"John Hall" wrote in message
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SNIP

Yes, but I imagine the 7 feet was "level" snow. Even in this country
drifts greater than 12 feet occasionally occur. mostly in upland
locations of course.

ISTR that some location in Wales measured somewhere around 6 feet of
level snow at one pint during the winter of 1947.

Merrivale Quarry on Dartmoor (Between Princeton and Tavistock) was filled to
the top with snow in 1963.
It was 160 feet deep and did not thaw completely until June of that year.

Phil
Marooned in Tavistock at that time