Major Snowstorm Starts to Pound Mountains Around Lake Tahoe

A major snowstorm bore down Friday on the Sierra Nevada, including the Lake Tahoe area, with as much as 10 feet of snow expected at higher elevations. Forecasters issued dire warnings about trying to drive through blustering winds and whiteout conditions, and Yosemite National Park was closed.“Your safe travel window is over in the Sierra,” the National Weather Service in Reno, Nev., posted on social media. “Best to hunker down where you are.”The National Park Service said that visitors who were already in Yosemite on Friday morning must leave by noon. Many ski resorts in the…