As the crow flies, you can’t be more than 15 miles in a straight line from my house. Must be that 1500 feet of elevation change, or maybe the Mt Rushmore effect, for you to get all that snow, or maybe Bare Country. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.
It is nine miles from my place to the New Forest Service building on the hill before dropping down to Reptile Gardens. From the forest service to your place in a straght line can’t be more than six miles.
PS, You are absolutely right, winter starts in DECEMBER, I have always said, “if you make it through Dec, and Jan, you have made it through the worst of winter. Where is global warming when we really need it?
“Bare Country”....LOL.