Its like trying to shovel Icebergs..

[mike2010]

Here in north-east PA in had 3 inches of snow initially...then 3 inches of sleet...then 3 more inches of snow on top. In the 2nd image attached you could see the "sandwich" effect..with the 3 inches of sleet in the middle. (need to look closely on the right side)

This was officially the longest it ever took me to shovel my driveway. It took 5 hours to do it..and it was WITH a snowblower. At first, it was completely useless because of the "icebergs". (as I like to call them) I had to chop into them with a shovel first before they would move. Doing the whole driveway with just a shovel was virtually impossible.