Boston’s Big Chill

Emerging from her cozy abode, a woman clad in an orange hoodie is greeted by a towering fortress of snow, a formidable obstacle course that has swallowed her Boston home and front yard. Undeterred by the wintry challenge, she grabs her trusty shovel, ready to get to her car.

With each scoop, she chips away at the icy barricade, knowing that perseverance and elbow grease are her allies in this snowy battle. Interestingly, some regions are accustomed to such snowy spectacles. Take Mount Baker in Washington State, for example, a snow haven that boasts the title of the highest annual snowfall in the United States, averaging over 600 inches per year.