Ugly Snow, Please Go Away?

After last weeks heavy wet snow fell, creating miles of traffic backups and leaving drivers cursing the weather, most people just want the snow to go away as fast as possible, especially the heaps of dirty gray stuff in the parking lots and next to the now-dry roads. I want the stuff still in the yard to go away slowly, preferably straight down into the ground. This is one of the things that replenishes our groundwater and gives the recently planted spring bulbs a nice drink. I'm wondering how the ones I had down in the basement will do- those had been in the small plot in front next to the driveway, and hadn't done very well due to the poor soil mix in the plot. I had dug all those bulbs up, put them in the basement, and replaced the soil with several bags of topsoil, some composted cow manure, and a good bit of the contents from the compost pile. The old bulbs went into the back yard where the Yoshino Cherry tree had been during one of the few warmer days we had in January. We'll see how the new bulbs that went into the front plot last Fall do- the perennials I put in there did very nicely, including a Columbine that was transplanted from the back yard. Last year after our 54 inches of snow the garden went wild- everything bloomed profusely.