First light in Buena Vista strikes the Collegiate Peaks before it reaches town, so the mountains are already pink while the streets are still blue and cold. All West of Colorado LLC is usually moving by then in winter, plowing drives and clearing walks along the benches above the Arkansas River so the day can start on time. When the valley thaws, the same attention goes into mowing, trimming and edging through a growing season that is short, bright and fast at eight thousand feet. Grass up here gets maybe five good months, and every week of it counts. Between the two sides of the work, the calendar is covered with hardly a gap.