Late afternoon on the slopes below Bergen Peak, the wind comes downhill through the pines and the shadows go long and blue. Alpencrest Landscape Specialties is usually still out in it, finishing a lawn while the light slides off the ridge. Mowing in the Evergreen highlands is a negotiation — grade, rock, aspen shade on one side and full glare on the other — and the answer is patience and a well-set blade. Crisp edges along the drive, trimmed lines where turf meets native grass, clippings gathered rather than left to mat. The reward is that moment at the gate when the whole property reads as one calm, deliberate green.