That is true, some of CA gets a lot of snow! It always amazes me when I read that Mammoth has, say, 10 feet of snow in a really snowy winter. I actually live in the Los Angeles area, so it's pretty snow-free here (although Malibu had a freak storm a couple of months ago and did get a little dusting of snow). I bought the frame from Rccardr which is how he knew that.