Open gates plowing

About Open gates plowing

A calm snowfall in Hurley can turn into a different problem by afternoon, once the wind picks up across the broad flats along the Esopus Creek and starts sculpting drifts over every lane. Open gates plowing has a name that states the goal plainly: drives open, nothing standing between the house and the road. Long driveways that run back from Hurley's roads are plowed through, drifted stretches are pushed clear, and room is left at the edges for the next blow. Snow is a fact of life in the shadow of the Catskills, and keeping pace with it is the whole job. By the time the low winter sun sinks behind those mountains to the west, the lane is clear and the evening is yours.