The true meaning of snow
Christine February 9th, 2008
Lookout Lodge at dusk. The true meaning of snow is about 15 feet deep. I’ve never known such dry, amazing powder. After one run the same slope would be swept clean and covered with a fresh layer because the wind was blowing, and it continued to snow persistently and blow hard all day long. It was humbling and exhilarating to be out in that kind of fierce weather. The trees waved and bent as snow blew up in great, thick clouds on the eastern slopes. The gusts of wind at one point pushed me backward on my skis at the summit as I was trying to advance slightly on an incline. The only forgiving aspect was the temperature. It was not terribly cold even given the added wind chill. I must add here that we wore good winter layers. The deep snow provided a sublime and singular day. Praise God from whom all snow in blessings come.
This skier climbing the stairs from the parking lot demonstrates the amount of digging which had to be done just in the last couple of weeks.
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Oh what a lot you’ve got and here we are having one of the sunniest mildest Februarys ever.
I can’t believe how deep that snow is. Wow~ I haven’t seen deep snow for many years now. The most we get nowadays is an inch or two. My daughter’s school is out for the day tomorrow because we got some snow this evening. Nothing compared to what you have though.
You’re more than welcome to all the snow we have here
That is an amazing amount of snow! I wonder, is this much normal for your area, or are you above average this year? There are places in Upper Michigan, a few hours north of us that get that much, but we never get close to that here in northeast Wis.