So suppose I (not too far south of Winnipeg into the States) decided to go with a leaf net instead of the winter cover.....leaves are a definite issue for me, but we also get a lot of snow. Once those leaves drop, there won't be anything but snow going there. Perhaps the leaf net alone? The snow would in theory drop into the pool as it melts, but in the meantime, wouldn't the weight of the snow unravel/pull loose the mesh on the leafnet? I can certainly drain my pool low enough to handle most snowfall melts, but I would hate to have that leafnet get ruined/ripped/sagged all to heck from the weight. Some years we get little snow and some years we have had up to 148" of snow!! Yikes!