Sman, thank you.
I can't say I was the greatest student in college either. I don't remember much of what they put on the blackboard but boy am I glad they ran as many field trips as they did. The Earth Sciences dept. had its own 15-pass. van!
Now I'm happy to announce that the snow-stomping has worked! The area of the yard where I stomped around in the snow a few days ago became totally bare today, while the areas where I haven't disturbed the surface of the snow are still 12"+ deep.
So I recommend getting out there to stomp snow while its warm out, if you want it to go away quicker! You'll need sunlight to speed up the process...