Snow over the observatory

Some snow fell on the observatory on november 9th, 2017:

But big snow fall on november 30th and december 1st (around 40cm total) leaving a very nice scenary around the observatory and the chicken house:

I had to shovel the snow off but it is hard to get the top. Still, on december 2nd I was able to open/close the dome couple of times. I suspect it will freeze at night and it will sometimes be hard to open and most certainly to close the dome after an observing night... time will tell.