Pete in the Park

This winter has been anything but typical, and the parks crew are working overtime to compensate for it. Since the winter started, Truckee has received more snow than it has during its previous 70 winters, and the region's snowpack is currently sitting at 233% of normal. The massive amounts of snow, combined with the longer snow year, has contributed to it not melting as fast as usual, so the parks crew has taken it upon themselves to help the process along. They have rented a PistenBully machine to help push the snow out of the main areas of Truckee’s parks...

This winter has been anything but typical, and the parks crew are working overtime to compensate for it. Since the winter started, Truckee has received more snow than it has during its previous 70 winters, and the region's snowpack is currently sitting at 233% of normal. The massive amounts of snow, combined with the longer snow year, has contributed to it not melting as fast as usual, so the parks crew has taken it upon themselves to help the process along. They have rented a PistenBully machine to help push the snow out of the main areas of Truckee’s parks...