Do you need a snowblower in Alpine, UT?
What clears snow in Alpine
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Alpine about once every 2 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
How much snow Alpine gets
- Snow a year
- 74 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 69
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.1 times what a typical snowy US city gets. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 9.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Alpine
- Oct1.6
- Nov8.0
- Dec17.5
- Jan17.4
- Feb13.6
- Mar9.6
- Apr6.2
- May0.5
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Alpine and its neighbours
Alpine is number 14 of 67 Utah towns here for snowfall; Bountiful gets the most at 119 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland, UT | 3 | 74 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Draper, UT | 5 | 74 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| American Fork, UT | 6 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lehi, UT | 6 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Pleasant Grove, UT | 7 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sandy, UT | 9 | 82 in | Two-stage snowblower |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Alpine, 0.1 miles from Alpine. A normal winter, not this winter's forecast. Snow is weighed at 6.24 pounds a cubic foot, fresh and fairly dry; wet spring snow can weigh three times that.