<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/mammoth-snow-sierra_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/mammoth-snow-sierra_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/mammoth-snow-sierra_0.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in the Sierra Nevada early Tuesday. (Credit: Mammoth Mountain Ski Area/Twitter)

At a Glance Huge snows have buried ski resorts in the Sierra Nevada since Saturday.

Back-to-back winter storms brought the heavy snow in two rounds. Two winter storms, Kai and Lucian , have pummeled California's Sierra Nevada since Saturday, dropping feet of snow, creating blizzard conditions and snarling travel.

The upper mountain of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area received 11 feet of snow (132 inches) in the four days ending Wednesday morning, the resort reported. Lower parts of the mountain saw up to 89 inches.

Mammoth Mountain tweeted this photo (click to view full version ) showing a vehicle buried by so much snow that only the windshield wipers, which were intentionally positioned vertically, could be seen sticking out of the huge pile of snow.

June Mountain, which is located near Mammoth Mountain, picked up 130 inches (nearly 11 feet) of snow, since Saturday. About 72 inches of that snow fell in a 24-hour period .

Snow and strong winds forced a closure of the main lodge at Mammoth Mountain and all of June Mountain Tuesday, but clearing weather conditions will allow skiers to benefit from the snow during the second half of the week.

Farther north near the Lake Tahoe region, Kirkwood Mountain Resort tweeted this photo Monday showing snow up to the bottom of ski lift chairs. Up to 88 inches (more than 7 feet) of snow has been measured there since this past weekend.

Workers at Kirkwood were digging out the chairlifts from the mounds of snow on Tuesday morning.

An estimated 5 to 8 feet of snow partially swallowed the Tamarack Lodge near Bear Valley, California.

At Yosemite National Park, snow has piled up so high that the view of Half Dome from a webcam was obscured on Monday.

Heavenly Ski Resort near the south shore of Lake Tahoe picked up more than 6 feet of snow (75 inches) of snow from Saturday through early Tuesday. This photo shows a chairlift partially buried by snow on Tuesday morning.

As of Monday, snowpack in the central and southern Sierra was more than 115 percent of average for that date, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

Caltrans workers have been working hard to keep up with the removal of the growing piles of snow on roads in the region.