I am on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, in a deep valley. I get more snow like Girdwood does, but it is generally three or four degrees warmer here then Anchorage.Anchorage is usually pretty mild. We lived in Palmer for a number of years. And worked on the North Slope. My wife commuted to the NS until about a year or so ago. The covid BS rules made it difficult for her to fly up there any more, so she quit her job of almost 16 years.