The Jewel of the Sierras, Lake of the Sky, Lake Bonpland, or Lake Tahoe. Call it whatever you like but if you are aware of the full scale burial that took place across the Sierra Nevada over the winter of 2016/17 then you already know that it was a powder Bonanza almost all winter long! Speaking of Bonanza, right up the hill from the old filming grounds of the legendary Western TV show is where we claimed our Ponderosa and went about making our way through these fine mountains..