Driveway & Walkway Plowing
Full driveways, walkways, and steps, cleared on a 2-inch trigger or on-call. Berm clearing after the city plow comes through.
Residential plans →
One driveway or an entire parking lot. Request seasonal or per-visit snow removal quotes for Spokane and the North Side, including Five Mile Prairie. Independent local contractors set their routes, availability, and prices.
Send a request. A local provider may follow up with pricing for your address.
Request quotes for any of these. Independent contractors set their own prices, routes, and schedules.
Full driveways, walkways, and steps, cleared on a 2-inch trigger or on-call. Berm clearing after the city plow comes through.
Residential plans →
Pre-storm staging for retail, office, and HOA lots, plus documentation property managers can point to if a slip-fall claim comes in.
Commercial service →
Granular and liquid de-icer applied ahead of a freeze-thaw swing, with pet- and concrete-safe options for driveways and walkways.
Ice management →
Ground-based roof raking and steam removal for heavy load and ice dams, before a ceiling crack or a sticking door tells you it's overdue.
Roof snow service →
One flat rate for the whole Nov-Mar season, a mapped route, and a priority slot before the first storm fills the schedule.
How contracts work →Spokane's snow season usually runs November through March, with the heaviest stretch landing in December and January. Some years it's a handful of real storms and a lot of gray slush; other years it doesn't let up. The freeze-thaw cycle is the part that catches people off guard: a driveway that looks clear at 4pm can be a sheet of black ice by the time you're leaving for work the next morning, because meltwater refreezes overnight once temperatures drop back below freezing.
Then there's the berm. When the city plow clears an arterial, it pushes a wall of packed, heavy snow across the end of every driveway that meets that street. It's not an oversight, it's just physics, and it means a driveway can be perfectly clear and still unusable until that ridge gets broken up separately.
Elevation and orientation matter more than most people expect. Neighborhoods up on the prairie, like Five Mile, sit high enough to catch snow earlier and hold it longer than downtown. And a north-facing driveway in a lot of Spokane neighborhoods barely sees direct sun from December through February, so a patch that would melt off a south-facing slope in a day can sit as ice for a week.
For scale, the winter of 2008-09 is still the benchmark locals measure against, with well over 90 inches of snow across the region and weeks where crews couldn't keep up no matter how early they started. Most winters aren't that one, but it's the reason a lot of Spokane property owners plan for a heavy season instead of hoping for a light one.
Contractors take seasonal work until their own routes are full. Request quotes early if you want a provider lined up before the first storm. This site cannot hold a route slot for you.
Here is the sequence a contractor who accepts a request typically follows. Spokane Snow Pros does not perform the work, and timing is up to that contractor.
You share the address, property type, and service interest. A contractor who takes the request may map the driveway or lot into their route before the season starts.
When a trigger-depth snowfall hits, that contractor's crews run their own routes in the order they set, often contract customers first, then per-push requests.
After the main plow pass, a second pass clears the berm left by city plows and hand-clears steps and walkways.
De-icer goes down where freeze-thaw risk is highest, and your account carries through to the last storm of the season.
What your price depends on:
Most Spokane properties run on either a per-push rate or a flat seasonal contract, priced by driveway length, lot size, and typical trigger events for the season. A seasonal contract locks in a flat rate regardless of storm count; per-push bills only when a plow shows up. Ask for both numbers when you request a quote.
Both. A seasonal contract covers the full Nov-Mar window for one flat price and can hold a route slot before the season fills, if a contractor still has room; per-push service bills only for the storms that actually hit, which suits properties that don't need every event cleared. Most residential customers in North Spokane choose the contract once they've priced out a heavy winter.
Timing depends on the contractor's route, the storm, and how many requests are ahead of yours. Spokane Snow Pros is a referral service and does not guarantee a response window. A provider who accepts your request sets their own schedule. Ask about timing when you request quotes.
Yes. Berm clearing is included in residential seasonal contracts and available as an add-on for per-push service. City plows pack that ridge of compacted snow hard, so it usually needs a separate pass after the arterial has been cleared, timed to when the city crew has actually come through your street.
Quote requests cover Spokane's North Side, including Five Mile Prairie, Indian Trail, Country Homes, Wandermere, Mead, North Hill, Shadle Park, and Audubon-Downriver. Five Mile Prairie is the flagship territory given its elevation and microclimate. Check the service area page for a neighborhood breakdown or send a quote request to confirm your address.
Request free quotes for your neighborhood. A local provider may contact you about your request. Response time is up to that provider.