite his guests are equipped to bask the snow.

"It's truly important to marque definite the driveways are each cleared up for them, each salted, truthful they tin get up to the house," helium says. "The sleds are conscionable to person immoderate fun, you know."

The CHP is urging drivers to debar Highway 41 northbound of Oakhurst until the tempest passes. Meanwhile, residents successful the country tin cheque the PG&E website for the latest outage information.