Okay, things have finally started to lighten up and it looks like the storm is moving on. Hallelujah! All said and done, we have about 3 feet at our house in Valley of the Sun. This has been brutal.

I’d like to thank everyone who reached out to send well wishes and prayers for Clint. He is home and resting now, and we are so thankful that he is on the road to recovery. This was a scary mid-storm event that certainly shook us. Your kindness has meant the world to us. Thank you.

With that in mind, I’d like to remind everyone of a few things:

With Clint out, Christian is our ONLY driver. We serve 150 clients. Please be patient. He was out for 12 hours yesterday, and left early this morning to keep it going. ON HIS OWN. He will get to you, but this is going to take time. As we state in our terms every year, we have 48 hours AFTER THE STORM ENDS to clear your driveway. Any time spent out beforehand is at our discretion. We will get to you, but it is going to take time, and as I stated in prior blogs and on our Instagram page, it will absolutely take the full 48, if not all weekend.
If you have guests who are calling you, demanding to get out, please explain to them that they aren’t going anywhere any time soon. This is a catastrophic storm that has dropped FEET OF SNOW on every corner of Central Colorado. There is 22” in Golden. Loveland SKI Area is closed. Eldora is closed because the roads are impassable. As of this writing, HOOSIER PASS IS CLOSED and 285 is under Traction Law with multiple accidents reported. No one is going anywhere. Period.
We are not the only company in Park County with staffing difficulties. CDOT and Park County Roads and Bridge are both suffering from staffing shortages. The reality of that situation is that there is one, maybe two if we are very lucky, graders plowing the county roads in each neighborhood at the moment. They are working as hard as they can, but this too will take time. Most of the tertiary roads are still buried, and will not be dug out any time soon. If we can’t get to you because the roads are bad, that’s just how it is. We can’t waste a ton of time getting stuck on your road and having to shovel out when we have to keep the route going, especially as we are a one-man show today.
Lastly, and most importantly- IT IS ILLEGAL FOR US TO PLOW YOUR ROAD WITHOUT SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE COUNTY. PLEASE STOP ASKING.

I know that some of your renters can be a pain. They are often unprepared for our mountain conditions and do not listen to your warnings ahead of time. They think that it’s like the city up here, where you can just call someone and have immediate access to whatever you want, but that’s just not the case. Everyone is working their butts off, and every call is just as important as the last one. We can’t let someone skip the line just because they think their travel plans are more important than our safety, our health, or our other clients.

Please reach out if you have any questions, but also remember that Christin is taking care of their two young children while also nursing Clint back to health, and Carey is taking care of their two young children as well. Texting is best, phone calls will be returned by EOD if possible.

Stay warm, and stay inside.