It's still winter here. Monday was something. Slick sidewalk first thing when I went out for dogs and chickens. And then we got the promised sleet/rain/snow mix. Mostly sleet. Two inches of it when it was more or less finished, then it rained on it and got cold. Turned it into an absolute skating rink. The whole place was a white hazard to slip, fall, get a concussion and die alone in the yard while Lovey and the dogs had toast and tea. So, Tuesday was a 100% yaktrax day here. Then it snowed on it and walking got a lot easier.
Wednesday morning I left the house early to take dogs to groomer and get us some breakfast. The rural roads hadn't had any successful treatment. Plows if they tried them failed. There was some chemical down but it was cold enough that it wasn't working. So it was 4WD time which overcame with really no problems. Anybody in a 2WD vehicle would have been stuck on every hill. Later on it melted some where chemical was down and by evening it was much easier out on the roads. But not much change at our place.
And it's still that way today. I just got back from town and roads there are clear. Our secondary rural roads are mostly to completely still covered with packed sleet and snow. So is my driveway, yard and sidewalk. Still 4WD for the driveway and watch yourself when you're walking on this stuff - it's slick where it's packed and slushy to still hard underneath everywhere else.
The silver lining is all that sleet has a lot more moisture than snow. It's melting slow and it's going to be good for soil moisture, spring recharge and helping base flow on our rivers, which still need help.
This is from about 5 minutes ago: