Upper Valley Ice Melt

About Upper Valley Ice Melt

The bridges carrying Broadway and its neighboring streets across the Snake River ice first and thaw last, black ice forming on the deck long after the rest of downtown has dried out under the sun. Upper Valley Ice Melt treats those crossings and the sidewalks feeding into them before the morning commute starts back and forth across the water. A bridge deck holds cold differently than a driveway does, and getting the application right — enough to break the ice, not so much it's wasted on pavement that's already bare — takes real judgment, not a formula. Idaho Falls drivers know to ease off crossing the river on a cold morning, but the sidewalks deserve the same attention the traffic lanes get. Six in the morning on the bridge, the water below still throwing its own frost into the air, and the walkway is already gritty and bare underfoot.