MT. CHARLESTON (KTNV) — The rainy week we've had in the Las Vegas valley has turned Mt. Charleston into a winter wonderland, and dozens of people spent their Thursday at Lee Canyon sledding and building snowmen, trying to take advantage of the gift from Mother Nature.

More than two feet of snow, in fact, has blanketed Mt. Charleston this week, flipping the switch to winter almost overnight!

This latest round of significant snowfall comes after Lee Canyon saw 6 inches of snow in mid-October .

WATCH | Visitors at Mt. Charleston welcome the snow Rainy week in Las Vegas turns Mt. Charleston into winter wonderland before start of ski season

Fred Dexter makes the drive up to Lee Canyon all the way from Pahrump as often as he can during the winter.

"I'm totally surprised and delighted th

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