Northeast of the city the streets straighten out and the plains take over, and when a storm crosses that open ground the wind rewrites a cleared lot within the hour. CoCal Landscape works those wide properties in winter — long entry drives, big lots, campus walks that have to be passable before anyone arrives. Denver's cold snaps come with brilliant sun, which means the melt starts at midday and the refreeze starts at dusk, so ice management out here is as much about timing as about salt. Plows go out ahead of the accumulation, the piles get placed where they won't drift back or block a sightline, and the walks get run again once the wind has had its say. Come first light, the property is open, and the storm is somebody else's story.