In the past two days, we've gotten 12 inches of measurable snow, but that's not the whole story.  We've had rain, sleet, and snow, so I don't know how much moisture we really have.  The road is a mess, even though it was blown yesterday afternoon.  The slush is hard to handle, then it freezes...you get the drift.  It's sleeting as I write this early evening Sunday.  Totals for now:  134.5 inches, three more than all of 2021-2022 winter.

Red Mountain Pass is closed again.  I don't think it was closed this many days in all of 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 winters combined.

Nothing Dempsey likes more than
lying on top of the snow



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