# Are you done shoveling/blowing snow for the winter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981 "2024-02-23T13:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/81 "2024-02-29T03:05:52Z")
I have two more days on my Epic as well, but for a day trip I don’t need the box. The snow tires are still on the car. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/82 "2024-03-01T23:30:03Z")
Well then. Winter Storm Warning here - - WHAT…Heavy snow and blowing snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 9 and 18 inches. Winds gusting as high as 70 mph. Guess that’s what’s left over from California. Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) says 12 inches for me. Springtime in the Rockies. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/83 "2024-03-01T23:51:34Z")
Had to plow this morning–8" new heavy snow. I didn’t rip up the driveway too much, but more than I like… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/84 "2024-03-02T00:51:55Z")
Where are you @Tride I forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/85 "2024-03-02T00:53:14Z")
Bozeman, MT. Previously of Telluride CO… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/86 "2024-03-02T00:57:52Z")
Well, you lost a lot of elevation. Sort of fire fyingpan though I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/87 "2024-03-02T01:05:24Z")
Yup–for all the -45F we get (not much, but it happens), it’s a milder climate. We can grow vegetables!!! And the soil is fertile, as opposed to the broken rock of high country CO. I remember the mean temperature in Telluride was 37F. That’s tough. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/88 "2024-03-02T01:29:58Z")
Almost undoubtedly done blowing snow for this winter, here in Chicago’s western suburbs. After not having to use my snowblower even once last winter, the only time I had to pull it out this winter was when we got a short, but intense burst of extremely wet and heavy snow on the morning of January 12th – it was so heavy that it broke my snowblower. (What likely broke was the “shear bolt,” which should be an easy repair.) I’ve had to shovel on two or three other occasions, but each of those was only an inch or so of snow. With highs predicted to be in the 50s and 60s for the next week, the odds of another significant snowfall yet this winter are looking increasingly slim, so I may not even need to get the shovel out again. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/89 "2024-03-02T01:33:12Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Almost undoubtedly done blowing snow for this winter, here in Chicago’s western suburbs. Was thinking the same today myself. Tho it was a tad nippy on today’s bike ride. I had been lulled by the recent warm days and was under-dressed for 40 and breezy. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/90 "2024-03-02T01:39:57Z")
Are you done shoveling/blowing snow for the winter? I’m gonna say probably not: > [@Environment Canada](#): > > 3:20 PM CST Friday 1 March 2024 > > A major winter storm is expected. > > Heavy snow and blowing snow with low visibility to begin Saturday morning near the Alberta border and move east throughout the weekend. > > Snowfall totals: 20 to 40 cm > > Wind: gusts to 60 to 70 km/h > > When: Saturday morning through Monday night > > Remarks: A low pressure system in Montana will bring heavy snow beginning in the southwest section of Saskatchewan on Saturday morning. Along with heavy snow, gusty winds will create blowing snow and reduced visibility. This area of snow and blowing snow will move northeast and cover the remainder of the southern half of the province by Sunday morning. Snow and blowing snow will continue through Monday. Near blizzard conditions are possible. > > Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow. Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/91 "2024-03-02T08:40:15Z")
I live on the California coast, so there is never snow here, but I have family in Truckee. There is an enormous blizzard moving in today, and they are expecting up to TEN FEET of snowfall over the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/92 "2024-03-02T12:18:24Z")
We got a few centimeters of snow overnight, but not enough to require much shoveling. We moved to Hokkaido just over a year ago, and had a few snowstorms, but this year is warmer. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/93 "2024-03-02T12:46:25Z")
> [@Tride](#): > > Yup–for all the -45F we get (not much, but it happens), it’s a milder climate. We can grow vegetables!!! And the soil is fertile, as opposed to the broken rock of high country CO. I remember the mean temperature in Telluride was 37F. That’s tough. Yeah, it would be nice to be able to grow vegi’s. My Wife and I are getting too long in the tooth to manage this elevation much longer. There is also the very real problem of EMS not being able to get to our house in the winter. They could usually make it, but I doubt they’d get an ambulance up the driveway. Now 15" predicted for Sunday. I was going to be in Denver on Sunday. Not anymore. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/94 "2024-03-02T16:08:23Z")
In New Hampshire it’s way too early to make that call. It’s been a mild winter so far, but last winter was even milder until the last week of January (this year’s first storm was 3 weeks earlier) when all hell broke loose and we ended up with just 6 to 8 inches of snow less than a typical season. I ended up missing the first day of a team retreat the week of St. Patrick’s day because I couldn’t find any who was available to plow and had to spend 5 hours shoveling my 1/10 of a mile long driveway. And even last winter aside, March is a terribly unpredictable month in general. Some years there’s very little snow in March. Other years there are 2 or 3 feet of snow; and I only have to go back as far as 2018 to find a March with 3 major snow storms striking in less than 2 weeks. Anyway, it feels like winter is almost over. But I don’t trust that it is. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/95 "2024-03-02T23:24:50Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > they are expecting up to TEN FEET of snowfall over the next few days. Some real Donner Party shit going on up in the Sierras this weekend. I guess I ain’t done with the snowblower. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/96 "2024-03-02T23:26:00Z")
We just uncovered our patio furniture and brought out the cushions! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/97 "2024-03-02T23:36:10Z")
Bastard! I mean that in the kindest, gentlest way, of course. Sorta. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/98 "2024-03-03T14:40:47Z")
22" overnight at Bridger Bowl (which is 4 miles up the road). No idea here–too windy to tell. I will need to plow, though. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/99 "2024-03-03T19:19:07Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > We just uncovered our patio furniture and brought out the cushions! Indeed. Currently 67 degrees here, with a high of 70 today, and 73 tomorrow. It’s going to cool off some after tomorrow, but it looks like we’ll be consistently above freezing for at least the next week. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/100 "2024-03-03T21:05:39Z")
Saskatchewan weather bulletin: > **[Sask. snow storm shuts down highways, grounds flights and delays city services](https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/sask-snow-storm-shuts-down-highways-grounds-flights-and-delays-city-services-1.6792848)** > > A storm that began Saturday has blanketed western Saskatchewan in a deep cover of snow, shutting down some highways and delaying services in the province’s most populous cities. > **[Snowstorm closes some highways, travel not recommended in parts of south and...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/snow-storm-saskatchewan-road-closed-1.7132539)** > > A winter snowstorm has hit much of central and southern Saskatchewan, with some areas expected to see up to a total of 40cm of snow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981.md?page=6)