[thackney]

Hard to believe Whittier is higher than Valdez.

Whittier gets about 257 inches per year of snow with a max of 401.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak9829

Valdez gets about 287 inches per year of snow with a max of 550.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak9686

Nobody really lives at Thompson pass ~25 miles east of Valdez but they average 552 inches of snow per year with a max of 974.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak9146

[Species8472]

414 inches since October 1st at Alyeska (Girdwood)