Snow Plowing in the Butte: Old Glenn, Knik River Road and Bodenburg

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Written By Kaedyn Jennings
Snip and Clip Alaska plow truck with a SnowEx plow at sunset near the Butte, Alaska
Route truck headed out the Old Glenn at sunset. Big sky, open ground, and driveways that need a plan.
What you need to know
  • The Butte has its own routes. Old Glenn corridor, North Butte, South Butte, Knik River Road, Bodenburg and the Reindeer Farm area, and the neighborhoods around Butte Elementary.
  • It is open country. Wind and drifting are part of the deal and a lot of driveways are long gravel.
  • The borough plows the roads out here on its own schedule. Your driveway is done overnight whether the road is or not.
  • Most Butte driveways land in the $180 to $300 a month range for the season. Long ones land above it, and we say so up front.

Kaedyn Jennings Owner, Snip&Clip Alaska. Residential snow plowing in Palmer, Wasilla, the Butte and Anchorage.

The Butte is the part of our service area people forget we cover, and we run it every storm. Here is how routes work out there and what to expect on a storm night.

Area by area

Old Glenn Highway corridorThe spine of the Butte routes. Neighborhoods off the Old Glenn are close enough together to make tight loops.
North Butte and South ButteMixed lot sizes. The neighborhoods around Butte Elementary are the tightest and the easiest to get on.
Knik River RoadLong driveways, big lots, wind off the river. Square footage sets the price and we plan where the snow goes early.
Bodenburg and the Reindeer Farm areaOpen ground. Drifts stack in the same places every time and the operators learn them.

Wind and open ground

The Butte sits in the same wind Palmer does, with fewer trees to slow it down. A storm ends, we plow, and the wind can drift a driveway shut again with snow off the fields. When that happens after we have already been through, text the office and it goes back on the list.

This is the reason most Butte customers are on Pro Unlimited. Every qualifying visit for the season is one price, and out here the visit count runs higher than the storm count.

House and driveway buried under wind blown snow in the Mat Su Valley, Alaska
Wind loaded. Open ground does this.

Long gravel driveways

A lot of the Butte is 200, 300, 400 feet of gravel from the road to the house. That is normal out here and we plow plenty of it. It costs more because it is more driveway, and the important thing is planning where the snow goes on the first visit. A long driveway that gets plowed without a plan is a canyon by February with nowhere left to push. We stake it, we pick the pile locations, and we push to them from day one.

What a storm night looks like in the Butte

  1. TriggerAbout 2 inches at your address and you are on the schedule. You get a text.
  2. Overnight runRoutes run while you sleep. Second text when the truck is a few stops out. Live GPS on Pro plans.
  3. MorningClear for the commute over the Old Glenn.
  4. Borough plowComes through on its own schedule and leaves the berm. On Pro Unlimited we come back for it on heavy storms.
The Buddy System
Two neighbors on one road
makes the route work.

Sign up with a neighbor and you both save 10 percent. Out here it also decides whether a stretch of road is on a route at all. Two or three driveways together is what makes a stop worth it.

Snow covered rural road lined with trees in the Butte, Alaska

Quick answers

Do you really plow the Butte?

Yes, with dedicated routes. Old Glenn corridor, North and South Butte, Knik River Road, Bodenburg and the Reindeer Farm area, and around Butte Elementary.

How far out Knik River Road do you go?

It depends on where routes already run. Send the form and we tell you within 24 hours. If your stretch is not on one yet, the Buddy System is how it gets started.

My driveway is 400 feet of gravel. Is that a problem?

No. It costs more because it is more driveway, and we plan where the snow goes on the first visit so you still have a driveway in February.

What does it cost?

Most Butte driveways land between about $180 and $300 a month for the season. Long ones land above that. Exact number within 24 hours of the form.

2026 to 2027 season
Routes fill by neighborhood.
Lock yours in now.

Billing starts October 1. Once a neighborhood is at capacity it closes and late signups go on a waitlist.

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Kaedyn Jennings