The mountain takes the light before anyone else does — pink on the summit while the streets below are still blue and quiet. Top of the Peak Landscaping is a snow removal outfit in Colorado Springs, out in that blue hour with plow blades and shovels after a storm has climbed the Front Range overnight. Snow here arrives on an upslope wind and packs hard against north-facing steps, so the work is as much about angles and timing as it is about horsepower. Nothing beats a driveway scraped down to bare concrete before the first car in the neighborhood turns over. They clear drives, walks and lots across the Springs and the towns tucked around it. By noon the sun has usually taken care of whatever is left, which is exactly how it should be.