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Visitors spend Presidents Day in the snow days after Mount Charleston avalanche — VIDEO

A young girl catches air while sledding in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
Sledders wait their turn to come down a hill in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
Shards of sleds broken from hard landings lie at the base of a hill in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
Echo Road remains closed in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
A couple walks up a snowy hill in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
Lance Hao, 16, a foreign exchange student from Shanghai, China, bounces off the ground during sledding in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
Daniel DeBoe, 12, left, and Nick Capshaw, 13, bounce off of their tube after a hard landing while tubing in the snow of Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
A woman reacts to getting hit with a snowball in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
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February 20, 2017 - 5:16 pm
 

Just two days following an avalanche in Kyle Canyon near Cathedral Rock, families took to the snowy slopes of Mount Charleston to celebrate a chilly Presidents Day.

Lee Canyon reported about 25 inches of new snow following Saturday’s storm, leaving blankets of fresh powder on the ground.

Las Vegans spent the federal holiday sledding, snowball fighting and sipping hot chocolate at the bustling lodge.

Check out the video and photo gallery above.

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