October in Englewood turns fast: the ashes along Dartmouth go gold on a Tuesday and the first snow warning arrives on a Thursday. Denver Sprinkler and Landscape inc. shifts into snow removal when that switch flips — plowing driveways and lots, clearing walkways and entries, laying ice melt at the doors that see traffic. Storms roll off the foothills and stall over the south metro, dropping more on this side of the Platte than the forecast promised. The crew works the dark hours so the day can start normally for everyone else. A cleared drive at six in the morning is a quiet thing, and it is the whole point.