A snow fence directs blowing snow and is made from either thin wooden slats or plastic webbing that is often colored orange.
A wooden “Wyoming Snow Fence” is completely different. Wyoming snow fences prevent huge snow drifts from forming on highways and rural access roads. These wooden fences are 6 to 12 feet tall and there are hundreds of miles of them throughout the Rocky Mountain region and state of Wyoming. Snow fences make it possible to travel during the brutal winter months along Interstates and other roadways that are battered by hurricane force winds and heavy snowfall.
Centennial Woods installs and maintains most of the hundreds of miles of snow fences throughout Wyoming. When a section of snow fence is rebuilt, we recycle the old boards and mill them into beautifully weathered planks for interior and exterior use. Watch our video to see how we create recycled lumber products. Our circular process of building/rebuilding Wyoming snow fences has created the largest and most consistent source of sustainable reclaimed wood in the world. Learn more about snow fences on Wikipedia