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All along the Wasatch Front on Saturday, Utahns were digging out and digging in for more.

And some were just digging it.

After Friday's storm dumped 15 inches of snow at Salt Lake City International Airport — and more than 2 feet in some locales — shoveling, plowing and removing fallen tree limbs were the order of the day. And with more snow falling by early afternoon, many residents kept a wary eye on the sky.

Others simply looked down — down the ski slope, down the sledding hill or down to stores to take advantage of those after-Christmas sales many stayed away from Friday due to hazardous road conditions.

The streets and highways were much improved Saturday. But still, fender-benders, slide-offs and even multi-car accidents were reported from Point of the Mountain to Ogden, the path of the heaviest snowfall Friday. Most of the bang-ups, however, were minor.

Snow accumulation was minor Saturday, as lake-effect flurries were the day's most common precipitation, said Eugene VanCor of the National Weather Service. Though snowfall at times was heavy in the downtown area, it didn't last long, and new snow accumulation at the Salt Lake airport was only around 3 inches Saturday, mostly in the afternoon.

Lake effect from Utah Lake dumped from 8 to 14 inches of snow late Friday and early Saturday in Santaquin, Spanish Fork and Payson, VanCor said. The Bountiful bench and Centerville saw about 5 to 6 inches of overnight snow, as did the northeast Ogden bench.

Snow removal was a priority for public works departments across the region.

Extra workers were called in to help with snow removal at the airport. But otherwise, duty manager Ralph Bradshaw said, it was business as usual in the wake of Friday's deluge.

"If there's been delays, it's been for other reasons," Bradshaw said Saturday afternoon. "We've got traffic moving in and out on a regular basis. We've had a few light snow showers.

"We're just trying to get rid of all the leftover snow from yesterday. We're hauling it off."

Residents were moving their own snow, too — digging out cars and shoveling sidewalks. Brisk sales of snow shovels and snow blowers kept many stores busy.

"They're all gone; we sold out by 9 a.m. yesterday morning," Bob Heaps at the Home Depot on 2100 South said Saturday. And the manager of one downtown auto parts store said sales of wiper blades were red hot, as well.