Snowstorm photos: A gallery
Local children Ireland and Liam play in the March snow that dumped an exceptional amount on Delta County. (Photo courtesy of Shannon Timler)
With no plows in action and roads impassable to regular traffic, a snowmobiler cruises down Third Avenue South on Monday. (Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Scott)
A walkway carved up to a house on South Seventh Street in Escanaba shows the depth of the snow on Tuesday morning. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
A view of snowdrifts covering the neighborhood on South 10th Street in Escanaba. (Photo courtesy of Michelle Turner)
Many businesses on Ludington Street remained closed on Tuesday following the storm that began Sunday morning. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Snow dominates the scene in a Cornell yard. (Sophie Vogelmann | Daily Press)
This anti-snow sentiment hanging on a door in Rapid River is surely one several folks agree with. (Photo courtesy of Janet Albaugh)
A woman and a dog battle the snow and wind in Ensign on Tuesday. (Courtesy photo)
The view out the front door of the Daily Press on Tuesday morning. Though a few employees made it in, the office remained closed Monday and Tuesday. (Sarah Greenlund | Daily Press)
John Chaillier snow blows for the second time on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Patti Challier)
By 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, South Seventh Street in the City of Escanaba had been plowed, but Second Avenue awaited clearing. By Thursday, the city's Public Works Department had worked its way through the street priority list and even cleared the alleys. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
A squirrel temporarily hides from the gusting wind at a birdfeeder. (Sophie Vogelmann | Daily Press)
Jared Bouchard snowblows outside the Daily Press on Tuesday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Mikel Rodriguez pauses while shoveling on Tuesday morning. He hopes to dig his car out by Wednesday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Outside the Rapid River Pub, picnic tables have been swallowed by snow. (Courtesy of Thomas Szocinski)
A private snowplow attempts to bust through drifts on a backwoods driveway in Hyde on March 17, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Cindy Anthony)
Headlights shine through the snow at 7:41 a.m. on Monday in the Westridge Heights subdivision in Gladstone. (Photo courtesy of Gavin Angsten)
This before-and-after set shows how much fell in one place in Gladstone in a weekend. (Photos courtesy of Holly Van Brocklin)
Mikel Rodriguez, who moved to the area from Spain in January for work, shovels snow in a parking lot off of First Avenue North. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
In Bark River, a tall snowdrift stands outside a window. (Photo courtesy of Christine Stenberg)
"There's a car in the drift somewhere!" wrote Cindi Smith when submitting this photo from Stephenson on Monday. (Courtesy photo)
A pickup truck with attached plow sits abandoned on Ludington Street with snowdrifts growing around it. (Courtesy photo)
"This is an 8-9ft drift out our porch. There was grass there three days ago," said Trisha LaVacque of Gladstone. (Courtesy photo)
Local children Ireland and Liam play in the March snow that dumped an exceptional amount on Delta County. (Photo courtesy of Shannon Timler)
With no plows in action and roads impassable to regular traffic, a snowmobiler cruises down Third Avenue South on Monday. (Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Scott)
A walkway carved up to a house on South Seventh Street in Escanaba shows the depth of the snow on Tuesday morning. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
A view of snowdrifts covering the neighborhood on South 10th Street in Escanaba. (Photo courtesy of Michelle Turner)
Many businesses on Ludington Street remained closed on Tuesday following the storm that began Sunday morning. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Snow dominates the scene in a Cornell yard. (Sophie Vogelmann | Daily Press)
This anti-snow sentiment hanging on a door in Rapid River is surely one several folks agree with. (Photo courtesy of Janet Albaugh)
A woman and a dog battle the snow and wind in Ensign on Tuesday. (Courtesy photo)
The view out the front door of the Daily Press on Tuesday morning. Though a few employees made it in, the office remained closed Monday and Tuesday. (Sarah Greenlund | Daily Press)
John Chaillier snow blows for the second time on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Patti Challier)
By 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, South Seventh Street in the City of Escanaba had been plowed, but Second Avenue awaited clearing. By Thursday, the city's Public Works Department had worked its way through the street priority list and even cleared the alleys. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
A squirrel temporarily hides from the gusting wind at a birdfeeder. (Sophie Vogelmann | Daily Press)
Jared Bouchard snowblows outside the Daily Press on Tuesday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Mikel Rodriguez pauses while shoveling on Tuesday morning. He hopes to dig his car out by Wednesday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
Outside the Rapid River Pub, picnic tables have been swallowed by snow. (Courtesy of Thomas Szocinski)
A private snowplow attempts to bust through drifts on a backwoods driveway in Hyde on March 17, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Cindy Anthony)
Headlights shine through the snow at 7:41 a.m. on Monday in the Westridge Heights subdivision in Gladstone. (Photo courtesy of Gavin Angsten)
This before-and-after set shows how much fell in one place in Gladstone in a weekend. (Photos courtesy of Holly Van Brocklin)
Mikel Rodriguez, who moved to the area from Spain in January for work, shovels snow in a parking lot off of First Avenue North. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)
In Bark River, a tall snowdrift stands outside a window. (Photo courtesy of Christine Stenberg)
"There's a car in the drift somewhere!" wrote Cindi Smith when submitting this photo from Stephenson on Monday. (Courtesy photo)
A pickup truck with attached plow sits abandoned on Ludington Street with snowdrifts growing around it. (Courtesy photo)
"This is an 8-9ft drift out our porch. There was grass there three days ago," said Trisha LaVacque of Gladstone. (Courtesy photo)
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This is an assorted compilation of 23 photographs from the area of the south-central Upper Peninsula struck by Winter Storm Elsa, taken by members of the community as well as Daily Press staff.
The local newspaper team is appreciative to all who helped document the historic March blizzard.