re: Anybody with experience driving Tahoe/Reno to Bay Area in January?

SOG- i was in tahoe for the bama washington game 2 years ago. i ignored the kind warning from the lady at the reno airport rental car place about likely wanting 4wd. so it snowed for 5 days straight by the time i left. donner pass was repeatedly closed down, and for long stretches... on top of the requisite of having chains. i feel fortunate to have made it down that mountain, so much so that i now have a pair of snow chains hanging on my wall in florida as a reminder. i drive in colorado mountain snow 1.5 weeks every year, but never anything like what i saw that week in tahoe.