Chittenden County
Snow plowing in
Underhill, Vermont
Snow plowing in Underhill covers foothill properties, steep approaches, long private lanes, farm access, and homes near the Mount Mansfield corridor.
Local operating question
What is different about an Underhill stop?
Underhill sits along the Mount Mansfield foothills, where elevation, shade, wooded approaches, and long grades can change conditions over a short distance. A lower section may be wet while an upper, shaded section is already frozen. Sand zones should be mapped at the steepest pitch, curves, and stopping points, not spread by habit. Because Underhill's long private lanes climb toward the Mount Mansfield corridor, a single visit can cross several microclimates, wet at the road, refrozen higher up. A single blanket pass will not cover it. Farm access and mountain-side roads often share a lane with a residence. So agree in advance on priority order when both need to be reachable during the same storm.
How snow affects an Underhill lot
Underhill uses the Jeffersonville station: 139.3 inches of snow a year and 133 days of snow cover. That is about 52 inches more than Burlington airport records.
The station also counts 46.5 days with an inch or more of new snow. A long private drive can need clearing on nearly every one of them.
VT 15 is the only numbered road in Underhill, and most properties reach it by a town or private road, below The Chin at about 4,383 feet.
The Browns, Seymour and Lee rivers run through town. Low sections near them stay wet while shaded upper drives are already frozen.
What Underhill properties look like
Jericho, its neighbor to the west, records 85.9 inches against Underhill's 139.3. A plan written for a Jericho drive will under-count a mountain-side one.
For an Underhill drive, write down the pitch, the shaded stretches and the point where a truck can turn. With about 46 new-snow days a year, the trigger depth decides the season's cost. Model the Underhill lot in the snow-service planning range calculator.
| Condition | Near Underhill | 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 | US Census Bureau TIGER/Line map data |
| Named rivers | Browns River, Seymour River and Lee River | USGS National Hydrography Dataset |
| Named places | Stevensville, North Underhill and Underhill Center | USGS Geographic Names Information System |
| Highest summit | The Chin, about 4,383 feet | USGS GNIS summit names; heights from the USGS 3D Elevation Program |
| Housing units | 1,158 residences | Town of Underhill, 2021 Town Plan (adopted September 9, 2021) |
Parking bans and plowing rules in Underhill
The Underhill highway department posts spring mud-season restrictions on town roads, and the 2026 restrictions were lifted on April 29. A gravel drive that cannot carry a truck in March should be described that way in the service scope.
Snow plowing near Underhill
Planning also covers Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho, Hinesburg and Richmond, and the service-area directory lists every town.
Straight answers
Questions to settle before the snow flies
What should an Underhill plan know about winter parking and plowing?
The town posts mud-season restrictions on its roads in spring. A gravel drive that cannot carry a truck should be described that way in the written scope.