Tony Montenegro shovels snow from the entrance to the Grey Squirrel Resort on Highway 18 near Big Bear Lake as the area recovers from a week of storms. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Snow-covered cabins overlook icy Big Bear Lake at the west entrance to town as the area recovers from a week of heavy storms. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
A man and a dog walk the snow-covered banks of frozen Big Bear Lake as the area recovers from last week’s storms. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Tony Montenegro runs a snow-blower as he works to clear the grounds of the Grey Squirrel Resort on Highway 18 near Big Bear Lake. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Crews and residents work to dig out of walls of snow that covered homes and businesses throughout Big Bear after a week of storms. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Traffic on Highway 18 is backed up as travelers are screened at a checkpoint near the Snow Valley Resort on the way to Big Bear. Highway Patrol officers were allowing only residents and delivery trucks through. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
A Caltrans scraper clears a section of Highway 18 covered by rocks and snow. The CHP had limited access to the road because of rockslides. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
