Winter in Colorado is a mixed bag, periods of warm weather then brief (usually) periods of snow and cold.    People think of skiing in the plentiful snow in Colorado, but the snow stays mostly in the higher elevations.   And the ski areas also make plenty of fake snow.  We just got a major storm, so people were freaking out and buying enough milk, bread and eggs for the apocalypse.  Now comes the clean up.

I measured 8 1/2 inches (or 21.25 centimeters for those who think in metric.)

This is my favorite snow removal tool, a leaf blower.   It creates an instant blizzard on soft fluffy snow.   This snow had crusted over, so it didn’t work very well.

That leaves the trusty ordinary snow shovel to do the job.   It is plastic, so one needs to buy a new one every few years.

Unlike the aluminium grain shovel, which is about 35 years old.  It’s great for heavy wet snow.

I also use paw-safe de-icer for the frozen bit.   Not pictured is the ice scraper, the brush on an extension pole for the satellite dish, various brooms, and the snow roof rake (because the hardware store sold me a box with just a handle in it).

However, these methods of snow removal pale in comparison with the technique of Miss P.

 

She uses her nose and entire body to smash the snow out of her way.