Yeti 18 Copper Snow Guards add protection and style to composite shake roof

By Rocky Mountain Snow Guards.

See why this Colorado roofer relies on Yeti 18 for snow retention projects.

It starts in October and can continue into May. In the town of Aspen, Colorado snowfall reaching up to 180 inches can blanket the earth for almost eight months each year. That’s a key reason why smart Colorado roofers replacing old cedar shakes on homes with new composite shake tiles always recommend snow retention systems.

Roofer Andy Dutlinger knows this situation firsthand. For the past decade his company has relied on the free layout and design services at Rocky Mountain Snow Guards to assure his customers have quality snow retention systems.

“For one of our most recent re-roofing projects in Aspen we installed composite shake from DaVinci® Roofscapes,” says Andy, account manager with Roper Roofing & Solar out of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. “This is a very slick product, so I knew we’d want to have snow retention. My first choice was the Yeti 18 snow guards in copper. They’re a high-quality product that adds a strong designer element to the roof.”

Made of durable aluminum (and available also in copper), Yeti Series Snow Guards feature classic half-round styling with 4.1 square inches of pad area and a quarter inch of cupped edge. The Yeti 18 is 18 inches in overall length and designed for new installation of natural and synthetic slate and shake, plus cedar shingle roofs located in more demanding snow conditions.

Growing the business

As his company has done for the past 10 years, Andy relied on the sturdy products from Rocky Mountain Snow Guards for the very large Aspen residential project. He attached each Yeti 18 with 4-ring shank nails. He reflected on the project: 

This roof was about 126 squares. The Rocky Mountain Snow Guards products are the products we repeatedly use. The Yeti 18 is our ‘go to’ product because they’re more elegant and high-end. With this particular roof, the copper snow guards accent the Aged Cedar color of the DaVinci shake tiles. The project overall looks beautiful and the homeowners got the protection they asked for above key walkway areas of the home where they specifically wanted it.

Looking ahead, Andy plans to keep using Rocky Mountain Snow Guards' products and services. As he put it, "Right now our business is in the Denver metro area, Colorado Springs, the entire Front Range and various communities across the state. As we grow our business into more alpine work we’re looking forward to expanding our use of snow retention products and partnering more with Rocky Mountain Snow Guards."