Narrative:

Landed uneventfully in ZZZ in 3/4 miles visibility in snow. We exited the runway at taxiway east and informed the tower that we were clear on taxiway east and were given instructions to taxi to the ramp via taxiway east with the tower. The first officer was completing the after landing checks as I began to taxi. At the intersection; the right main encountered a snow drift and the aircraft veered to the right turning the aircraft northbound toward taxiway B. I immediately tried to turn left and at the same time the first officer noticed the deviation and said 'go left; go left!' at this point; the right main was stuck in the drift but remained on the taxiway pavement. The first officer immediately informed the tower of our situation. We then shut down the aircraft and I informed operations of our situation. The cabin also was informed. The supervisor brought a tug to our location escorted by the city. They shoveled our right main out of the drift and then towed the aircraft to the gate and deplaned the aircraft (16 passengers). After deplaning; I called dispatch and made a maintenance write-up. Contract maintenance inspected the aircraft and found no damage and removed the excess snow from the right main and then signed off the aircraft. We then continued to ZZZ1 with no further incident. We did cycle the gear after takeoff. We were just catching up after our long delay earlier in the day. We were due out in 10 minutes. With the low visibility and snow covered taxiways; I should have let the first officer finish the after landing checklist before I continued to taxi; but out of familiarity and complacency I continued. He probably would have been able to alert me earlier of the snow drift that was not apparent from my perspective. That intersection of the 2 high speed taxiways is very wide and the different directions that it was plowed also appeared to have aided in creating the drift. From my perspective; I was in the middle of the plowed section but with the snow blowing about and lowering my visibility it was difficult to have depth perception.

Related reports:

Google
 

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Dash8 flight crew reports encountering a snow bank during taxi after landing and requiring the main gear to be dug out before towing to the gate. Visibility was reduced due to blowing snow and darkness.

Narrative: Landed uneventfully in ZZZ in 3/4 miles visibility in snow. We exited the runway at Taxiway E and informed the Tower that we were clear on Taxiway E and were given instructions to taxi to the ramp via Taxiway E with the Tower. The First Officer was completing the After Landing checks as I began to taxi. At the intersection; the right main encountered a snow drift and the aircraft veered to the right turning the aircraft northbound toward Taxiway B. I immediately tried to turn left and at the same time the First Officer noticed the deviation and said 'Go left; Go left!' At this point; the right main was stuck in the drift but remained on the taxiway pavement. The First Officer immediately informed the Tower of our situation. We then shut down the aircraft and I informed operations of our situation. The cabin also was informed. The Supervisor brought a tug to our location escorted by the City. They shoveled our right main out of the drift and then towed the aircraft to the gate and deplaned the aircraft (16 passengers). After deplaning; I called Dispatch and made a Maintenance write-up. Contract Maintenance inspected the aircraft and found no damage and removed the excess snow from the right main and then signed off the aircraft. We then continued to ZZZ1 with no further incident. We did cycle the gear after takeoff. We were just catching up after our long delay earlier in the day. We were due out in 10 minutes. With the low visibility and snow covered taxiways; I should have let the First Officer finish the After Landing checklist before I continued to taxi; but out of familiarity and complacency I continued. He probably would have been able to alert me earlier of the snow drift that was not apparent from my perspective. That intersection of the 2 high speed taxiways is very wide and the different directions that it was plowed also appeared to have aided in creating the drift. From my perspective; I was in the middle of the plowed section but with the snow blowing about and lowering my visibility it was difficult to have depth perception.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.