Whiteout snow removal

About Whiteout snow removal

Some Bozeman storms don't so much snow as blow, wind funneling up the Gallatin Canyon and across the valley floor until the flats turn into a sideways-moving wall of white with zero visibility past the hood of a truck. Whiteout snow removal works those exact conditions, the wind-scoured, drifted-over streets that a light dusting could never produce on its own but a good valley gale absolutely can. Drifts pile up against the same fence lines and building corners every time, and knowing where they'll form is half the job before a blade ever touches ground. The work often starts before the wind has fully died down, plowing a street that might drift shut again within the hour. When it finally lays down and the sky clears to that hard blue Montana gets after a big blow, the streets are open and staying that way.