Ski resorts expecting busy weekend after winter storm [Video]

NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — After feet of snow dumped over the Sierra Nevada, ski resorts are anticipating a busy weekend.

While some towns and residents are still digging out of last week’s powerful winter storm, Interstate 80 has completely reopened and 10 feet of snow fell at Boreal Mountain Resort, leaving people excited to hit the slopes.

“(There’s) a lot of fresh powder out there,” said snowboarder Christian Munoz. “We stayed an extra hour and a half.”

For some, it was a spontaneous trip up to catch the new snowfall. For others, like Savannah Bradley from Sacramento, it was a little different.

“This trip had already been planned. But with the storm I was like, ‘Oh, great. We have fresh snow,’” she said. “It was a lot more exciting.”

The anticipated busy weekend comes after I-80 was …