Metal roofing in Athol, ID

Athol sits at 2,393 feet at the north end of Kootenai County, carrying a 71 psf ground snow load (University of Idaho, *Ground Snow Loads for Idaho — 2015*) — heavier than Hayden's 62 just down the highway, and well above Coeur d'Alene's 43. A lumber-milling town incorporated in 1909, it has grown from 214 people in 1960 to roughly 740 today, which means a housing stock that spans a century of framing standards under the same winter.

Snow that sits is the enemy of every one of those roofs. It melts against a warm deck, refreezes at the cold eave, and dams water back under the shingles. Standing-seam metal sheds the load before that cycle can start, and it's Class A fire-rated — which matters with 4,000-acre Farragut State Park four miles east and timber on three sides. Athol runs its own building department, so the design is engineered to the parcel rather than a county default.