Photos: Mountain communities buried in snow | More on the way
Staggering snowfall totals have been reported this week from the storm.
San Bernardino County has declared a state of emergency, mountain residents are trapped in their homes and motorists are stranded.
More snow was expected in many communities where residents, unable to drive through deep snow on already closed roads, moved largely on foot.
Carved wooden bears are covered in snow in Big Bear.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Amblerlee Barden shovels snow from her driveway after successive storms dumped dozens of feet of snow into Big Bear.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Big Bear residents are worried about food supplies after snow nearly paralyzed the mountain town.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Icicles hang on a piece of firewood as resort areas in the San Bernardino Mountains are carved out by successive storms.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Because roads to the mountain resorts were closed, the chairlifts were mostly empty at Big Bear Mountain Resort.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Karen Brianza walks her dog on an icy street in Big Bear.
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A shop window is blocked by a few feet of snow in Big Bear.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)