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affirmative... 4 years in and no turning back. Have had record March snow at my house the past 8 days more than 30" / past 3 days in an inversion with ice fog and constant flurries with temps mostly in the teens. Mountains are sunny when this happens so fun to drive 15 minutes and be above the clouds. Took this photo from my driveway on 2-28-19 / 9000 - 10,300-foot peaks in the background. Summers are amazing here with low humidity and cool nights ( 40's lows common all summer ) hike a glacier, biking, golfing, float the river through town or do the ale trail to one of the 20 plus craft breweries here in town... I do have extra bedrooms

One of the biggest reasons we moved from Virginia/ east coast. No regrets, summer is now my favorite season. Gotta take a big risk to move from the familiar but it is worth it.

Colorado was not an option for me when we decided to move from Virginia as my wife would only be in state that touched the ocean. CA was too expensive in every way and WA taxes are nuts so OR was my only choice really. No regrets, it has been a blast living here and career #2 is going well. Biggest complaint, when wildfire season kicks in the smoke can be awful. 2 of my summers there were just a couple days with smoke. 2 years ago the smoke lasted for a month, August into September. That was the worst! Last year on and off for a few weeks. I am sure your son is loving Breckenridge. How has his snow season been? I am sure he can confirm the profound effect of elevation on snow amounts. I had 30" of snow this week. Record breaking for our town. Camera phone picture of my street this morning looking toward Mt Bachelor. It was zero degrees this morning!

Looks like the snow pack around Crater Lake here in OR. No place in the lower 48 can get the insane snow amounts like the west coast mountains when the Pacific Faucet is turned on.

Weather records & stats are sketchy at best here. Most of the weather records are from Redmond and the Airport there. (around 3000') This is my 4th winter season living here. My lowest snow total was the 1st year at 32" - two years ago I had 90 straight days with deep snow cover and reached 40" on the flat at my house, had 98" that year in town. This year I am at 52" as of today but this storm will likely add at least 10" to that total. Moderate snow and 15 degrees at 4 pm Pacific time as I type this. City of Bend, where I live, claims average of 40" of snow per year. I am on a west side butte at 3777 feet. Downtown on the river is around 3,600 feet and the hills and south end of town go over 4000' Micro climate here are insane. Just 5 miles west of me at 4,500 feet snow averages double even triple and then above 5,500 is where it normally has snow cover for 6 months and huge snow totals, usually measured in feet. Mt Bachelor Ski resort ( 21 mile easy drive from my house ) base elevation is 6,500 feet. They have had about 300" this season at the base elevation with 128" base as of this morning. The 9,000-10,000 foot peaks get more than 50' of snow per year and are snowcapped year round. So bottom line, a very wintery place even when the averages in town don't seem like much. In May you can ski in the morning and golf in the afternoon just 15 miles apart. My favorite season here is summer. Endless sunshine, low humidity cool nights (don't have AC) most summer nights it drops into the 40's even if it is 90 in the afternoon. Lived in Virginia area for 47 years and don't miss the climate there at all. Link to my weather station and web cam (which points at Mt Bachelor) https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KORBEND204#history More about this mountain recreation town: https://www.visitbend.com/

Historic Feb continues here. 7 degrees this morning with ice fog & flurries. Another 6-12" is forecast tonight into Thursday morning. Maybe above freezing on Saturday? My deck yesterday afternoon. That deck wall is 38" high.

Rob, Big time Feb winter here in OR. Mt Bachelor has had 62" in the past week I have had 21" here at my house since yesterday. Expect another 4 to 8 today and then 2 more smaller storms later this week. Over climo for sure in what was forecast to be a mild dry winter. LOL Photo of my neighbors SUV taken and hour ago.

Similar forecast here in Oregon Cascades. 18" overnight at Mt Bachelor and another 40-50" expected before it starts winding down Wednesday. Base depth snow pack will be 12-14 feet by Wednesday. (from my house is it 8 miles west (1800' up) to deep snowpack and 21 miles to Mt Bachelor Parking lot) Not near as much snow here at my house but does look like 18-24" by Wednesday morning. The April- May ski conditions should be awesome. I am not missing my 47 years of winters in Virginia. Even though there were some incredible storms and winters there the normal 6 months of deep winter here in the mountains is hard to match for winter weather lovers.

My oldest brother lives very close to you? on Wythe Avenue. He just had new siding but on his home. I was in VA in early January but is was a very fast trip for business. I will reach out on my next visit and meet up for a beer. Hope you and your family are doing well!

It has been a surprising season here in the PNW. All the outlooks were warm & dry. LOL Feb has been like living in a snow globe shaker here and looks like a good sized snowstorm middle of next week The snow pack is actually normal to slightly above normal. It has been too stormy for skiing many days this month. Sunshine & snow showers today with a 92" base at the mountain base. My family back in VA has been keeping me updated on the endless wet there. My brother had bad ice storm damage at his home in Clearbrook this week. Take care!

Normal annual rainfall here at my west side home at 3,800' is around 12" / less than 10" east of town. There are insane differences 30 miles west in the mountains where 70" or more fall (mostly as snow) The coast ranges get up to 200" of rain per year which is where the "PNW is so wet" reputation comes from? Yes, parts of the state can be extremely wet but most of OR consists of dry sunny high desert plateaus. Had first measurable rain since June 20th yesterday, a whopping .03 in the bucket. LOL. Strangely the mountains are still mostly snowless, my other years here there have been September snows on the summits. I think it snowed above 8000' last night but mountains are hidden in clouds this morning so cannot tell yet? Photo of glacier fields from a hike I took on September 20th.

Real drought here, even by high desert standards. At my home the last drop of rain was on June 20, 2018. 12 month total 7.38" / so ready for some pineapple express storms.

Jebman why were/are you away from the lovely mid atlantic???