One number for the whole winter

What drives a seasonal price

• Plowable area and layout. Square footage matters less than how the lot plows: islands, tight lanes, docks and where the snow can go.
• Walkway scope. Entrances, sidewalks, stairs and ADA routes take hand crews, which are priced separately from truck work.
• Trigger depth. A 1-inch trigger means more visits than a 2-inch trigger. High-liability sites usually choose the lower one.
• Priority timing. Cleared-by-6-a.m. costs more than cleared-by-noon, because it buys position at the front of a route.
• Site risk. Slopes, shaded ice zones and drainage issues we find in the walkthrough all shape the plan and the price.

Priced on history, not a guess

Seasonal numbers are built from the past three years of snowfall history for your area: how many plowable events, how many ice events, how many salt runs an average winter actually produces. That history is what makes the price fair in both directions; we publish it at county snowfall history so you can check our homework. You're not paying for a mythical monster winter, and we're not underbidding a number we'd regret honoring in February.

What the seasonal rate covers

Everything, typically: plowing, walkway clearing, salting and de-icing, storm monitoring, inspections before and after the season, and service reports after every event. One number, all winter. If you'd rather see salt broken out, we can structure it per application instead; some owners prefer paying for exactly the treatments a winter produces. Your call, and the proposal will show it however you want to buy it.

Why we don't quote per storm

Per-event and per-inch contracts exist, and in a mild winter they look clever. In a hard one they blow up budgets and start measurement arguments. Most owners and boards we work with would rather approve one number once. If you want to see the tradeoffs anyway, we'll walk you through them honestly, or read our plain-English comparison.