Well, the place is more than knee deep in snow.
It can snow at 2500 meters anytime of the year, this was a big year. We might have a few more storms, maybe 1-2 in April and maybe 1-2 in May if we are lucky.
Some roads go to about 3200 meters, HYW 120 over Yosemite national park for example does not open till May 25th most years, and sometimes not till June. The higher up you go, the longer the snow persist.
At 1600-2200 meters, is where most of the snow and water drops. Above this, the snow sticks around a lot longer.
You can see why 10,000-20,000 years ago this place was a glacial ice cap. Drop the tempo 5-10C and add 2x more snow.
Yes, it's a good place to snow board, ski, snowmachine, snow shoe, wreck your car and get stuck, have to put chains on the tires in -15C with 80km wind and sleet. And of course get stuck in massive traffic when everyone else heads up to the mountains all at the same time.
Pure joy there
But it all melts and the summer up there is awesome, lots cooler, great hiking and mountain climbing. The entire place looks a lot like Merry Old England during this time of year, green everywhere .....but the hills will be brown in about 8-12 weeks and will remain so for the rest of the hot dry summer, and fall. The forest stay nice and green all year though.
Even the LA region down south has a lot of snow in their mountain ranges this year, nothing like us, but they can ski a fairly long season there. Crater Lake in Oregon averages about 14-15 meters of snow every year. I think they got about 20 meters so far this year. Cool place to visit too. Not much manzy there though.
Here's a pic about 10 km from where I collect the wood:
About 300-400 meters worth of waterfalls. Real nice spot. This is where my tap water comes from.