And so far snow-making has been a boon for the resort, it says.
But while Treasury officials have not complained directly so far, Mr. Snow has said that exchange rates should be set by the market.
So far this week, snow has closed the Federal Government for three full days.
There is no indication so far that Mr. Snow's job is in jeopardy, but there is frequent turnover in a cabinet in a second administration.
The German settlers were drawing on an ancient tradition involving the feast of Candlemas Day on Feb. 2: "For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow swirl til May".
It has received 34 inches of snow so far in December, compared with 10 inches during that month in 2006, 18.4 inches in 2005 and 22.8 inches in 2004.
Elsewhere in Colorado, Beaver Creek (www.beavercreek.snow.com) has amassed about 24 feet of snow so far this winter, while Breckenridge (www.breckenridge.snow.com) and Keystone Resorts (www.keystone.snow.com) have had snowfall up to 33percentt above average.
Areas of eastern Pennsylvania and northern New York have been hit with over 20 inches of snow so far.
So far the influence of snow and topography on surface actinic flux has not been quantified, a problem adressed by this work.
The sequel has issued two teasers so far, a Panem address from Snow and a 'hijacked' version of it.
So far this year only 20cm of snow has fallen on Flaine's upper pistes, compared with 45cm the previous year and 240cm by the same time in 2012.
