For the second year in a row, the Anchorage area has set a new snowfall record, with the longest duration between snowfalls on record for the area. The winter of 2012-13 saw 232 days between the first sign of snow on September 29, 2012, and the most recent storm on Saturday, May 18. The previous record of 230 days was set in 1981-82. While the amount of snowfall was not as high as the previous year, the late-season snowfall set daily records for May 17 and May 18, and postponed nearly all Anchorage School District sports scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The heavy snowfall in the mountains around Eagle River was a big hit with skiers, who packed the parking lot of the South Fork trail near the top of Hiland Road for a bluebird day on a sunny Sunday, May 19.