Snow in Rangely rarely shows up as one giant dump. It comes in a string of smaller storms, and with January lows near 2.6°F, each one hangs around longer than it would somewhere milder. Snow that gets driven on turns into hard ruts, and in this kind of cold those ruts can last for weeks.
Our snow removal in Rangely runs on seasonal contracts. Since Rangely sits at the east end of our route, across the state line, we plan these trips ahead and keep contract properties on a set storm list. We plow drive lanes, parking rows, yard entrances, and driveways, stack piles where melt can drain, and haul snow off site when there is no room left.
We know Rangely cold hangs on, so we plow before traffic packs the snow into ice that can last for weeks.
Plows, loaders, and haul trucks let us clear big yards, push back tall banks, and move snow off site when needed.
We tell you up front that Rangely runs on seasonal contracts, so you know exactly what coverage you're getting.
Piles go where we agreed, blades stay off landscaping, and gravel stays on your drive instead of in the snowbank.
Rangely sits at 5,276 feet in the high desert of northwest Colorado and gets about 29.5 inches of snow in an average winter. That total won’t make the news, but the cold is the bigger story. January lows hover around 2.6°F, so snow that falls on a Tuesday can still be sitting there the following week if nobody moves it. Once tires roll over it, it packs into a hard, lumpy crust that’s tough to scrape and easy to slip on.
That makes early clearing the whole game. Getting the blade on the pavement before traffic starts, then hitting the leftover glaze with de-icing and salt application, keeps a lot usable through those long cold stretches.
The Rangely Oil Field keeps trucks moving all winter, and the yards that support it don’t get to close for weather. Equipment yards, pipe storage lots, and service company shops need gates open and lanes wide enough for big rigs to swing through. That’s a different job from plowing a grocery store lot.
We work around parked equipment and stacked pipe, push snow to the outside of the yard instead of between rows, and keep turning areas generous so a truck pulling a trailer isn’t fighting a bank. On gravel sections, we raise the blade so we move snow and leave the base where it belongs.
We’ll be straight with you. Basin is based in Vernal, and Rangely is roughly 50 miles east across the state line by way of US-40 and Colorado 64. That distance is exactly why we run Rangely snow removal on seasonal contracts. Contract properties are mapped, scoped, and on our storm list before winter, so we can plan the trip instead of reacting to it.
For properties that need help at any hour while a storm is running, 24/7 emergency snow response can be built into the same agreement.
Colorado 64 doubles as Main Street, and the shops, offices, and restaurants along it need entrances and parking open early. Apartments and rentals near the college campus have their own morning rush, with residents and students heading out first thing. In both cases the priority list looks similar:
Plows don’t handle steps or narrow walks well, so we pair lots with sidewalk clearing for the paths people actually walk on.
Cold winters mean piles don’t shrink much between storms. By midwinter, a lot that had plenty of room in December can be running out of places to stack. Piles that creep into parking spaces cost you capacity, and piles placed uphill of the pavement send meltwater across the lot where it refreezes every night.
We agree on pile locations during the fall walkthrough and revisit them as the season goes. When there’s simply no room left, we load the snow and haul it off site. That costs more than pushing it to the edge, so we talk through it ahead of time and you decide where the line sits.
Freeze-thaw swings are rough on asphalt and concrete. Water works into cracks, freezes, and pries them wider, and a blade catching a raised edge can chip it further. Before winter, mark curbs, islands, drains, and anything low a plow could hit. In spring, walk the lot and note new cracks or broken edges, since those are much easier to fix while they’re small. A quick look each spring keeps next winter’s plowing from turning a small crack into a pothole.
We walk your lot or yard before the snow flies, marking curbs, drains, low obstacles, and spots where piles can safely go.
You get a written seasonal quote covering which areas get plowed, when service kicks in, and whether hauling is included.
When storms hit, we open drive lanes and entrances first, then parking rows, edges, and the corners plows usually miss.
After the season, we walk the property with you, note any pavement damage, and adjust the plan for next winter.
