Following a less than snow-filled winter season, the annual Leelanau Enterprise snowfall contest came to a close on Tuesday, with the first place winner announced as Bruce Wallis of Suttons Bay. Wallis guessed 60 inches for the total snowfall in the 2023-24 winter season, and will receive a $200 prize.
The closest entries out of the 468 that submitted were both two inches off the final snowfall total of 62 inches, so a tie breaker was determined based on the total points scored in the 2024 NCAA Men’s Championship basketball game. Those who came in second, third and fourth place will receive different cash prizes and awards, too.
Wallis said his father happened to also be a meteorologist at a weather station in Sault Ste. Marie when he was a kid. Winning was not only a pleasant surprise that he didn’t expect, but a coincidence considering that his father was very much a weather person.
