Lamoille County
Snow plowing in
Cambridge, Vermont
Snow plowing in Cambridge covers mountain-weather driveways, rental properties, small businesses, and rural access near Jeffersonville.
Local operating question
What is different about a Cambridge stop?
Cambridge and Jeffersonville sit where Routes 15, 104, and 108 meet, with mountain travel, river-valley roads, and rural approaches. Conditions can change sharply toward Smugglers’ Notch and higher ground. Map shaded pitches and stopping zones, and keep sand as a traction tool rather than a promise of bare surface. So conditions toward Smugglers' Notch and higher ground can turn over faster than they do at the valley floor. A property near the mountain side of town should plan for an earlier trigger than one closer to the village center. Shaded, steep sections deserve their own sand plan, not the same material used on flatter, sunnier stretches.
How snow affects a Cambridge lot
The Jeffersonville station is Cambridge's own record: 139.3 inches of snow a year, 133 days of snow cover and 46.5 days with an inch of new snow.
VT 15, VT 104, VT 108 and VT 109 cross Cambridge, and Bear Head, at about 3,930 feet, stands over the valley.
The Lamoille, Brewster, Seymour and North Branch Lamoille rivers run through town. The plan notes a flood-prone crossing at the Route 15 Wrong-Way Bridge.
Winters this heavy need snow storage planned by the inch, not by habit.
What Cambridge properties look like
Fairfax, to the west, records 79.9 inches of snow to Cambridge's 139.3. Steep, shaded gravel makes traction the first question here. Cambridge's 2018 plan puts 58% of the housing units in Jeffersonville village as renter-occupied, so village lots often answer to a landlord as well as a tenant. Cambridge had 3,839 people in 2020, split between Jeffersonville and Cambridge village with farm country between them. The valleys were settled for grazing, and many drives still run to barns and outbuildings, not garages. A request should name the nearer village, because the two sit several miles apart on VT 15.
For a Cambridge property, write down the pitch, the shade and the turnaround. A steep drive near Jeffersonville should have its sand zone and its trigger depth in the same paragraph. Model the Cambridge lot in the snow-service planning range calculator.
| Condition | Near Cambridge | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall | 139.3 inches a year (Jeffersonville) | NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (nearest station) |
| New-snow days | 46.5 a year | Same source |
| Snow-cover days | 133 a year | Same source |
| Numbered highways | VT 15, VT 104, VT 108 and VT 109 | US Census Bureau TIGER/Line map data |
| Named rivers | Lamoille River, Brewster River, Seymour River and North Branch Lamoille River | USGS National Hydrography Dataset |
| Lakes and ponds | Lake of the Clouds, Bear Pond and Sterling Pond | USGS Geographic Names Information System |
| Named places | Morses Mill, Jeffersonville, North Cambridge, Cambridge Junction and Pleasant Valley | Same source |
| Highest summit | Bear Head, about 3,930 feet | USGS GNIS summit names; heights from the USGS 3D Elevation Program |
Parking bans and plowing rules in Cambridge
The state plows the numbered routes, and VTrans puts an average plow route at an hour and a half to two hours. A private road off VT 108 or VT 109 should say who clears the bank left at its mouth.
Snow plowing near Cambridge
Planning also covers Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho, Underhill and Hinesburg, and the service-area directory lists every town.
Straight answers
Questions to settle before the snow flies
What should a Cambridge plan know about winter parking and plowing?
The state plows VT 15, VT 104, VT 108 and VT 109 on routes that average an hour and a half to two hours. Confirm town parking rules with the town.