February in the Black Forest: ponderosa pines holding their loads, a quarter mile of gravel lane between the county road and somebody's front door. Turf Master, LLC does snow removal out here and across Colorado Springs, plowing lanes like that open and shoveling the walks waiting at the end of them. Storms on the north end come in quiet and then stay, and the shade under the pines keeps what an open yard would have surrendered to the sun by lunchtime. Clearing a long drive well means knowing where to put the snow so the next storm still has somewhere to go — a small foresight that pays off by March. They cover the Springs, Black Forest, Monument and the roads running between them. There is nothing quite like the sound of a blade finding pavement.