mini climate zones

We had another couple inches of snow on Sunday. It will snow off and on for a few days and then warm up for a few days. Some parts of the shaded back yard never see the sun and the result is a deep snowbank in back that tapers off to no snow at all the farther back you go. It looks cool, two different seasons at once. Many squirrel prints cross it going in all directions. Now it has my footprints too. It's crunchy, but then you suddenly sink into it as you step.