It was a weekend to remember as some communities in upstate New York are digging out from feet of snow, some the likes of which they probably have never encountered before. About five-and-a-half feet of snow fell over the course of the weekend in Oneida County, prompting a state of emergency.

It's something you have to see to believe.

Cows at Simons Family Farm are comfortable in the barn, but outside it's a different story as the farmers were cleaning up several feet of snow.

"Everything around the barn and around the farm is over six foot tall... we have some 10,12-foot snow drifts here," said Ben Simons, the owner of Simons Family Farm.

No matter how much snow there is, farms have to operate. Animals must be fed, feed has to come in and manure needs to go out.

Big machinery comes in handy.

"We're very fortunate because the big machinery that we use in the summer to harvest the crops; we have snowblowers and big bucket tractors to live the snow, kind of a dual purpose thing," said Simons.

That was in Steuben. Over in Taberg, the Taberg Trail Blazers have been busy maintaining 47 miles of trails.

"By Sunday afternoon, everybody was just pure exhaustion. Just the amount of snow is incredible," said Tim Carr, the president of the Taberg Trail Blazers.

Carr urged snowmobilers to use caution when on the trails.

"This is early season conditions for us. There's going to be hazards down there, and you got to use that common sense. You've got to use your heads," Carr said.

In this weather, you could see generosity, from shoveling others out to the landowners who allow snowmobilers to ride on their properties to even the farmers, who offered to use their heavy-duty equipment to help local municipalities.

"The town of Steuben approached us about some of our heavy equipment, if we could snowblow some of the snowbanks back in the corners of the town," Sumons said. "We've been very gracious because the town is so good to the farmers here in Steuben. It's just a return of a favor back to the town to help them in a time of need."

People are also urged to be careful to look for farming vehicles on the roads, and if snowmobiling, check out the New York State Snowmobile Association's interactive map.