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Though I'm in New York, so I'm not holding my breath for Spring... 
The poles in the first photo are NOT streetlights - they're guides.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Pass
Y'all are getting it way worse that we did all winter. Snowed a lot, we have about 11', and it keeps on keeping on but we're used to it, even after the little bit of rain and melt 3 weels ago. But the snow is dry, and there's basically NO wind here, so we just send the nasty stuff to the Lower 48!
I'm lucky in my friends - all who are from the East Coast had the sense to prepare. AND the guts to cuss me out for the Arctic Express!
We've been known to have blizzards as late as April or May. And we had a real doozy last October, lots of wet snow that brought down trees because they still had all their leaves and the ground wasn't frozen yet. And just today there were such strong winds - up to 60 mph according to the local TV news - that there were power outages. The joys of living in the North Country - but I still don't envy you your weather... 
We do have two or three months in the middle of the year, though that doesn't necessarily prevent hail! I envy the weather for those those on the West Coast or in the Deep South, but that's been changing, and they have their own issues, like earthquakes and tornadoes! At least you can learn to get used to snow... 
The trees and plants have given the sign that spring is here already.
to the old Horton "Springtime in Alaska"............. it's only 31 below, not 40, but what the heck...........
Not much slows us down! (It was only 22 below for the March.) We got more snow last week, which is good - the Iditarod starts here on Saturday (not enough snow or frozen rivers/lakes in Southcentral).
In like a lion, for sure!