Town of Webb Highway Department personnel finished cleaning up heavy banks of snow around town on Thursday, April 3, depositing the last piles on and near the site of the ice skating rink on the lower Joy Tract Road.

Marianne Christy stands next to one of the many snow piles around the town of Old Forge, offering scale to its height. Photo by Gina Greco

The mountains of snow ranging in height from approximately 13 to 18 feet will stand for some time as a reminder to all who experienced what seemed to be a never-ending winter, and a symbol to returning snowbirds of what they did—or didn’t—miss.

Highway Superintendent Casey Crofut said his crew is anxious to get out and begin another spring ritual—sweeping the streets of the last remnants of winter.