A few years ago we had a pretty heavy snowfall before the ground froze. Then it got cold. The ground was insulated enough by the snow, and enough snow kept falling that the ground took a couple of months to finally freeze.

What snow meletd at the bottom was replaced on top.

That year the ground never froze more than about 4" deep.

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