What to know before heading to the snow this weekend

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- With the past mates of storms, we've seen lowering snowfall levels that could gully radical retired to our section mountains implicit the weekend.

"The information that it's going to beryllium sunny and 35 degrees out, I mean, this is similar the play everybody dreams about," California Mountain Resort Company President Tim Cohee said.

China Peak is getting acceptable for tons of skiers and snowboarders to deed the slopes this weekend.

"The past tempest that came successful past nighttime dropped a ft past night, and snowfall is each the mode down to 4 lane, truthful snowfall this play is going to beryllium the champion play of the year; determination volition beryllium nary comparison, Cohee explained."

If you don't cognize however to skis oregon snowboard, you tin instrumentality lessons, but you volition request to get retired determination early.

"The acquisition starts astatine 10 am. Don't get present astatine 9:55 am. Give yourself a afloat hr to park, usage the restrooms, get your ticket, and get successful the groove of what you'll walk the remainder of the time doing," helium said.

If you're not drawn to the slopes, you tin play successful the pulverization conscionable a fewer miles down the highway.

Just beryllium definite to usage the designated snowfall parks wherever you tin sled safely.

"If you're snowfall playing, enactment disconnected the 168. That's a occupation for Caltrans, that's a occupation for CHP," Cohee said. "I spot it erstwhile I thrust connected that highway. People are virtually parked connected the highway. Not lone is it illegal, it's incredibly dangerous."

Before you caput out, marque definite you're prepared with tyre chains and an exigency kit. Action News stopped by Canyon Fork Ace Hardware successful Prather.. 1 fashionable spot for picking up supplies.

"It's a antithetic benignant of driving up present erstwhile there's snowfall and crystal connected the roads, truthful instrumentality your time. You person each time to bask it. Don't effort to get up here. Get to the snowfall successful 5 minutes. Take your time," the level manager astatine Canyon Fork Ace Hardware, Chris Bates, said.

Another pointer: earlier heading up the mountain, cheque the conditions connected Highway 168 utilizing Caltrans speedy maps.