Silverthorne, Colorado
Christmas Light Takedown in Silverthorne, Colorado
January takedown in Silverthorne means working around frozen clips, packed snow on north-facing eaves, and metal roofs that shed a load without warning. We handle the removal, the labeling, and the storage — you don't touch a ladder.
Takedown at 8,730 feet is a different job than putting them up
By January, a Silverthorne display has spent six or seven weeks under snow, through repeated freeze-thaw cycling, with ice working its way into every clip. Hardware that slid on easily in October is now locked into place. Pulling hard on a frozen line is how gutters get bent, shingles get lifted, and clips get left behind to show up in a lawnmower next July.
We take displays down the way we put them up: on a ladder, clip by clip, warming and working hardware loose rather than yanking a run free from the ground. It's slower. It's also the only version of this that leaves your roofline the way we found it.
Metal roofs need the same care coming off as going on
A lot of Silverthorne's newer construction carries standing-seam metal, which is exactly why we use seam-gripping clip systems in the first place — nothing adhesive, nothing that penetrates the panel. That matters at takedown too. Seam clips have to be released properly, not levered off, and a metal roof in January is a sheet of ice that can release its snow load in one piece while someone is standing under it. We plan the sequence around that, and we schedule around temperature and sun rather than just working down a list of addresses.
Year-round residents notice, so we don't leave loose ends
Silverthorne is the most year-round-resident town in the county. People here live with their houses every day — they see the stray clip on the fascia, the bit of wire behind the downspout, the anchor left on a porch post. A takedown that's almost complete is a takedown that bothers you until spring.
So we walk the property before we leave. Every clip, stake, timer, extension cord, and anchor comes off. Ground stakes get pulled before they freeze in deeper. Gutters get checked for hardware that dropped during removal.
What takedown and storage includes
- Full removal of strands, clips, stakes, timers, and cords from roofline, trees, and ground displays
- Labeled by section so next season's install goes back exactly where it belongs
- Inspection of every run — sub-zero cycling is hard on strings, and we'd rather find a failing section in January than in November
- Off-season storage at our facility, so nothing takes up a shelf in your garage or crawlspace
- Scheduling that works remotely — you don't need to be home, and we can coordinate around rental turnovers
Wildernest, Angler Mountain Ranch, Three Peaks, Willowbrook
These neighborhoods don't take down the same. Wildernest sits high with steep drives and tight access, which changes how and when we can get a truck and ladders in after a storm cycle. Angler Mountain Ranch and Three Peaks lean newer, with more metal roofing and more HOA guidance on when displays need to be down. Willowbrook's older, more established stock brings its own mix of fascia, gutter, and tree work. We route Silverthorne accordingly instead of pretending one plan fits all four.
Frisco-based, one town over
We're in Frisco. When a takedown date needs to move because a storm rolled through Thursday night, that's a short conversation and a short drive — not a crew coming up from the Front Range. Summit Mountain Lights was founded in 2025 by installers with more than fifteen years in professional lighting installation, and takedown gets the same attention as the install.
Get a free estimate. Tell us your Silverthorne address and roughly how many feet of roofline you're running, and we'll put together a plan for design, install, in-season service, takedown, and storage. Call (970) 406-8898.