A snowplow clears a road in Enumclaw, Wash., Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, after nearly 10 inches of snow fell in the previous days. The wind picked up as another front with more snow approached and would arrive late Monday.
August Trinrud, 6, right, of Madison, reacts as sister, Raina Trinrud, 3, collides into her snow tube, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, in Madison, Wis. The Madison area received about 4 inches of snow Sunday.
Sean Rodgers makes his way home from the store with the help of his dog named Kelme Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, after a snow storm hit Corvallis, Ore.
Cattle brave cold temperatures Monday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2004, south of Jacksonville, Ill.
Julia Dean sweeps snow off the front sidewalk near her home in Galena, Ill., Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. Light snow continued over northeastern Illinois early Monday as the first major storm of the delayed winter slowly moved out of the state.
A motorist backs down Madrona Avenue at Commerical Street in Salem, Ore., after attempting to go up the hill Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. Snow blanketed the southern Willamette Valley on Monday, with more expected to hit and travel north.
Diane Wai skis through Corvallis, Ore., Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. Forecasts calling for 8 to 9 inches of snow by Tuesday had the city and suburbs working hard to prepare for the latest winter storm.
Cindy Gray, of Reno, Nev., hops off a snow wall along the Mount Rose Highway at Tahoe Meadows, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, near Reno, after a day of winter sport with her dog, Louie. The pair didn't let a blizzard keep them from their sport which involves the dog pulling Gray on her cross country skis. Tahoe Meadows, between Reno and Incline Village, is a popular area for winter sports of all kinds.
Cars drive past a stuck snow plow east of Pullman, Wash., on Friday, Jan. 2, 2003. The plow is operated by Whitman County Public Works.
Sara Hewson, 11, left, and Nikki Bergquist, 4, hold on tight as they go off a jump Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004, at a sledding hill in Loveland, Colo. At the top of the hill, Ryan Hornung and his son, Trenton, wait for their turn.
Jessica Wall, 7, launches a snowball at her dad, Cory Wall, right, in southeast Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004. Another massive winter storm blew into Oregon on New Year's Day, coating roads with sheets of ice, and reducing visibility to nearly nothing.
Cars and trucks in the westbound lanes of Interstate 84 sit idle, waiting for crashed cars to be cleared at the intersection of I-84 and Interstate 5, in downtown Portland, Ore., as seen from the Grand Avenue overpass, Thursday morning, Jan. 1, 2004. A New Year's Day storm greeted Oregonians Thursday, coating roads throughout the state with sheets of ice, dumping snow in the Willamette Valley and reducing visibility to nearly nothing.
Lucas Neve, 16, snowboards on a city street Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, in Portland, Ore. Another massive winter storm blew into Oregon on New Year's Day, coating roads with sheets of ice, and reducing visibility to nearly nothing.
Marcos Domingues, right, and Drew Sadowski put the finishing touches on a snowman New Year's Day, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. Domingues recently moved to Portland from Brazil and this is his first snowman. A New Year's Day snowstorm dumped three to six inches of snow in the Portland metro area.
The sun peeks through the overcast sky, illuminating a placid Lake Tahoe in this view from the top of Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Incline Village, Nev., Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003. Recent storms have dumped several feet on Tahoe's resorts. The down side is travel has been difficult and in some cases on New Years Day, resorts were not able to operate.