Yeah the high plateau pretty much puts them in a goldilocks zone where they are just far enough east of the crest to have a wholly eastside temperature profile, while far enough west to largely avoid the rainshadow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burney,_California#Climate is a very good climate for being at just 3k elevation in northern CA, kind of in the same goldilocks zone (although the data PoR is outdated, it's a bit warmer than this now).

Proposed gantry sign for westbound traffic at Snoqualmie Pass, Columbia Gorge at Hood River, etc.: Through me is the way to the city of warmth. Through me is the way to eternal rain. Through me is the way to a lost winter. Abandon all hope, ye who enter. (Thanks to one D. Alighieri.)

Do you have to be such a downer? I don’t see any reason we can’t get a 1950 type winter again. If we get a winter where 1.5 degrees stops it from being that type of year then that will truly suck.

The reality of it is that we get maybe a "memorable" event every other year on average and usually it is just that one. If you hope for snow and cold, this place is only slightly better than Redding. It really just might be the time to shut this place down. If I get three sun reacts then I'll just do it. I'll drive the forum off a cliff and we can just enjoy life without the angst and agony of interpreting forecast models that we are not qualified to view and apparently not allowed to discuss per Phil.

Looks great for 1500ft+