Years past snow piles

[JCM 10,457]

Don't want to jinx anyone here in Maine but have not seen piles of snow here this high in a few years.        This was cleaned up with multiple machines. Good ole time Maine Wintah.

[953 nut 63,505]

This one is from years back on the road to the family farm in upstate NY.

[squonk 45,038]

This is from a friends house last year just north of Oneida Lake

 

 

 

[Wishin4a416 2,383]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

This one is from years back on the road to the family farm in upstate NY.

We had that here 2010. Snowmagedon . 2 lane roads were 1 lane. Power outage for 8 days.

[953 nut 63,505]

21 minutes ago, Wishin4a416 said:

We had that here 2010. Snowmagedon . 2 lane roads were 1 lane. Power outage for 8 days.

That picture at the farm was from 1993 if I remember correctly. A lot of milk had to be dumped that year until the snow blower truck opened the road enough for the bulk tank truck make it to the barn. I had moved to Florida long before then.

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,281]

6 hours ago, JCM said:

Don't want to jinx anyone here in Maine but have not seen piles of snow here this high in a few years.        This was cleaned up with multiple machines. Good ole time Maine Wintah.

@JCM Interesting, It must be since you’re closer to the coast as the snow here is minimal/non existent. I haven’t plowed much this winter yet as there wasn’t a need. Last year at this time there was a bit more but nothing like we used to get when I was little.

Edited Saturday at 09:38 PM by MainelyWheelhorse

[Wishin4a416 2,383]

33 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

That picture at the farm was from 1993 if I remember correctly. A lot of milk had to be dumped that year until the snow blower truck opened the road enough for the bulk tank truck make it to the barn. I had moved to Florida long before then.

I remember that one too. I was in the garage restoring a 67 Chevelle and couldnt believe it outside. I had a Ranger that went like a tank and went in town to get some tailpipes custom bent. Through town. The shop was closed. So I got on the highway and was surprised there was no traffic. When I got home I found out it had been closed. I70.

[953 nut 63,505]

I missed a good one in the winter of 1968. I had a week of leave time from the Navy and went up to Syracuse, NY, to visit my family. They had been having some very good weather for weeks so I wasn't reluctant to drive my '63 Buick Special (with about 5" of ground clearance and skinny 13" tires). A couple days before the leave was over we saw how bad the snow was in Chicago so I decided it was best that I head back to Charleston, SC, early. Drove straight through the next day and when I called home to let them know I made it OK Mom said they had over two feet and it was continuing to snow, total was about three feet if I recall correctly.

[Brockport Bill 2,170]

4 hours ago, 953 nut said:

This one is from years back on the road to the family farm in upstate NY.

went to visit college friend back in mid 70s in Mexico, NY by Oswego, upstate NY - - gets Great lakes effect snow -- had never seen snow that deep -- just like your photo -- walls of snow 20 ft high - - they mostly need highway dept blowers since plows aren't effective in snow that deep

[kpinnc 16,450]

I had just finished posting that all the playing in the snow made me jealous, but this particular thread convinced me I'm wrong about that... 

 

Beautiful snow but I NEVER want that much! 

[Handy Don 15,515]

4 hours ago, squonk said:

just north of Oneida Lake

2024 was a doozy for that area. My sister and BIL live north of Rome, NY, up on the Tug Hill Plateau. They came home from a trip to six feet of new snow (on top of the three feet there when they left) and a majorly plowed-in driveway. Hours and hours of work clearing. They “use up” a snowblower every five or six years. 

[squonk 45,038]

7 hours ago, 953 nut said:

This one is from years back on the road to the family farm in upstate NY.

I remember driving down a road like that right after the Super storm of 93. 1 lane open on Rt.14 south out of Geneva.

[Brockport Bill 2,170]

4 hours ago, Handy Don said:

2024 was a doozy for that area. My sister and BIL live north of Rome, NY, up on the Tug Hill Plateau. They came home from a trip to six feet of new snow (on top of the three feet there when they left) and a majorly plowed-in driveway. Hours and hours of work clearing. They “use up” a snowblower every five or six years. 

Tug Hill is infamous for that deep lake effect snow  - Tug Hill is major snowmobil destination

that area has been getting hammered past couple of weeks 

[SylvanLakeWH 30,078]

July 1982 - Going to the Sun Highway - Glacier National Park - Logan's Pass:

 

 

[ebinmaine 76,326]

16 hours ago, MainelyWheelhorse said:

@JCM Interesting, It must be since you’re closer to the coast as the snow here is minimal/non existent. I haven’t plowed much this winter yet as there wasn’t a need. Last year at this time there was a bit more but nothing like we used to get when I was little.

 

 

All them pics are old. Nothing like that down here lately either. 

 

We haven't seen a BIG winter here since maybe 2016 or 17.  

[Retired Wrencher 6,242]

16 hours ago, 953 nut said:

I missed a good one in the winter of 1968. I had a week of leave time from the Navy and went up to Syracuse, NY, to visit my family. They had been having some very good weather for weeks so I wasn't reluctant to drive my '63 Buick Special (with about 5" of ground clearance and skinny 13" tires). A couple days before the leave was over we saw how bad the snow was in Chicago so I decided it was best that I head back to Charleston, SC, early. Drove straight through the next day and when I called home to let them know I made it OK Mom said they had over two feet and it was continuing to snow, total was about three feet if I recall correctly.

Richard, that’s the way it used to be when we were young 6 to 8 months of winter even on Halloween it would snow sometimes. In a way I miss those days.

[Retired Wrencher 6,242]

53 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

All them pics are old. Nothing like that down here lately either. 

 

We haven't seen a BIG winter here since maybe 2016 or 17.  

Eric In the bad year of  2011 we had 3 feet down here. Took a while to clean all that snow and clean all the snow off  and the roof so it was like double duty.

Edited Sunday at 11:35 AM by Retired Wrencher

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,281]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

All them pics are old. Nothing like that down here lately either. 

 

We haven't seen a BIG winter here since maybe 2016 or 17.  

@ebinmaine Yeah, I realized that after I posted😬   Then added the piece about my childhood.

Edited Sunday at 02:26 PM by MainelyWheelhorse

[Handy Don 15,515]

16 hours ago, Brockport Bill said:

Tug Hill is infamous for that deep lake effect snow  - Tug Hill is major snowmobil destination

that area has been getting hammered past couple of weeks 

My son and daughter’s camp is between Redfield and Oceola -- both home to major snowmobile and cross-country ski trails. A couple of years ago Redfield officially recorded 23 feet. Twice we’ve gone into the camp in winter on snowshoes (½ mile from county paved/plowed road) to find 10+ feet of snow piled against the cabin where it slides off the steep metal roof. 

[953 nut 63,505]

Just talked with my cousin who lives in Pompye, NY on the old family farm. The got three feet of snow but he has a six foot PTO driven snow blower on on of the tractors now so the milk truck will be able to make it to the barn with no problem. He said he cleared a double pass on the farm road (about a mile) and a double pass a couple miles on the main road before he met the state blower doing the road.

Glad I don't live up there anymore.

[rjg854 12,709]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

Glad I don't live up there anymore

I'm glad I live where I do, being in NY, all these big snow storms are just mere miles away.  I have maybe 3" on the ground.