You may love to see feet of snow on the ground at your favorite ski resort. But piling up on your yard, sidewalk, or driveway? Probably not so much.

Such was the case this past week in the wake of Winter Storm Seneca. Up to 22 inches of snow blanketed parts of the Upper Midwest.

That's enough of a headache. Winds gusting over 40 mph for hours whipped the snow into huge drifts, stranding motorists and leaving homeowners with the onerous job of clearing driveways and sidewalks, or simply getting out their front doors.

Here are some of the amazing deep snow photos we saw.

Note the huge piles of snow to the right of the garage and to the left of the pickup truck. Parts of Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula routinely pick up 200-300 inches of snow each season.

Winter Storm Seneca was certainly enough to close Michigan Tech. University in Houghton. But check out what went on as scheduled below.

Some had difficulty just getting out of their homes or clearing a path to get the mail.

For those that attempted to drive, they may have encountered massive drifts of snow, such as the photo at right from the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation (MnDOT).

Snow drifts swamp Interstate 35 near Owatonna, Minn. on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 from Winter Storm Seneca. (Photo: Minn. Dept. of Transportation)

This wasn't a secondary road, either. It was Interstate 35 near Owatonna, Minn. which, understandably, had to be shut down for a time duringWinter Storm Seneca. Seven foot drifts were seen along the busy interstate, according to MnDOT.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula topped the Minnesota drifts, though.

How about some good news? It could be worse. Check out the snow depths in four Upper Midwest cities, compared with their all-time records. Remember, these aren't snowstorm totals, but simply how much is on the ground.

Impressive, but that's nothing compared to what some folks in Japan have been dealing with recently.

Also, in case you're wondering, according to Weather Underground weather historian Christopher Burt (Wunderblog), the North American record snow depth is 451 inches (over 37 feet) at Tamarack, Calif. in March 1911.

Perhaps a few feet doesn't sound so bad, after all, eh?

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