Big snow falls, warm temperatures, and strong winds covers snow surface with a variety of seeds from trees.
Light rain is expected to fall across much of the region Tuesday, with a storm possibly bringing more rain to Anchorage on Wednesday.
October flew by leaving us with a couple of light snowfalls. November came around with something slightly more impressive, but it wasn't the same. Mid December decided to make up for all of the snowfalls that we missed all at once, it seems like.
We went from relatively cold days and nights in late March, to warm days and warm nights in April. This means no overnight freezing of snow, and no crust conditions for skiers...yet.
Most of Anchorage is currently covered in ice, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to ski.
After being buried, the trapped hiker was able to kick his legs free. A hiker passing by spotted his feet sticking out of the snow.
Rockfall along the Seward Highway near Beluga Point has been happening since wind and rain battered the area earlier this week.
Winter transformed from time of snow to time of ice.
It was a very warm week of the 25th of January, on my way home it started raining pretty heavy, mind you, no snow, but rain. I was expecting maybe some wet snow, but it was not to be...
At lower elevations, there has been melting, hurricane force winds and rain, which have stripped away the snow and left the trails bare, wet, and icy.
There is a lot of overflow and flooding happening in Anchorage area streams, as a result of the recent record rain fall.
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