Genesee rides the first big ridge west of Denver, where ponderosa opens into meadow and the bison herd at Genesee Park grazes in plain sight of the interstate below. On a June morning the fog fills the valleys and the ridgetops float above it; by nine the sun burns it off and the mowers start. Alpine HomeScapes works these foothill properties — mowing and trimming, edging, bed and border upkeep, and cleanups on lots where a lawn has to negotiate with granite outcrop and pine duff. Nothing up here is rectangular, so the craft is in the shaping: a cut that follows the land, honest transitions from turf to native grass, and a yard that looks like it belongs on the mountain rather than imposed upon it.