It was a welcome reprieve, because more snow had fallen through the night.
(The resort said that this year, as of mid-January, more snow had fallen than in all of last season).
It was only later, after I headed farther north, where more snow had fallen, that I discovered the true function of snowshoes.
And, even in the hours leading up to the equinox, more light snow has been settling in north-east England and eastern Scotland, adding to large amounts of up to 10cm which hit the regions on Tuesday.
More recently, Snow has praised the song for its "deep and delicious emotion" and comments that through the idealism Harrison expressed on Living in the Material World, he was "without qualification, perhaps more loved and respected as a human being".
More recently, Snow has described Material World as "a treat for the ears" and Harrison as "an old-school pop tunesmith to his marrow, [who] worked hard to ensure the choruses of 'Don't Let Me Wait Too Long,' 'The Day the World Gets Roundd,' and 'Who Can See It' caught the ear with their deep and delicious emotion".
Along with making conditions on the roads more hazardous, the snow has affected the three main airports servicing New York City.
One might think that pressure and difficulty might have the effect of making people more selfish, but snow has the opposite effect.
Just north of Sugarbush, Stowe Mountain has reported that more than 26 feet of snow has fallen this winter.
More than a foot of snow has already fallen in parts of Scotland and northern England, with around a third of that amount seen in areas of central England and Norfolk.
