Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Newbie with a 3 mile snowplow challenge
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deezler
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North country is screwin with ya, since you said "square foot" but obviously meant "cubic foot". Of course, the snow still doesn't "weigh more", it just compacts. If you get MORE snow, then you are now having to move more weight for the original snow DEPTH. I think everyone understands, y'all just like arguing. Where is the OP again?
leonz
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Snow fall in the Cascade Range is both very heavy and dense due to
the winds and moisture coming off the pacific ocean.
The silver dollar sized snow flakes are a result of this moisture and as a result the
high snow depth totals.
The www.avalache.org site I directed you to also has annual snow fall totals for the
Cascade Mountain Range area and many other regions.
North Country
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How much denser?
leonz
Super Member
It certainly would be nice if we heard from the OP about this issue....................................
Sorry about that misstep, when I am dealing with lane miles it automatically clicks over to square feet in coverage for deicing brines and snow removal in my case anyway.
As yet we have no idea if this patch of dirt has drainage ditches which makes the choice a bit more dicey as a 4 foot shoulder is the normal rule of thumb.
North Country
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Who needs the OP? We can make up snow density numbers and spend money he doesn't have without him. 
leonz
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It all relates to meltwater temperature and the refreeze cycle and its length which is explained at avalanche.org and many other weather sites
Freshly fallen snow has an average weight of ten pounds per cubic foot and thirty pounds per cubic foot when compacted in some areas of the United States.
The Cascade snows will of course heavier because they hold more water.
SO looking at pure water weighing 62.4 pounds per cubic foot as an example
a 5 foot depth of snow fall that is not compacted will have 10 pounds per cubic foot of weight BUT the freeze thaw cycle will potentially increase the weight of the remainder of the snow pack per cubic foot of snow to 30 pounds per cubic foot OR MORE with a specific gravity of .48 for compacted snow versus a specific gravity of .10 for freshly fallen snow (not including the cascade snows in the example).
Depending on the winds and overnight temperatures you could have an 8 foot snow fall and a 5 foot deep pile in the morning. At Stevens Pass they still recieve snow falls of one foot per hour for 24 hours or more at times some years. That is why State Route 2 is closed for avalanche control quite a bit during the winter.
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Egon
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Moving snow in the Cascades!:thumbsup:
Snowblowers on North Cascades Highway - April 2009 - YouTube
This ain't in the Cascades but it does have some snow/ice blowing in it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0c9ykqe2Xs
Snowblowers on North Cascades Highway - April 2009 - YouTube
This ain't in the Cascades but it does have some snow/ice blowing in it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0c9ykqe2Xs
madmax12
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Snow Plow cutting through DEEP snow on the Heart's Content Barrens Highway - 2001 - YouTube
Kinda takes snow removal to a whole new level.
Kinda takes snow removal to a whole new level.
North Country
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1/2 km per day! But those snowbanks were barely as high as his loader...THESE are snowbanks.
http://www.fistofblog.com/2007/02/21/now-thats-some-snow-banks/