I doubt North Americans want to hear this, but Austria’s St. Anton saw a dump of 18 feet last weekend, stranding skiers and burying resorts like Galtur, St. Anton, and Arlberg. You want some cold comfort? Avalanche dangers were so high the tourists were told to stay indoors and not to ski, though not everywhere. St. Anton managed to stay open, even as hotels struggled to provision guests, and trees as well as some roofs were crushed. And as always happens during epic dumps, several cars were smashed by plows that didn’t even know the cars were there, because the snow was that deep. Yeah, didn’t think that would make you feel any better, but we bet a plane ticket to Austria would…

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