Miller Outdoor and Tree KC

About Miller Outdoor and Tree KC

Indian Creek threads northeast out of Olathe toward the rest of the metro, and the trail that follows it carries runners between here and Overland Park most of the year until the first real snow shuts it down. Miller Outdoor and Tree KC works both ends of that stretch, clearing driveways in Olathe in the dark hour before a Kansas dawn, then following the same creek line into the city as the morning goes on. The trees along the creek bottom hold ice longest of anywhere in town, shaded and slow to thaw even after the streets have gone to slush, so the crew watches that corridor for hangers and deadfall as much as for the snow itself. A Kansas City-bound front usually reaches Olathe first, which means the earliest calls of the morning come from this side of town. By the time the creek trail reopens, the driveways along it have already been clear for hours.