To be extra sure, sometimes dry pavement is even plowed, so they don't miss a flake somewhere that might cause the catastrophic pile-up on our busy thoroughfares which we've avoided thus far. If there is actually any real snow in the streets, we bring out all the gear and the Country throws in a few trucks and plows to boot. Unless you live someplace like Telluride, Paonia has your snow cleanup routine beat, hands down. We've got wide streets, for one thing. Plows push the snow into the center of the street.
Backhoes lift the snow from the street into waiting dump trucks.
The dump trucks take the snow over to Hotchkiss and dump it in their streets. If you didn't have any snow in your yard, you'd think it never fell here. I grew up in Canada and Minnesota. After living in these places, it's not easy to overlook Paonia's dedication to snow removal. As a child I became nearsighted because all winter long I never saw further than to the next snowbank.