PHOTOS: Salem blanketed with snow

Snow fell Thursday morning across Salem, shuttering schools and offices and drawing some out to parks for adventures on sleds and snowboards.

We’ll continue to add to this gallery throughout the day. If you have photos you’d like to include, send them to [email protected].

Sledding at Clark Creek Park in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 (Laura Tesler/ Special to Salem Reporter)
Sledding at Clark Creek Park in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 (Laura Tesler/ Special to Salem Reporter)
A snowboarder takes to the hills at Clark Creek Park in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 (Laura Tesler/ Special to Salem Reporter)
Holly berries peek out through the snow in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 (Laura Tesler/ Special to Salem Reporter)
Snow blankets trees and the banks along Shelton Ditch in southeast Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Jesus Escobar)
A pedestrian crosses Northeast Court Street in downtown Salem with a large backpack on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)
A car drives at the intersection of State Street and Southeast Liberty Street in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)
A snowy traveler lands on a feeder amid a snow storm in West Salem Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office Judicial Security Unit poses outside the Marion County Courthouse in the snow on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Sgt. Jeremy Schwab)
The Keizertimes office building in Keizer in the snow Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Robin Barney)
A resident shovels snow in West Salem Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
A snow plow at work on Wallace Marine Road in West Salem Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Cars drive on a snowy Wallace Marine Road in West Salem Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Salem City Hall on Southeast Liberty Street covered with snow on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)
Marissa Theve cross-country skied to the Oregon Capitol Thursday. Several others were having a snowball fight outside, she reported.
Eric Schuman and his certified therapy dogs Kimber and Riki playing in the snow in Croisan Hills on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Eric Schuman)
Englewood Park in the snow on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Lynn Takata)
North Salem High School in the early morning snow on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Madeleine Moore/Salem Reporter)
Richmond Elementary School in the snow on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Jesus Escobar)
A Salem Police Department vehicle drives down Southeast Liberty Street street in the snow on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)
A snowy street in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 (Laura Tesler/ Special to Salem Reporter)
The Willamette River at Keizer Rapids Park on Thursday morning, about 7:45 am. (Courtesy/Martha Allen)
The snowy scene on South Viewcrest Road near Sprague High School on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Jacqueline Bjorkman
A ruler reading around three inches of snow in south Salem at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Melody Ogami)
A man clear snow off the roof of his gazebo in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 (Laura Tesler/ Special to Salem Reporter)
A Salem Fire battalion chief vehicle drives in the snow on Southeast Liberty Street in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)
A hummingbird lands on a feeder amid a snow storm in West Salem Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
From Southeast High Street looking across the snow towards the rose garden in Bush’s Pasture Park on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Irene Longaker)
A snow plow clear a street in West Salem Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Cars drive on a snowy Wallace Marine Road in West Salem Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Capitol Mall in Salem, Oregon with snow on Thursday Feb. 13, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)
Grand Theatre in downtown Salem on a snowy day on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)
Parked car covered in snow at Northeast Winter Street and Northeast Center Street in Salem, Oregon on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)
People playing and making snow angels at Woodmansee Park in south Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Dawn Banks)
A skier taking advantage of the fresh snow on Southeast Rising Street in south Salem on Thursday, Feb. 13. (Courtesy/Dawn Banks)

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