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To: woodbutcher1963
Mount Baker in Washington averages almost 650 inches of snow every year. That’s an outlandish 54 feet.

I seem to remember a report about that weather station breaking all kinds of records when they exceeded the 1,100-inch mark within the last five or six years. One ski resort had to shut down for most of the winter because the ski lifts — towers and all — were completely buried in the snow.

8 posted on 12/31/2024 11:57:13 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
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To: Alberta's Child
I guess I meant one of the snowiest places at normal elevation where there is a town. Snowbird and Alta in Utah get huge amounts of snow almost every winter. Even Jay Peak in northern VT right on the border of Canada regularly gets 500 inches of snow or more.

The upper peninsula of Michigan also gets huge amounts of lake effect snow. Same with south western NY on the PA border in the Allegheny mountains near Jamestown. Syracuse is actually the snowiest major city in the country. I spent two years of college there. All the outdoor stairways were covered so they would not have to shovel them off constantly. The worst place is SUNY Oswego. Right on the SE shore of Lake Ontario. They had tunnels connecting the buildings because of the snow/wind coming off the lake.

15 posted on 12/31/2024 12:20:27 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Alberta's Child

This is the perfect time of the year to go Sasquatch hunting down around Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helen.


17 posted on 12/31/2024 12:36:34 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Marxism is a politics for the ugly, unwanted, uneducated, unhealthy, and insane.)
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