A heart outline in the snow

(Photography by John Zich)

No people like snow people

Two plow trucks, 225 tons of salt, and other campus snow removal stats.

25

UChicago Facilities Services staff members assigned to snow removal each winter

20

Miles of sidewalk Facilities Services is responsible for clearing of snow and ice

1

Start time (a.m.) of earliest snow removal shift during a heavy storm

225–275

Tons of bulk salt used to deice sidewalks, docks, and parking lots each year

4,320

Bags of beet-treated ice melt used on sidewalks and building entrances annually

3

Days new Facilities Services managers spend at a snow and ice management seminar

2

University-owned plow trucks

18

Assigned snow removal routes on the Hyde Park campus