Juneau just set a new snowfall record, while Haines has had a snowy year but without the extremes.
One upside is that the sledding hill on Mount Riley Road has gotten a lot more use this year.
The hill itself is a community effort, maintained by Donnie Turner, who grooms it with a homemade rig behind his snowmachine. After a low-snow year kept the hill mostly idle, it has returned to steady use this year with as many as 50 people showing up on a good day.
For now, forecasters say colder, drier weather is ahead - meaning the sledding should hold, at least a little while longer.

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