Plows are built for open pavement. Walks, steps, ramps, and the narrow strip between a parked car and the front door are a different job, and they’re where most winter falls happen. In Rangely, where January lows run near 2.6°F, a few inches of fresh snow on a walk can get stomped into ice by lunchtime and stay that way for days.
Our sidewalk clearing in Rangely is done by hand and with walk-behind equipment. We clear public frontage, building entrances, steps, ramps, and paths between buildings, then treat the slick spots that are left. Most properties run it as part of a seasonal contract, so walks are already on our list when a storm moves through town and the walks need attention.
We know how fast Rangely walks pack into ice in single-digit cold, so we clear them down to bare surface.
Shovels, scrapers, blowers, and walk-behind spreaders let us handle steps, ramps, and long frontage without damaging concrete.
If a walk keeps icing because of a downspout or heaved slab, we'll point it out and suggest a lasting fix.
We keep snow off cars, doors, and neighboring walks, and we don't leave piles blocking curb cuts or entrances.
Colorado 64 runs right through the middle of Rangely as Main Street, and the businesses along it see steady foot traffic from people parking and walking to the door. A buried or icy walk out front tells customers to go somewhere else, and it’s a slip risk for staff and delivery drivers coming in early.
Frontage walks need to be clear full width, not just a single shovel path, and the snow has to go somewhere that doesn’t block parking or spill onto a neighbor’s walk. We pair storefront walks with parking lot snow removal so the whole route from car to counter is open at once.
Colorado Northwestern Community College has its main campus in Rangely, and that brings a lot of people on foot. Apartments, rentals, and offices nearby see students and staff walking at all hours, often before the sun is fully up. Those walks get packed down fast, and packed snow in this cold turns to ice quickly.
For property managers with several buildings, we set up a route that covers each entrance, shared path, and parking area connection in a logical order, so no building gets skipped. We can also put the most used walks first, like the path to a leasing office or a laundry building, so residents can get where they need to go even mid storm.
The places most likely to cause a fall are also the hardest to clear with machines. Steps, landings, and accessible ramps get cleared by hand, edge to edge. Here’s what we pay attention to on every visit:
Once the surface is clear, de-icing and salt application handles the thin glaze that comes back after dark.
Light, dry snow, which Rangely gets plenty of in cold weather, moves easily with a blower and leaves a clean surface. Wet snow and the heavy berm left by a passing plow usually need shovels and scrapers. Packed snow needs to be broken up before it can be moved at all.
We bring both and use whatever gets the walk down to bare surface fastest without chipping concrete or throwing snow onto cars, doors, or windows. Where we put the snow matters as much as how we move it. A pile at the top of a walk melts in the afternoon sun and runs right back across the path, so we stack it downhill and away from entrances whenever the layout allows.
Basin is based on the Utah side of the line, and Rangely sits at the far east end of our service route. That’s why we set up Rangely sidewalk clearing as a seasonal service. Your walks, priorities, and trigger depth are agreed on before winter, so when a storm rolls through, your property is already on the plan.
We’ll be honest about timing too. We don’t promise arrival times, but contract properties are scheduled into every Rangely storm trip. If you have a walk that absolutely has to be open by a certain hour, tell us during setup and we’ll talk honestly about what’s realistic from the far end of the route.
Some walks are hard to keep clear no matter how well they’re shoveled. Heaved slabs and sunken sections hold water, which freezes into ice patches and makes clean shoveling tough. If your walks have uneven joints or broken edges, concrete repair in the warmer months can make next winter’s clearing faster and safer.
Downspouts are the other usual culprit. A short extension that carries roof water past the walk instead of across it can stop a patch of ice that otherwise comes back every single afternoon.
We walk every sidewalk, step, and ramp on your Rangely property and note drip lines, heaved slabs, and priority entrances.
Your free quote spells out which walks are covered, the trigger depth, and whether ice treatment is included.
Crews clear entrances, ramps, and steps by hand first, then frontage and connecting paths, down to bare concrete.
We check the finished walks with you early in the season and adjust the route or priorities wherever needed.
