South of Alamosa the highway runs flat and straight toward Antonito with nothing to break the wind but fence posts, and after a storm the drifts lie across it in long white ribs. Southway Construction Co. inc. brings construction equipment to that scale of snow: plowing, large lot and driveway clearing, walkways opened, ice handled at approaches and entries. Heavy iron makes short work of a loaded yard, but the finish still matters, putting piles somewhere they will not slump back and keeping sight lines open at the drive. Valley storms are often more wind than accumulation, which means coming back after the blow rather than after the snowfall. By the time trucks and crews need the ground, the ground is ready.