Frick, I lived in South Lake Tahoe for many years, you're right about the snow removal being pretty good there, but the amount of snow they get there is pretty crazy. I moved to the PNW and when we get any snow at all everything shuts down. Fine by me. Too many slippery hills 'round here.
I hope you can get a gradual warmup. We had one year when the quick-warm after three feet of snow caused all kinds of damage.