This is why my pool's still open!
Actually, it's probably overflowing.....I won't be getting to it until all this rain stops, nothing's going to freeze for another 4 weeks anyways, then it's time to pump it down, remove the equipment and call it a day (well, actually we'll just call it an hour because that's all it takes).
Any accumulation thereafter will just run out the open return and down a board I lean under it.
Here in Canada, you really can't pump a pool down a couple of times over the winter since you can't pump solid water!
I gouess you could get in/on your pool and shovel off all that excess snow, but you'd have to be real careful not to damage the liner with the shovel....once you have it shoveled, you can skate on it (unless you are using a winter cover) - once again - careful on the liner with those skates!
Once things freeze, that's it, they usually stay in their frozen state until march sometime when it all melts, that's when you quickly close the valves and grab all that water to help top up the pool again (well, at least that's what you do in hte country where you don't have the luxury of endless amounts of water).