Photo gallery: Carlton County digs out after blizzard

McKenna Gandhi, 11 and Weslie Miller, 5, laugh and scream as they slide down Pinehurst Park hill in Cloquet Monday, Dec. 2. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

McKenna Gandhi, 11 and Weslie Miller, 5, watch for other people sliding down Pinehurst Park hill in Cloquet Monday, Dec. 2, as they near the bottom of the hill. Many area schools were closed after a blizzard dropped as much as 20 inches of snow over the weekend. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

McKenna Gandhi, 11 and Weslie Miller, 5, enjoy sliding down Pinehurst Park hill in Cloquet Monday, Dec. 2. Many area schools were closed after a blizzard dropped nearly 20 inches of snow over the weekend. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

Traffic crawls past a truck that slid off Minnesota Highway 33 in Cloquet on Monday, Dec. 2. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

The snowbanks in downtown Cloquet are almost as tall as the vehicles clearing the streets. Huge ruts have formed in many places of the snow-covered roads. Cloquet Avenue narrows at Minnesota Highway 33 at the stop lights to form only one lane instead of two and a turning lane. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

A lone snowmobiler drives in the quiet countryside in Esko on Monday, Dec. 2. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

The ski trails at Pine Valley in Cloquet begin to take shape after a blizzard over the weekend. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

Snowmobilers have been playing in the snow all weekend. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

Jolene Setterquist laughs as she gets up from the snowbank after jumping off the roof of her garage Sunday, Dec. 1. The blizzard and blowing winds caused massive drifts in some areas. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

Jolene Setterquist does a back flip off the roof of her garage into the 5-foot snowbank Sunday, Nov. 1, after a blizzard dropped nearly 20 inches of snow in Cloquet. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal

Jolene Setterquist takes a break from shoveling the snow off the flat roof of her garage on 10th Street in Cloquet. Jamie Lund/Pine Journal