Resorts to buck old trend, open early

Up to 18 inches of wet, heavy snow fell along the Sierra’s eastern front on Tuesday, closing schools in Reno and Sparks and triggering power outages for tens of thousands of Northern Nevadans.Several inches of snow fell in Carson City, Virginia City, Gardnerville, Fernley and Fallon.Sunny skies melted most of the snow on city streets around Reno, where more than 36,000 customers saw power outages for several hours and about 16,000 still had no power by mid-afternoon, NV Energy spokeswoman