Anchorage cleared snow this winter that would weigh as much as washing machines lined up for 800 miles, roughly the distance from Seattle to San Francisco, city officials reported Tuesday.

The comparison shows the scale of snow removal in Alaska's largest city. Anchorage hauled 1.4 million cubic loads of snow to dumps during winter cleanup, equivalent in volume to 1.4 million washers and dryers.

The city saw record snowfall in January 2026. Cleanup operations continued into early spring. The volume of snow removed required continuous hauling to city snow dumps throughout the winter months.