Call it a snow day! Hundreds flock to Mountain High after weekend storm brings fresh snow

Published: Apr 01, 2024 Duration: 00:02:38 Category: News & Politics

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IT'S OKAY I KNOW. GO AHEAD YOU GUYS OKAY DANNY. >> THANK YOU. MANY PEOPLE WENT UP TO THE MOUNTAINS TO ENJOY THE FRESH SNOW. THIS LAST STORM LEFT BEHIND AND THEY WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED. EYEWITNESS NEWS INLAND EMPIRE REPORTER LETICIA JUAREZ IS LIVE AT MOUNTAIN HIGH SKI RESORT NEAR WRIGHTWOOD WITH MORE ON THE FUN. THE TCF. >> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THE SUN IS OUT, THERE'S A BLUE SKY HERE AND IT'S THE SPRING BREAK CROWD IS DEFINITELY OUT IN FORCE. TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH JUST AN HOUR TO GO BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN HIGH SKI RESORT HERE CLOSES, PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING STRONG TRYING TO GET THOSE FINAL RUNS IN FOR THE DAY. >> MAKING MY WAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, THE ROCK BAND HALF HOUR LATE, WRAPPING UP THEIR SPRING 2024 TOUR BY TACKLING ONE MOUNTAIN IN PARTICULAR AS THEY ATTEMPTED WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A CALIFORNIA TRIPLE. >> YEAH, WE'VE BEEN PLAYING ALL AROUND CALIFORNIA FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS AND NOW WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY BACK HOME TODAY. BUT NOT BEFORE WE SNOWBOARD, SKATE AND SURF AT MOUNTAIN HIGH SKI RESORT NEAR WRIGHTWOOD. >> THEY CHECKED OFF SNOWBOARDER. OTHERS PLAN TO JUST SPEND THEIR DAY SKIING OR SNOWBOARDING. YEAH, IT'S SNOWING IN APRIL. >> LAST NIGHT, THESE WESTLAKE VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS KICKED OFF THEIR SPRING BREAK AT THE RESORT AFTER THIS WEEKEND'S STORM LAID DOWN AN ADDITIONAL 18 TO 24IN OF SNOW. >> BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS ON HOLIDAY. SOME JUST NEEDED A BREAK. A FEW CALLED IN SICK. GEORGE CAMARENA FROM PORT HUENEME TOOK THE DAY OFF WORK TO GET ON THE SLOPES. >> FRESH SNOW AFTER THE WEEKEND, SO YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET GOING, GET THE FRESH LEGS BACK. PLUS I HAVEN'T HAD TO RUN THIS YEAR SO HE HAD PLENTY OF COMPANY ON THE SLOPES. >> IF THE TICKET WINDOW WAS ANY INDICATION, IT WAS GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY AT MOUNTAIN HIGH ALREADY BY MID-MORNING, FAMILIES HAD STAKED OUT THE FIRE PITS TO TAKE BREAKS AND WARM UP. THE CROWD DID NOT GO UNNOTICED BY SOME OF THE LONGTIME AND REGULAR SKIERS, WHO, YOU MIGHT JUST SAY ARE ON A PERMANENT SPRING BREAK CALLED RETIREMENT. >> THE KIDS ARE OFF SCHOOL. LAST WEEK IT WASN'T AS CROWDED. IT WAS WEIRD, BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE SNOW. I THINK. >> WELL, JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE COMING UP TO THE MOUNTAINS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE HERE TO ENJOY IT WITH YOU. HERE AT MOUNTAIN HIGH, IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, THEY RECEIVED 22IN. NOW

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