Keith the amount of snow you get per winter is huge. We had one "worst ever" winter in my memory that fell into that range with 19 ft of snow and no thaws from November to June. Instead of shoveling I ended up tramping down a path with the snowshoes. After awhile I stopped bothering to make a path out to the road, I was busy tramping down a path to cut firewood in the woods.
In Labrador where they also get huge amounts of snow every winter and not usually thaws, they never bothered with shovels and roads. Once the snow gets down they switch to using snow machines instead. Although now that the trans-Labrador highway has been built, I guess someone is out plowing that.... Before snowmobiles it was snowshoes and sled dogs.
Snow ice and automobiles... never a good combination.
The biggest hazard is other drivers, always. People without snow tires... never driven on ice... or a godlike confidence in the safety of their monster SUV while tailgating a little car..
