Those areas get three to four times that amount. A three foot snowfall is not uncommon in the high, high country that surrounds the Red River Valley. In fact, a mere fifty foot of change in altitude up the side of a mountain can reflect a significant increase in snowfall and snow depth. The snowpack is always deeper on the Red River Ski Area and at the Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Area on Bobcat Pass. And if you really want to experience the deep, deep stuff, take a snowmobile ride to the nearby meadows of the Midnight country.
Snow continues to challenge weather experts across the country.
Even in this modern, techno world, it is still extremely difficult to predict and hard to measure once it has fallen. In layman's terms, snow reporting for the mountains is a crap shoot at best.