Tourists head to Shaver Lake despite snowstorm, power outages and shuttered businesses

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Mountain communities, including Shaver Lake, person seen feet of snowfall since the onset of the wintertime storm, with scenes that invited tourists portion hampering tiny businesses.

Snow successful Shaver equates to spending astatine tiny businesses. When the snowfall began falling connected Monday, businesses closed, from lodging to market stores.

"We drove close past the supermarket, came up to find that the remainder of the markets were closed," said Dax Farhang, who came to Shaver Lake with his 2 daughters from San Jose. The household enjoyed sledding successful the caller powder.

Patrick Brown and his household traveled from Marin County connected Monday for a snowfall enactment successful Shaver this week.

"This is our archetypal clip to Shaver Lake and it's a wonderful, fantastic place. We'll beryllium back...when the weather's better," said Brown.

Steady snowfall knocked retired powerfulness during their inaugural enactment but not darkening their outlook.

"Between the fireplace and the blankets, that's however we're staying warm, truthful again, you know, we're existent lucky," said Brown.

The Brown's acquisition shared by others successful Shaver this week.

"The compartment is snowed in; the powerfulness went retired past night. We spent the nighttime with candles, we person a woodstove, truthful it was inactive amusive and we're enjoying it. It's great," said Farhang.

One concern whose lights ne'er flickered and ne'er unopen its doors was Shaver Lake Pizza. It has seen a dependable travel of ft postulation from some tourists and locals alike since the snowfall began falling astatine the opening of the week.

However, different tiny businesses, specified arsenic adjacent lodges, were forced to close.

The driveway extracurricular the Elliott House Boutique Inn successful Shaver Lake was covered with up to 6 feet of snowfall extracurricular its cabins.

Ryan Hill has been the proprietor of Elliott House for 2 years and says his tiny concern is accustomed to the snowfall but says this week's snowfall came down hard and fast.

"We're utilized to having heavy snows here, but it truly came beauteous hard and fast," said Hill.

The 5-room inn mislaid powerfulness connected Tuesday, resulting successful the proprietor losing guests. Hill decided to crook distant guests connected Wednesday night.

"With our fluctuating powerfulness and the snowfall removal challenges, but mostly the power. I can't person guests successful a spot that can't beryllium heated," said Hill.

Eliott House says it plans to reopen Thursday with powerfulness afloat restored, hoping to invited guests to the inn.

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