The first big snowfall of the season is blanketing towns in upstate New York along lakes Erie and Ontario in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend, while numbing cold and heavy ...

The first big snow of the season threatened to bury towns in New York along lakes Erie and Ontario during a hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend.

Gaylord, home to Treetops and Otsego resorts, blew past its earlier daily snow tally by more than half a foot.

Highest snow accumulations expected east of Lake Ontario, where some isolated areas could get hit by up to 60 inches of snow.