James Howard, 6, can’t bear to watch as he sleds with his mother, Marie Antipala, and Philip Dove at Marysville’s Jennings Park early Monday. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

At the popular park outside Mount Pilchuck Elementary School in Lake Stevens, where they would normally be in class, kindergarten student James Eichert, 6, sits atop a huge snowball while first-grader Mason Jones, 7, packs more snow around him Monday morning. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

The driver of this car ended up in a ditch while trying to get down steep Cavalero Hill on 20th Street E in Everett on Monday. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Snow plows, including this one on 20th Street SE between Everett and Lake Stevens, were clearing snow and slush from as many streets as possible before temperatures dropped again Monday night. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

At the small park next to Pilchuck Elementary School in Lake Stevens, parents treat their kids to some sledding. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Having tried a piece of cardboard, Hanna Weaver uses a coat hanger to remove snow and ice from her car in north Everett early Monday. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Katelynn Fitzgerald and Tegan Trefey, both 9, race through a snow-covered field at College Place Middle School on Monday in Lynnwood after a storm brought several inches, closing schools throughout the county. (Daniella Beccaria / The Herald)

Rada Anderson, 3, makes a snow angel while her brother, Declan Anderson, 5, and parents Chris and Erin Anderson build a snowman at College Place Middle School on Monday in Lynnwood. (Daniella Beccaria / The Herald)

Lexi Powell, 15, uses her cellphone to record herself sledding at Stanwood High School on Monday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A sledder is inverted as he tries to go over a small jump at Stanwood High School on Monday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A sledder flips after hitting a small jump at Stanwood High School on Monday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Kaitlyn Nguyen (left) and Grace McCullough scream as they hit a jump while sledding at Stanwood High School on Monday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Jalen Velasquez, a junior at Stanwood High School, gets airborne after hitting a jump while sledding at the school on Monday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)