With all due respect — the snow in those (Valdez) photos are nothing near what we have in Spokane - at least yesterday.
I have had over six feet fall in my area north of town.
Big thaw going on as I type.
Could be - we lived in Spokance (Fsirchild AFB) for a few years, nice area. Valdez gets about 134 feet year.
But then it’s pretty wet in the summer as well.