mulegolf I would guess we get around 80 - 90" snow on average per year, though there's been some years I haven't had to clear the driveway once. It's aberrant to get 50 - 100% of our annual snowfall in one event, atypical but not unheard of. The windy conditions you refer to are typical here, they take 6 - 12" of dry snow and turn it into 4 - 7ft drifts like it did in 1977.
Next week we have highs in the low 40's so I expect some significant melting / compacting.