Forced air snow removal system

A method of removing snow from a surface, comprising placing a system for snow removal on or in the vicinity of the surface from which snow is to be removed, the system comprising one or more blower systems, each blower system comprising a blower to pressurize air, a conduit in fluid connection with the blower, the conduit comprising one or more passages therein from which pressurized air is blown to remove snow from the surface adjacent the position of the one or more blower systems, and a control system to control parameters of operation of the blower system, wherein the control system is configured to pivot the conduit about a sweep axis over a determined sweep angle of at least 100 degrees.