What you'll see: Inside of three hours from most locations in the Bay Area, you can be in the snow country. Venture east up Highway 108 past Sonora. Dodge Ridge Ski Area opened for the season ...

At that time, Dodge Ridge wasn't. even on the map. Rusty LeBlanc, a winter-sports specialist. with the U.S. Forest Service, said the agency wanted a place in the Sierra that.