Snow never lies flat on this terrain. On the ridges above Ute Valley the wind scours the ground almost bare, then dumps everything it carried into the hollow below, and a driveway can hold six inches at the top and three feet at the bottom. Peak N' Valley Landscaping plows for that reality, reading where the drift went before dropping the blade, then finishing walks and steps by hand. Colorado Springs sits where mountain weather meets open plain, and the two rarely agree on how much snow to leave. Whatever they decide, the drive gets opened and the ice gets treated, high side and low.