CB Mountain Services

About CB Mountain Services

Columbia Falls calls itself the gateway to Glacier, and in summer that means a steady stream of traffic headed east through Bad Rock Canyon toward the park entrance, but by December the road empties out and the town settles into its own quieter winter business. CB Mountain Services works that off-season stretch, plowing the residential streets and driveways of a town that spends most of the snowy months without the crowds passing through. The canyon holds cold air well after the sun's up, so a driveway near its mouth can stay icy long after streets closer to the valley floor have cleared. The crew runs a steady route through town, working the same neighborhoods storm after storm until the pattern is second nature. Glacier's peaks are usually visible from the yard the whole time, snow-capped now in a way that matches everything at ground level too.