From peak to puddle: Haddonfield 'snow mountain' finally melts away
PATCO will award prizes to 5 people who guessed when the snow pile would completely dissolve.
More Stories
Day by day, inch by inch, the towering pile of snow that loomed over the PATCO train station lot in Haddonfield disappeared, ending a month-long contest that turned a "snow mountain" into a commuter guessing game.
The last of the massive pile of snow that covered a large area of the Haddonfield train station parking lot has melted into memory. For weeks, commuters and followers of the PATCO Facebook page watched as the pile of snow from the February blizzard continued to shrink. Their fascination was sparked, in part, by a snow pile contest that PATCO launched on March 6, asking people to guess the date when the mountain would dissolve completely. Five people who guessed correctly would be awarded a $20 Freedom card to ride the trains, PATCO posted on social media. PATCO held a similar contest in 2018.
In the weeks that followed, "snow mountain" became more than a towering reminder of winter. It became a local spectacle that allowed commuters to monitor the slow drip to spring as the pile continued to shrink.
On March 13, PATCO shared a picture of a moonlit pile of snow. On March 16, the mountain more closely resembled a pile of dirt, speckled with snow that was still hanging on by March 20. By then, however, telltale puddles around the pile signaled its imminent demise.
Finally, on April 1, PATCO posted that snow mountain was officially a memory, having completely melted on March 31.
"As Boyz II Men once sang, 'Although we've come to the end of the road.' The PATCO snow pile had a great run, but its time ended last night," PATCO wrote on Facebook, saying the transit agency would go through entries to see who predicted a melt date of March 31. "The PATCO snow pile will never be forgotten (until next winter)."
