That depends on where you're at. We broke 2 record highs this week. A town 100 miles north of me crushed their record by 9 degrees. The old record was 62, the new one, 71. Saturday I was hiking at 3700 feet where there should have been a foot or two of snow ... none. Sunday, I was at 5100 feet where it would normally be waist deep ... none, bare ground. Monday I was fishing in a creek at 3500 feet that normally should be bank full and muddy ... low, clear, green water ... and where there should be 18 inches of snow, none. So while the east is getting whacked, parts of the west are experiencing one of the warmest winters on record ... so far. The pattern is changing, at least in the short run, to something more normal for us. Looking at the long term seasonal forecasts from NOAA, we should expect normal precip and temp for 2-3 months, then it is supposed to get warmer and drier than average through the 14 month forecast.
The point is .. where you're at, absolutely, the winter presents seemingly unique opportunities, but those opportunities do not translate to similar opportunities elsewhere across the continent.
MIB