Snow Retention Project Profile Articles

Call it beginner's luck. When Rock-N-Road Construction submitted an entry on a whim, they never expected to win. However, the covered picnic pavilion built by the company at a remote Alaska campground, using a snow retention system from Rocky Mountain Snow Guards for the first time, was all it took to capture a Runner Up Prize in the Commercial category.

The stunning roofing on a custom home in Nebraska includes both standing seam metal and composite slate. Ensuring the snow retention system works seamlessly across both surfaces without disrupting the design flow has earned White Castle Roofing a Runner Up Prize in the residential category of the 2025 "Show Us Our Snow Guards: Contest.

By retrofitting S-5!® ColorGard® bar with H90 clamps and SnoClip™ IIIs on the Ford Wyoming Center's MBCI® SuperLok metal roof panels, Gem City Roofing has made the multi-purpose facility safer for event attendees and employees.

"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.