Dozens of people, many of them children, their doting parents and at least one dog, took full advantage on Saturday of the recently lifted sledding ban on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
The hill, not quite 100-feet above sea level, was packed during the height of the blizzard with sledders soaring down the hill on plastic toboggans before running back up to do it all again -- a scene captured again and again on Instagram.
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Sledding on the real Capitol Hill A video posted by Jake Burton (@jacoburton) on Jan 23, 2016 at 8:12am PST
This blizzard can't keep peeps from sledding on Cap Hill. #capitolhill #capitolhillsledding #dmv #blizardstatus #jonas #snow #beatingcabinfever A video posted by @justine_miranda on Jan 23, 2016 at 11:06am PST
The famed Capitol Hill sledders! #snowzilla A video posted by Caroline Judge (@carrot.rose520) on Jan 23, 2016 at 10:17am PST
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, was at the scene on Saturday and posted a photo herself, praising the reopening of the hill, which came as a result of a provision in the December's appropriations bill.
"Capitol Hill freedom!" she wrote. "Believe it or not we had to include language in an appropriations bill last year to allow kids to sled on the grounds of the Capitol. Today the Capitol belongs to the kids and lots of happy sledders."
Capitol Hill freedom! Believe it or not we had to include language in an appropriations bill last year to allow kids to sled on the grounds of the Capitol. Today the Capitol belongs to the kids and lots of happy sledders. A photo posted by Senator Lisa Murkowski (@senlisamurkowski) on Jan 23, 2016 at 10:22am PST