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48 °F Forecast | Road Cams Thursday, January 27, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Wellness Connection Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley EXTRA Newspaper in Education Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Opportunities Moving to Southern Oregon? MARKETPLACE Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Classifieds Place an ad eSouthernOregon Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar CUSTOMER SERVICE Frequent Questions Advertising Information Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Network Affiliate Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend January 2, 2005 Sisters Louisa, left, and Isabelle Chatroux of Ashland spent part of their New Year�s Day grooming a sledding run near Mount Ashland. Heavy snow late Saturday morning briefly closed the road to Mount Ashland and caused major headaches on Interstate 5. Mail Tribune / Roy Musitelli Snowy skies spark flurry of sliding A New Year’s Day storm sent 2005 skidding into the Rogue Valley as snow-covered roads snarled traffic from mountain passes and country roads to city streets. Few serious injuries were tallied despite reports of spun-out cars, stalled semi-trucks and errant drivers who installed snow chains in hazardous locations. The National Weather Service issued a snow advisory in Jackson County for Saturday, when between 1 and 3 inches of snow was expected to fall on the valley floor. "There will be some ice on the roads," said Jim Reynolds, a meteorologist with the Medford office. "It’s going to be ugly." Interstate 5 over the Siskiyou Summit was closed intermittently throughout Saturday afternoon and evening as holiday drivers who defied snow-chain recommendations slipped and skidded. Forecasts called for snow showers during the day Sunday decreasing to rain with a chance of snow showers by Sunday night. Temperatures were expected to ranged from a high of 39 degrees to a low of 28 degrees in Medford. The storm was good news for Mount Ashland ski resort operators, who jubilantly hailed 6 new inches of powder by mid-afternoon Saturday. "We have lots of new snow up on Mount Ashland!" a ski-phone recording noted. The resort had 57 inches of snow at the Mt. Ashland Lodge and 75 inches on the mountain summit. Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions Website Feedback ADVERTISERS A D V E R T I S E R S SPECIAL SECTIONS Auto Finder Job Finder Home Finder Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Tempo Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Moving to Southern Oregon? Volunteer Opportunities Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers