Anza residents enjoy picturesque mountain snow

Coral Hall captures this stunning image from her window after the winter storm Wednesday, Dec. 29. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photo
Anza Valley residents woke up to a winter wonderland with several inches of snowfall deposited from a fleeting winter storm that moved through the region Tuesday evening, Dec. 28.Areas in the higher elevations of Anza received about 1 to 3 inches of snow from the cold weather event.Officially, Anza experiences an average of just over 5 inches of snow each winter. This number indicates that some years receive less and some more of the white stuff, resulting in that average mark.According to records kept from 1943-2005, average precipitation received in the Anza Valley is 12.79 inches per year, with average snowfall totals recorded at 5.8 inches.Much of the precipitation fell from about the 3,800-foot
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