Each winter we are confronted with an ever growing problem on several of our greens. This comes in the form of heavy shading from the Ponderosa Pines casting shadows which does not allow enough sunlight to effectively melt snow from the greens.
As a result of this we have routinely cleared snow off these shaded greens in efforts to help control the potential build up of ice and excessive snow. A lot of thought goes into the decision as to when and whether the snow is removed such as:
- Snow type (heavy or light)
- Snow amount
- Duration of snow cover
- Future weather forecast
- Soil moisture levels
- Wildlife activity
- Time of year
