Chinook Services

About Chinook Services

When the wind swings down out of the mountains and the temperature drops fast along the Snohomish River delta, the flats around Langus Riverfront Park are usually the first part of Everett to go icy. Chinook Services runs its snow removal crews out along that lowland first on a cold snap, clearing the parking areas and access roads near the river before working back uphill into the rest of the city. The river bottom holds cold air longer than the bluffs above it, so a light freeze downtown can mean a hard, standing ice on the flats. Driveways and walkways near the water get plowed and treated early for exactly that reason. That low ground earns the crew's attention first, every time the weather turns before anywhere else in the city feels it.