Tree Service in Cottonwood Heights, UT

Cottonwood Heights sits higher than most of the valley, at roughly 4,820 feet, and Tree Service in Cottonwood Heights reflects that. The city averages close to 26 inches of precipitation a year by NOAA's 1991-2020 normals, compared with about 15.5 inches at the Salt Lake City airport. More of that falls as snow, and wet spring snow on fully leafed trees is what breaks limbs here.

The ridge and the canyons

A high ridge runs through the city between the Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood Creek valleys, and both narrow into canyons at the east edge. That is where the nickname 'city between the canyons' comes from. Homes near the canyon mouths and up the ridge often sit on sloping lots with conifers planted close to the house, and the lower ground north of the ridge holds most of the commercial land and flatter neighborhoods.

What snow does to trees

Spruce and fir shed snow fairly well. Broadleaf trees do not, especially when an early or late storm arrives while leaves are on. The damage pattern is predictable:

• Long, heavy limbs that have never been thinned bend and split at the union
• Multi-trunk trees with tight V-shaped forks crack down the middle
• Branches over driveways and roofs come down first because they have grown out toward the light

Thinning and end-weight reduction, done to ANSI A300 standards, lowers the load on those limbs without stripping the tree. Fall and late winter are good times to look at it.

Working on slopes

Sloped lots change how a tree comes down. We often rig sections on ropes instead of felling, and we look closely at retaining walls, window wells and the path wood will travel to the street. If equipment can't get into the backyard, we say so in the estimate and price the extra handling up front.

Green waste and leaves

Cottonwood Heights is in the Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District. The district's green-waste can is an optional subscription that runs from mid-March to mid-December. For fall leaves, the district lists a drop-off at Station 110; the old Bywater Park site has been discontinued, and the district asks residents not to leave leaves there.

Homes here

Census figures show an owner-occupied rate of about 72 percent, a median home value near $694,000, and close to 19 percent of residents aged 65 or older. A good share of our calls here come from owners who want the big spruce off the gutter line or the maple away from the roof before another winter.

Call (385) 217-6481 to describe the trees, or send the form with a photo. Get a free estimate