February 2019 snow review

While many people in the lowlands are grousing about all of the February snow and cold, folks at mountain ski areas are reveling in the winter weather.

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Thu., Feb. 28, 2019

Todd Edmonds came back on Wednesday from Puerto Vallarta and 77 degrees to snow-covered Spokane as he clears the sidewalk for his daughter-in-law, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, along 18th Avenue.

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A Volkswagen Beetle is up to its door handles in snow along 37th Avenue, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, in Spokane, Wash.

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Mike Schettler uses a snowblower to help a neighbor clear their driveway on Feb. 11, 2019, near 9th Avenue in Spokane Valley, Wash.

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"I'm on my way to the library," said Becky Burke as she uses her cross country skis through Coeur d' Alene on Tuesday, Feb.12, 2019.

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"This is a beautiful day," said Charlie M. Kelson Sr. as he shovels the front walkway before his shift at Coeur d'Alene Pipe&Cigar in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.

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Snow clings to pine needles near a home in Post Falls on Wednesday, Feb.13, 2019.

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A fan of the Allman Brothers Band's Eat A Peach album released on Feb 12, 1972 paid tribute in Spirit Lake, Idaho on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019.

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Traffic moves south on Stevens Street, Friday, Feb. 8, 2018, as Spokane wakes up to a couple inches of snow.

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Brian McGhee walks through the snow with his dog Mia in Spokane on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.

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Snow gathers on the brim of a mans hat as he walks through downtown Spokane on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.

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Shaiden Hutchman, assistant fleet manager at Thrifty Car Rental in Spokane Valley, clears snow off one of a dozen cars headed for Spokane International Airport, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. On Tuesday, after the big snow storm, they cleared some 35 cars.

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Wind and cars whip up snow across Maple Street near Broadway on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019.

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Traffic and pedestrians negotiate snowy streets in downtown Spokane, Monday, February 11, 2019.

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A robin takes flight from a tree branch, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Spokane, Wash.

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As the next wave of snow begins to fall, a pedestrian makes his way across Sprague Avenue at Lincoln Street in downtown Spokane, Wash., Monday, Feb. 11, 2019.

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John Petrofski and neighbors clears snow from their sidewalks along Tekoa Avenue on Spokane's South Hill, Tues. Feb. 12, 2019.

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Coco, the seven-year-old Miniature Pinscher gets bundled up for a walk outside in the snow, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Spokane Wash.

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Becky Parrill, left, and Kellen Probert use cross country skis to get from 18th Avenue and Lincoln Street to the Rockwood Bakery near Manito Park, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Spokane, Wash. Parrill is a principal assistant at Adams Elementary and was off because of a snow day.

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Olivia Thomas, 10, takes the plunge on a sledding hill built by her mother, Amber Thomas, left, in their front yard on 37th Avenue near Browne street, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Spokane, Wash. Olivia was out of school because of a snow day and Amber's work was also closed.

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"She just loves the snow," said Jane Brenneman about Maya, her two-year-old Brittany Spaniel/ lab mix during a walk in her Spokane neighborhood on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019.

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Bob Fah, age 74, clears snow from the top of his pickup truck on Skyview Drive so he can go help two others remove snow, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Spokane, Wash.

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Snow falls gently on the "Fallen Astronaut Hero" sculpture near the First Interstate Center for the Arts in downtown Spokane on Feb. 5, 2019. Less than an inch of snow fell on the 14-year-old, 8 foot tall bronze sculpture.

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A robin rests in a snow covered tree near Hauser Lake on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019.

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Trace Miller sweeps the snow from the roof of his food truck, T&J Food Bunker in Post Falls on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

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Dale and Lani Deming walk Gus their boxer through Falls Park in Post Falls on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

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Traffic on I-90 westbound was bumper-to-bumper during the snowy morning commute into downtown, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Spokane, Wash.

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Jim Haines, 72, clears snow off his 11-stall parking lot near the corner of Fourth Avenue and Sherman Street, Friday morning, Feb. 8, 2019, in Spokane Wash. Haines was sure he would be out there multiple times during the day.

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A "little free library" sits with its door open while snow-covered books have seen better days on Feb. 11, 2019, on 8th Avenue in Spokane Valley, Wash.

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Canada geese fly over snow covered branches at Falls Park in Post Falls on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

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