Not even close, 2WL...

Average annual snowfall for places that receive over 300 inches of snow a year


Location

Inches

Centimeters

Mt Rainier, Paradise Station, Washington 671 1704
Alta, Utah 546 1387
Crater Lake Park Headquarters, Oregon 483 1226
Brighton, Utah 411 1044
Echo Summit, California 407 1035
Wolf Creek Ski Area, Colorado 392 996
Caples Lake, California 375 953
Brian Head, Utah 368 936
Valdez, Alaska 326 829
Mt Evans Field Station, Colorado 301 764

Ski Areas and Field Stations don't really compare to cities.

Brighton has a population of nearly 45,000 (yes 45 thousand), hardly kist a ski area or research station. Syracuse has 144,000, true, but LA has how many million and yet we don't downgrade Syracuse. Hell, Cincinnati is bigger than Syracuse. So I would say Brighton qualifies at over 3 times Syracuse's annual snowfall.

Brighton is in fact, a ski resort in Utah.

Anyway I'm from the Syracuse area. My hometown gets more snow than Syracuse, but we only have 18,000 people. Syracuse is the snowiest city of 50,000 or greater in America.

"Yikes! Here is western Oregon we're going to have had about a week of snow and that is quite high."

Pacific weather is weird.

"Cinci only does about 2.5 to 3 months."

Cincitucky gets snow? I thought that only happened in Keanu Reeves movies.

-9, still biking to work. Not sure what you hosers are whining aboot.

And Los Angeles is the second-snowiest city of 12 million or greater in America.

People live in Brighton and it is a (small) city that also has a ski resort. And LOTS of snow!

Bob gets it. Like it or not, Brighton is an actual city and it gets over 400 inches of snow a year.

My second-favorite place to ski. Behind Alta and just ahead of Snowbird. Park City is 4th on the list. And no, I am not from Utah.

Brighton, UT is not an incorporated municipality according to the 2010 US Census.

The internet, where pedants can turn a discussion of the weather into a nerddick measuring contest.

The Weather Channel gives the following list:
Snowiest places in the US (by average yearly snowfall, does not include unincorporated areas or towns with population under 1,000):
1. Valdez, AK (326")
2. Crested Butte, CO (216")
3. Hancock, MI (212")
4. Truckee, CA (203")
5. Lead, SD (201")
6. Boonville, NY (194")

It's been quite a while since I've seen snow...

Well, I'm not sure actually. There was this one storm a couple of days while I was walking my dog, and it felt like a shitload of rain and a bit of hail, but my dog became more white than usual (he's black and white) and that makes me wonder... It's been very close though. It's definitely getting warmer around here.

I just don't get how people can complain about how cold it is here in the Netherlands...

It's winter and I still go outside with a simple vest quite often. I mean sure, people call me crazy because of it, but still...

IMO, it's cold when it's freezing, because then it sort of hurts when you're outside without a jacket.

I know it has snowed in the Netherlands, but I don't know... The snow is just not here...

Fleet Norway support unit Norway hold

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Park City, Utah is according to the census and it gets 141.8", still more than Syracuse. The idea that Syracuse has the most snowfall of any city in the US is simply false. Syracuse likes to spread that tale, but it only works if you consider populations over 100,000 people.

Personally, I have no stake in the game. Cinci and it's surrounding cities are very typical snowfall totaling an average of about 22" a year. Although we have had winters and days with copious amounts of snow, like the blizzard of 77 where we had 8 foot snowdrifts on either end of the little farming community I lived in and nobody was going anywhere. Luckily, we had a town grocer and he lived in in the house next to his store. He had a four wheel drive pickup with chains and could get from one end of town to another (maybe a mile total) even in the bad weather with chains. He just made certain we all had milk and bread and peanut butter and stuff. We were out of school for almost 2 weeks. It was like a second Christmas break.

Sorry, my anecdote was 1978. 1977 was the year of 25 below zero.

Kinda happy I wasn't around back then :P

I live in Portland, Maine. Apparently our average annual snowfall is 61.8". You'd think it would be more than that, but there you have it.

@Abge,
"No kidding. It amazes me how poorly people drive in ice/snow here. We have this weather for 4-5 months out of the year. How do you not get used to it?"

Pfft. Amateur. There's an old joke about Maine that we've only got two seasons here: winter and the 4th of July.

I love Maine. I want to visit there some day. IT and Vermont and New Hampshire. Forests and mountains and snow in the winter and all green and foresty in the summer. Never too hot, plenty of cold in the winter and at night for snuggling by a fireplace with a few close lady friends ...er... my wife.

My parents still talk fondly of the winter of '63, when the snow in the south of England was several feet deep (with drifts of 20 feet), lasted from December until march, and the sea froze for over a mile on several days.

You don't get extreme weather like that anymore. I blame the calming influence of global warming.

Damn global warming making everything moderate and comfortable all year round.

Both NH and Vermont are absolutely beautiful. Haven't spent much time in Maine.

If they are the east coast equivalent of Vancouver and Calgary, I'll be in cabin and hiking heaven.

Maine's great. The mountain parts of the state and the ocean parts of the state are so totally different they feel like different countries.

Maine is incredible. Like hecks said, you've got to hit the whole thing. I still prefer Banff but only because of the skiing...

New Hampshire is the best climbing. Of course, I'm pretty sure Draug isn't climbing....

Yeah. Maine has fantastic hiking, but the rock climbing is no good. There are only a handful of worthwhile crags, even for bouldering. The North Conway area of NH is way better for that. Are you a climber, Bo?

Yeah, the best climbing in Maine is the Otter Cliffs. They are fantastic viewing but the actual climbing is relatively easy.