For the second time, Winter WonderGrass from April 1 to 3 brought a distinctive assemblage of mountaintop adventure-seekers to Northern California for a sweet amalgamation of jam-happy roots and bluegrass music, gnarly craft brews, and mountain views. The setting: pastoral Squaw Valley, the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, near Lake Tahoe.

With celebrated live performers Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth, and Greensky Bluegrass leading the way with head-swaying and foot-stomping headlining main-stage sets, Winter WonderGrass provided a glorious locale for about 3,500 appropriate-clothing-layered music fans per day. Review can be seen at http://nodepression.com/live-review/winter-wondergrass-lake-tahoe-returns-deliver-music-brews-and-spring-skiing. Images, except final five as noted, İAlan Shecker / AlSheck@comcast.net