Actually Rose there are a lot of mountains in the US that are snow-covered year round. A quick look out my office window to the South shows Mount Ranier. 14,100 feet of year-round snow cover. To the North ... Mount Baker ... 10,000+ feet and also covered with snow year round.

Unfortunately ... the snow level is retreating rapidly. I'm not sure I will be able to make the same statement 20 years from now.

I've been told even the Columbia Glacier in Banff National Park (Alberta Canada) will be gone in 60 years. And with it a substantial amount of the fresh water in the province.

DA Morgan