We just got back from our 4th shoot for the BIOMES project. It was cold and wet, as expected, but overall not too bad. For the past 2 weeks I have been monitoring the weather and keeping an eye on various webcams (windy.com has a nice webcam map) seeking the weather conditions we were looking for. When I saw a winter storm warning a few days prior we packed our gear and headed down.
Timing worked out well, we left around 2 AM and arrived on location at 7 PM right as the snow was starting to fall. The transformation in the landscape from the beginning of the shoot to the end was stark.
We had to use chains on the way out, although CalTrans was doing a good job of plowing. We arrived home around 5 PM, and despite the damp, it seems like all our gear survived.
