What Grounds Looks Like During a Major Snow

People walking across a snowy Lawn

On Friday and Saturday, Charlottesville was near the center of a massive snowstorm that crawled up the East Coast and dumped tremendous amounts of snow across the region.

The University of Virginia’s McCormick Observatory tallied 14.7 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, making this among the largest snowstorms ever in the 122 years of records there. The Charlottesville airport recorded over 18 inches.

The University canceled classes Friday, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t any activity. A team of Facilities Management employees worked around the clock to keep Grounds safe, clearing roadways and walkways.

UVA Facilities Management employees spent the weekend working to keep Grounds safe.

UVA Facilities Management employees spent the weekend working to keep Grounds safe. (Image courtesy of Facilities Management.)

Students were also out in force. The men’s rowing team built an igloo near new dorms, the dogs of UVA were out in force, and there was a midnight snowball fight on the Lawn. 

Students had a snowball fight on the Lawn late Friday. (Image by Larry Sabato on Twitter, @LarrySabato)

Students had a snowball fight on the Lawn late Friday. (Image by Larry Sabato on Twitter: @LarrySabato)

In all, students submitted more than 80 photos to the University’s social media accounts. Here are a few.

Photo courtesy of Instagram user @traciyuen

Photo courtesy of Instagram user @traciyuen

Alexander Gregorio

Photo courtesy of Alexander Gregorio

Andrew Shea

Photo courtesy of Andrew Shea

Photo courtesy of Tim McMullen.

Photo courtesy of Tim McMullen.

Photo courtesy of Sarah Bonde

Photo courtesy of Sarah Bonde.

Students building a snow fort

The men's rowing team made this igloo. Photo courtesy of Cortney Busick.

Marc Paulo Queliza Guzman

Photo courtesy of Marc Paulo Queliza Guzman.

Jace Krakovitz

Photo courtesy of Jace Krakovitz

Image courtesy of Jasbir Harnal

Image courtesy of Jasbir Harnal.

Katherine Mcfee

Photo courtesy of Katherine McFee.

Sam Grimmelbein

Photo courtesy of Sam Grimmelbein.

Photo courtesy of Michelle Erli.

Photo courtesy of Michelle Erli.

Photo courtesy of Nicholas Haas.

Photo courtesy of Nicholas Haas.

Photo courtesy of Thomas Mulholland

Photo courtesy of Thomas Mulholland.

Thornton Beale

Image courtesy of Thornton Beale.

Image courtesy of Daniel Naveed Tavakol.

Image courtesy of Daniel Naveed Tavakol.

Image courtesy of Yangyou Fang.

Image courtesy of Yangyou Fang.

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