The flats along the highway east of downtown Golden wake before the rest of the town does — docks, gates, long runs of asphalt that have to be open by first shift. Schultz Industries Inc works that clock all winter: plowing lots and drives, clearing walks and doorways, stacking the piles where they will not cost anybody a sightline. Storms drop off the Front Range fast and often finish before daylight, which is the whole reason to start at three. A lot pushed down to the pavement is a plain, complete thing to look at. Golden, Arvada, Wheat Ridge and Lakewood.