Snow Retention Project Profile Articles

"The vintage 24-gauge metal roof creates a type of lasting art on this home," says Spenser Fread, superintendent with Battle Ridge Builders out of Belgrade, MT. "Because metal panels are so slick, snow can avalanche off them as the sun warms up the roof's surface. That's why a snow retention system is so essential."

Adding a copper standing seam roof and a dark bronze snow fence system to the amenity-filled Tyrolean Condo units in Vail, CO gave the entire development an upgraded look. The detailed roofing work also earned the roofing contractor, Turner Morris Commercial Roofing, the Grand Prize for the second consecutive year for the "Most Outstanding Commercial Snow Retention Project" in the 2025 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

Transforming a cedar shake roof to a composite shake roof not only earned Home Grown Roofing & Contracting a 5-star Google review from the homeowner, but it also secured the company the Grand Prize in the 2025 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest. Installing almost 1,000 dark bronze Yeti 18 snow guards, the contractor won for "Most Outstanding Residential Snow Retention Project."

When Summit Fire & EMS in Summit County, Colorado holds the grand opening of Station 10 in Silverthorne on June 4th, there likely won't be snow on the ground. However, the roof of the new structure is ready for when the seasons change and Summit County experiences its annual yearly average of 264 inches of snowfall.*

Roof ownership has not been easy lately for Littleton, Colorado residents Tom and Karen Smith. After the natural deterioration of their cedar shake roof, they switched to a synthetic roof. However, a wicked tornado with 4" hail severely damaged that roof and their deck.

Their outstanding installation of dark bronze RG16 snow guards secures Strait Line Roofing the Runner Up Winner in the Outstanding Residential Project category in the 2024 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

Nothing shines like a newly-installed copper roof. The custom copper roof and snow guard system installed by Umbrella Roofing on a Vail, Colorado home shines so brightly that it was named the Runner Up Winner in the Most Impressive Snow Guard Project category in our "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

For their creative work on the Drift II snow fence installation on St. Augustine Church in Denver, CO, Dahlenburg Roofing out of Wheatridge, CO was named the Runner Up Winner in the Most Impressive Fence-Style Snow Retention System category in our 2024 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

For their attractive work using the ColorGard bar with E clamps system on this upscale maintenance shed for Beaver Creek Golf Course in Avon, CO, Turner Morris Commercial Roofing out of Arvada, CO was named Runner Up Winner in the Most Impressive Bar-Style Snow Retention System category in our "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest

Outstanding installation of dark bronze Yeti 6 snow guards on a complex in Lone Tree, Colorado secures Fixins Roofing and Home Services the Runner Up Winner in the Outstanding Commercial Project category in the 2024 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.