South Bay residents embrace mountain snow

  John Alston

SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, Calif. (KGO) -- The snow experience on the Santa Cruz Mountains was first come, first serve and to enjoy it you had to act fast. Jean Louis, a De Anza College student was on a mission, staying up all night for perfect moment.

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He was delayed for a short time when he stopped to put on chains near the top of Highway 9. Caltrans crews say the snow started sticking at about 2:30 this morning. The elevation in the mountains is close to 3,000 feet and when the flurries tapered off, there was about a quarter inch on the ground. The dusting was enough to leave a slippery glaze on the roads which brought out the Caltrans plows and sand trucks hours before sunrise.

"He's about three. I don't know if he's ever seen it and I wanted to see how he liked it," he said.

The dusting didn't last long. By 8:30 a.m., the snow and ice on Skyline Boulevard were starting to disappear and what surrounded the area was melting fast.

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