Last night’s storm was a quick little dump that dropped just over 4 inches on Valley of the Sun, but be warned- it IS icy, thanks to all the warm weather last weekend, so proceed with caution. I saw two wrecks on the way to Summit this morning, and the day has only just started.
The guys were gone well before dawn to get the route started. They expect to be out all day today and into tomorrow, so you should see them sometime over the next 48 hours, providing that your driveway has 4+ inches in it. Remember, we measure from the middle, not the edges where it is not an even measurement.
Please reach out if you think you’ve been missed, but understand that we plan our route well in advance to maximize our time and minimize your wait. If you expect us to drop everything and come to you, you will be delaying our route and making things take even longer, so we ask that you just be patient and wait. We will be there.
One thing I’d like to address from the last storm- we received a lot of calls from renters and from property managers who were relaying messages from renters who were insistent that they needed to get out immediately, and were quite rude about it. To be clear- a trip to the hospital is an emergency, wanting to go skiing is not. Winter in the mountains is unpredictable and can be quite treacherous, and those who vacation here MUST be prepared for this- this means 4WD, chains or traction devices, and above all PATIENCE. If they would like to assist in making the route proceed more quickly, they can park their cars out of the way or be mindful of when we honk. Hearing from clients that their renters got into yelling matches with the county plow drivers and then blaming it on us is NOT going to make us plow any faster. As we say throughout our website, on many of these blogs, and when we initiate your service with us: kindness will get you everywhere, rudeness will get you nowhere. We are people too, not robots, so please treat our drivers with respect. They are working their tails off, and they do a damn good job so that you don’t have to.
Stay safe and warm out there!