As the snow begins to melt on Mount Hood and residents of Government Camp begin to dig out, they're starting to see the damage.

Last week, much of the town was buried beneath mounds of snow after weeks of near constant snow fall. Residents said they got six-and-a-half feet of snow in about six days.

That much snow in such a short amount of time proved simply too much for the Golden Poles Chalet to handle.

“It’s the most snow this buildings seen in thirty years or so,” explained Matt Carroll, caretaker for the 40 year old 30 unit condominium complex.

The building’s roof is now starting to give way. The tons of snow has split support beams and busted through walls. It weighed so heavily on the elevator shaft, the building’s manager had to shut it down.

“The snow was loading so heavily against he shaft it began separating from the building and start to lean over a little bit,” said Carrol.

A few days ago, a snow-loaded deck completely collapsed it onto the deck below. Luckily no one was hurt. Robert Boss lived down the hall from the damaged unit.

He said in his 22 years of coming up to Government Camp, he can’t recall ever seeing this much snow.

“It's more than they’ve had I think since this building was built,” said Boss

Around town, the damage was evident. Tarps cover collapsed or damaged roofs. The snow has ripped off siding and taken down chimneys.

The damage began after weeks of heavy snow followed by lots of rain. Mount Hood Ski Bowl hired extra crews to shovel the snow from its buildings.

“When you have heavy snow and get any kind of moisture on top of it that snow acts like a big sponge and holds all that water weight,” explained Ski Bowl’s Troy Fischer.

Some Government Camp residents believe as more snow melts, more damage will likely be revealed.

They worry this could be just the beginning.