Pile-High City

For months, the flakes fell — more than 74 inches in all — and crews, as obliged, pushed and plowed the heaps of snow into corners of parking lots and into backsides of buildings.

Over time, the aesthetics of Midland, our relatively flat town, began to change. Instead of the sun exposing plain cement lots, the early-morning and late-afternoon light shone down on giant snow banks, which, if looked at from the right angle and with a healthy amount of imagination, resembled those snow-capped peaks and majestic mountain ranges to our west.

And as spring temperatures and longer days melt away the last of these massive mounds — some climbing as high as 15 feet — we take a look back at some of Midland’s most impressive mountains.

Dow Diamond parking lot off Buttles Street.

Taco Bell parking lot off North Saginaw Road.

A puddle reflects the remains of a snow hill in a parking lot off McDonald Street.

Kohl’s parking lot off Joe Mann Boulevard.

Lowe’s Home Improvement parking lot off Airport Road.

Best Western Valley Plaza Inn parking lot off Bay City Road.

Meijer parking lot off Eastman Avenue.

Paige Verburg, 7, plays on a snow bank in the Heritage Arms apartments parking lot off Eastman Avenue.

Saginaw Heritage High School parking lot off North Center Road.

Kmart parking lot off North Saginaw Road.

Midland Public School Bus Garage off George Street.

Midland Town Center parking lot off Washington Street.

Calvary Baptist Academy parking lot off Perrine Road.

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