We've had a few winters like that in my 15 years here but on balance a lot of up and down for "snowpack." My experience prior to moving here was further Southeast, and South, where that's the norm in almost any winter. So I don't have a good lifetime frame of reference in one location to come to any conclusions, other than make a limited observation. Would be interesting to see if anyone with access to the requisite data (if it exists), has done any long term study of winter snow depths.