That's a steep gradient. I know being at 3K helped in the SE flow part of the storm when temps were warmer, but I didn't think 3K had more than 4-5" more vs 1500ft in that first part?
Either way, that's a sweet dump.
There are a few of these areas all over. I know of one not far from State College PA. They call it the barrens.
https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0477(1980)061<1368%3ATBCPYR>2.0.CO%3B2
It looks tough going forward. We went on a run from here on out last year. Maybe “run” is a little bit of an embellishment....but I made up significant ground.
At least it’s still winter in NNE even with the pig. I remember I went up there to escape in Feb 2012. It was worse up there in 2012 vs this year, but still had full snow and ice cover.