Roads and highways into the San Bernardino Mountains are closed to drivers attempting to bring supplies to trapped residents as they begin to run out food and other supplies.
The San Bernardino National Forest will be closed due to the effects of the recent winter storms until March 16, the National Park Service announced Friday morning.
The closure comes as residents in the surrounding mountain communities are still stranded in their homes due to the extremely high levels of snow still found on people's driveways, roads and highways. Carla Hansen of Running Springs has not been to her home since last Sunday, and she has been stopped at the bottom of the mountain on Highway 330, preventing her from delivering supplies to her neighbors."Caltrans has completely failed us," Hansen said. "They are up plowing but they are burying people in."
Residents have been snowed-in for, in some cases, more than a week as video shows snow piles reaching the roofs of people's homes. Caltrans has been plowing roads and highways in the area around-the-clock, but the task has been difficult due to the extreme conditions and the continued accumulation of snow throughout the week.
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