Roofing in Cheyenne is hail bruise and wind lift on the same slope. Granules in the gutter and tabs creased at the rake are the paired receipt. Ice loosens what the gust then takes, especially the ridge and the starter course on a lot with a clean fetch. Tree streets near the capitol still get hit, then add limbs in the valleys. Open edges on the south and east get it cleaner, with no canopy to blame. Look at both the field and the edge.
Soft metal tells on the storm: flue caps, vents, and gutter faces dented while the tabs are still down. That supports a hail look even before a leak. Wind shows up as a lifted corner, a missing cap, and underlayment peeking at the rake. Step flashing against brick fails when the rain is driven sideways after the edge is open. Ask whether the scope is a repair at the boots and the rake or a slope whose grain is gone. Those are different jobs. Name underlayment before tear-off starts.
Sun at this elevation cooks the covering between storms, so an older roof is brittle when the next hail arrives. Do not treat every Cheyenne roof as a fresh hail loss. Say the age if you know it, and say what changed on the storm day. Soft deck at a chimney or a valley shows up once the covering is off. Put that possibility in the scope. Metal still needs the windward edge fastened as if the gust were a weekly visitor, because it is.
A limb on a bruised slope is tree work and roof work. Say if the branch is still there. If a claim is open, keep the deductible out of the guesswork and photograph the windward rake and the dented metal. The combination of ice and wind is the local pattern. A scope written only for straight-down hail will miss the edge. A scope written only for wind will miss the bruised field. Ask for both looks.
Say the part of town, whether hail, wind, or both marked the roof, and if water is coming in. Mention an open rake if you can see it from the ground. That edge will not seat itself. Call the number on this page.