Our guy we use came about 9 Am and cleared the snow for us with his snow blower, and looks closer to a foot, unfortunatly with him coming early and them still plowing the roads, i had a load about a foot or more high blocking the driveway to the road, so cleared that late yesterday afternoon, and by then it had iced up and was real heavy, my wife wasnt keen on me doing it, but I managed OK and didnt aggrivated the hernia surgery part :)