From a building envelope on a wooded lot to a view cut or reclaimed field, we clear Alton land right — stumps out, debris handled, grade left ready for what’s next.
The steep camp roads off Route 11 and around Alton Bay were laid out for Model A traffic in July, not tandem dump trucks in November — and that shapes every job we price here. Access is the first conversation: can a concrete truck make the grade, where do we turn equipment around, and is the road base solid enough to haul over at all? Come March and April, many of Alton’s town roads get posted for mud season, and hauling simply stops until they firm up, so we schedule around it rather than fight it. The conversion work itself is satisfying dirt work: lifting a camp, digging a full frost-depth foundation where posts used to be, trenching water and power, and cutting the driveway grade so it’s actually plowable. Up toward Mount Major, ledge sits close to the surface and a hydraulic hammer earns its keep.
Converting an Alton camp to year-round? Walk your camp road with your excavation contractor before you commit to a construction schedule. If the road can’t take loaded trucks — or gets posted every spring — your whole project timeline shifts, and it’s far better to plan a fall dig than discover a March standstill.
Clearing is more than dropping trees. We take the lot from standing woods to usable ground: trees down and hauled or milled, stumps pulled and removed (not buried — buried stumps sink and leave holes years later), brush chipped or hauled, and the topsoil stripped, saved, and re-spread where you want it. The job ends with a lot that’s actually ready — rough-graded, drained, and clean.
Near the water we work within the NH Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act — the waterfront buffer has a tree-point system and clearing limits, and we plan cuts so your project stays legal and your frontage stays compliant.
Wooded-lot clearing in the Lakes Region typically runs $3,000–$8,000 per acre depending on tree density, terrain, and haul-away; lighter brush clearing runs less. Every job gets a free site walk and a flat quote before a machine moves.
Most heavily wooded Lakes Region acres run $3,000 to $8,000 to clear completely — trees, stumps, and debris — depending on density, terrain, and access. Light brush and sapling clearing costs far less. A site walk pins the number down, and the quote is flat.
Within 250 feet of a lake, NH's Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act limits cutting — the first 50 feet uses a tree point system and the area beyond it must keep a percentage of natural vegetation. Plenty of clearing is still allowed; it just has to be planned. We handle that planning on every waterfront job.
We pull stumps and haul them with the rest of the debris — chipping brush on site where it makes sense. We don't bury stumps on the lot; buried wood settles and leaves sinkholes in a lawn years later.
Free site walks, test pits before quotes, flat pricing, and a crew that knows Lakes Region ground.
Tell us where the property is and what you’re trying to do. We’ll walk the site, talk it through, and give you a straight, flat quote.
