We’ve had a really snowy winter so far. This first set of pictures is from mid NOVEMBER. Many years we have little or no snow on the ground in November, but this year… take a look:
looking down the driveway
Naomi bringing in the milk
Dalton City, Haines AK
Mt Ripinsky
December brought us much warmth and rain, which consolidated the snow pack by about 1/2. Then colder weather made for a very solid snow pack that you could jump up and down on without sinking in. One person reportedly drove a small truck over it without breaking through. The consolidation was a good thing as it made room for the next round of snow…Big dumps toward the end of December and early January.
our deck. Jan 2
Little League bleachers and dugout...Jan 5
Little League outfield...Jan 5
ice dam Jan 2
Here are some pics around that time, when I had to spend a lot of time moving snow off the roof and away from the walls. The piles of snow along the walls can direct chunks of snow falling off the roof into the windows…we had a cracked window in a previous winter that way. Earlier this winter, chunks falling off the roof collapsed part of our deck. No, the deck wasn’t very well built, but the main idea here is that this trailer is a lesson in how not to build for this climate. Amazingly, many newer and much more expensive buildings around here have ignored some of these same lessons. We hope to apply these lessons to our next house, hopefully to be started as soon as the ground is thawed this spring.
snow hanging off the roof
during roof shoveling.
