Residents of Northern Virginia are mourning the loss of their popular winter landmark, the Reston snow pile. The snow pile was located near Plaza America, about a mile west of the Reston Silver Line Station.
Many meteorologists believed the snow pile would last into May, but 80 degree temperatures and bouts of summer-like thunderstorms brought a quick end to the resilient mound of snow. The official date of melt was April 22, 2015.
The Reston snow pile will be best remembered for the joy it brought to others. The snow pile yoga classes were always popular with the public and the snow pile baseball games often went into extra innings. Snow pile parties lasted late into the night and during the snow pile’s final hours, before total melt down, it served as a wonderful golf tee for a driving range across Sunset Hills Road.
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