Snowstorms usually keep people snowed in. For residents of Frederiksen Court, the snow has kept them snowed out.

Snow has piled up in the parking lot, causing numerous cars to get stuck as students attempt to get in or out of parking spots.

But there is hope for residents stuck at Frederiksen Court, along with warmer weather. The Department of Residence is teaming with Facilities Planning and Management to schedule a rotation for cars to leave the lots so they can be cleared this week.

“We have definitely had a lot of snow,” Residence Life Coordinator John Shertzer said. “It has been a lot of hard work, and with student cooperation, we hope to take care of it.”

Students said they have been frustrated with large amounts of snow piled up in and near some parking spaces, although main aisles are clear.

“[Having] four-wheel drive should not be a requirement to park in Frederiksen Court,” said Nicholas Krueger, senior in agricultural engineering. “There’s more than a foot [of snow] in some places.”

That amount of snow is too high for most cars to successfully manage, said Ryan Benning, graduate student in agricultural and biosystems engineering.

“Every time I go to my car, there are at least two people stuck trying to get out,” Benning said. “I could get out … barely. I’m surprised people haven’t creamed into each other.”

While the snow is a frustration for Frederiksen Court residents, it has encouraged community, residents said. For every stuck car, students come to push, pull or dig them out.

“I’ve helped three people now,” Krueger said.

But students are ready for a change.

“Our time is being wasted as students,” Benning said. “Students go home on the weekends, so they should clear the lots on Saturday.”

Dave Miller, director of facilities and utilities services, said campus service employees went home Saturday because they were expecting a Sunday storm. They work around the clock to keep campus as clear as possible.

“Snow is considered emergency duty,” Miller said. “[Workers] come in at 2 a.m., work all day, go home for six hours and are back at it again.”

It is especially challenging when snow comes during the day, when students are on campus, he said.

“We [have] 40,000 shoes to pack it down, and they can pack it down before we can pick it up,” Miller said.

Campus Services sends their entire staff to move snow, and Miller said the division spent $37,000 last week in campus snow removal. Costs reached $150,000 in January alone. In average years, $250,000 is spent for snow removal, not including money allocated for clearing parking lots.

Assistant manager of facilities maintenance Les Lawson said finding a place to put the snow is very challenging. Workers dump snow from cleared parking lots near the Southwest Athletic Complex.

“We’re running out of places to put it,” Lawson said.