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Snow covered vineyards in Santa Cruz Mountains

View from 2000 foot elevation at Silver Mountain Winery
looking west to the beach in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Mountains (AVA)

Snow in The Santa Cruz Mountains

The unusual late winter weather that has been affecting much of Northern California in 2006, sees another vineyard area blanketed in snow.

by Laura Ness
March 16, 2006

photos courtesy of Dave Moulton, Burrell School Vineyards, and Mary Lindsay, Silver Mountain Winery


It’s rare that we get snow of any measurable quantity in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Even more rare when you get several days of consecutive snow! However, the record cold late winter storm that brought snow levels down to sea level, dropped upwards of 4 inches at a time in the Summit area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Burrell School’s Chardonnay vineyard under a dusting of snow

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