Here is a video all the traditionalists will enjoy....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFO6edbFCH8
Another fun video from the epic 2011 season, thanks for the link. Many PCT hikers skipped the High Sierra in 2011 and then flipped back later in the season after the snow melted out.
This might be similar to what you're looking at in a couple weeks in early May. We're forecast to get another foot of snow this weekend in the Tahoe area, snowline dropping to 4,000 ft.
