LOS ANGELES — Stranded residents of Lake Arrowhead and surrounding communities in the San Bernardino Mountains that were inundated with snow this weekend were hoping on Tuesday that authorities could clear blocked roads and escort residents up and down the mountains before another storm was set to strike late in the day.
The highways into the area were closed last week when a storm dropped, over several days, more than 5 feet of snow. Some residents of the mountain communities were stranded at the bottom of the mountains while other people who rode out the storms in their homes were snowed in.
Maintenance crews with the California Department of Transportation continued to plow and clear the roads throughout the mountain communities and planned to escort residents up the mountain highways starting Tuesday afternoon.
