Snow fences have lots of uses in wintry, windy places. They can protect railway lines and airports (like Denver’s). Ski resorts can use them to gather snow, and ranchers can lock in a spring ...

Permanent snow fences are typically constructed of wooden slats positioned horizontally or vertically, leaving about an 8 to 10-inch open space at the bottom, with posts constructed of treated ...

SULTAN — It’s that colorful fence made of skis on U.S. 2 on the way to Stevens Pass that makes you go, “Now that is cool.” The panel of 1,450 old skis stretches roughly 200 yards.

Snow fences may help save money, lives, and the environment 04:18. BIRD ISLAND, Minn. – Minnesota spends close to $100 million every year to clear snow and ice from state roads.

Commonly called snow fences, the wood-slat barriers are just one of many preparations the city of South Haven takes as winter nears. And they have a dual target.

Living snow fences may capture up to 12 times more snow than a wooden fence. A well-established living snow fence requires very little maintenance. Disadvantages .

MnDOT awarded $13.7 million to install snow fences on I-94 The federal grant will fund the installation of 24 miles of snow fence across 38 sites along the 120-mile stretch of Interstate 94 ...

Snow fence: An open, slatted board fence 3-10 feet high, placed about 50 feet upwind of a highway, used to disrupt wind flow so that wind-blown snow is deposited immediately downwind of the fence ...

Installation of snow fences along I-94 near Barnesville several years ago has also been a success. Sgt. Jesse Grabow of the Minnesota State Patrol has patrolled the area for about 20 years.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has been installing snow fences around the state for years but they first started appearing in the Red River Valley in the fall of 2018.

Captain Ahab had his white whale, and the Independence Pass Foundation has its snow fence. The Aspen-based nonprofit has been plugging away since the mid-1990s on removing remnants of aluminum ...