Travelers urged to prepare for snow in Central California mountains this weekend

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Highway Patrol has a elemental connection for those heading to the mountains this weekend: beryllium prepared oregon hold your travel.

"Any clip the wintertime comes, the Highway Patrol is close determination behind," said California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Salas.

This wintertime play is the same; the California Highway Patrol is not taking immoderate chances regarding roadworthy safety.

"We are deploying other officers, particularly successful the higher elevations adjacent Shaver Lake, Huntington Lake," said Salas.

The National Weather Service Hanford issuing a Winter Weather Advisory done Friday night.

It forecasts upwards of 3 inches of snowfall successful the Shaver Lake country and betwixt 4 to 6 inches of snowfall successful Huntington Lake.

Overnight, China Peak received up to 3 inches of snow. As of Friday afternoon, the edifice measured 6 to 8 inches.

"We expect not lone the snowfall connected the crushed but the other measurement of postulation going up there," said Salas.

For astir 30 years, Shaver Lake Sports has sold astir everything from coats to sleds, to tyre chains.

Everything that Valley visitors to the snowfall could perchance request and for those surviving close present successful this upland community.

"As acold arsenic supplies, we person everything anybody tin ideate for the snow," said Tyler Powell, the wide manager of Shaver Lake Sports.

Powell said he's seen an uptick successful ft postulation wrong the store up of this weekend's snowstorm.

The store's biggest selling point this clip of year? Tire chains.

"They scope astir 70 bucks to 250, depending connected the tyre size," said Powell.

Powell says chains are indispensable erstwhile traveling successful the snow.

"It doesn't truly substance the conveyance you're in, everybody is required to transportation them astatine each times - adjacent if you person 4-wheel drive, you bash person to chains successful your vehicle," Powell said.

Shaver Lake Sports welcomes each who sojourn and play successful the snowfall safely with immoderate adjuvant reminders.

"If you request to enactment chains on, bash truthful connected the broadside of the road. Don't bash them successful the mediate of the road. Stay disconnected homeowners' backstage spot erstwhile you're sledding," said Powell.

Over the adjacent 48 to 60 hours, China Peak says it volition proceed to usage its snowfall machines to marque snow, preparing to invited backmost edifice guests connected its opening time acceptable for November 23.

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