The big trees are the reason anyone lives at Pine Mountain Club — ponderosa and Jeffrey pines shouldering up toward Mt. Pinos, where condors still ride the summer thermals. Paragon Tree Care looks after the domestic side of that forest: trimming and shaping the trees and shrubs around mountain homes, clearing deadwood before winter storms can bring it down, keeping the ground beneath the canopy clean. Autumn winds up here arrive with intent, so the pruning is done with the weather in mind. A well-balanced tree stands quieter in a storm and casts a kinder shade in August. Caring for them at this altitude is its own reward.