I'm seriously considering getting chickens in the spring - never had them before so I'm doing a lot of reading and trying to get a plan together as well as know what I'm getting myself into.

I'm at 9000 feet, so I'm wondering: how you manage the run in the winter? Obviously it will be covered in snow most of the time. Do you just let them run around in the snow? Do you have to clear the snow out of there? Do you keep them in some sort of enclosed structure in the winter?