Mount Garfield stands over the east end of the valley, and when its shoulder disappears into cloud the Grand Junction forecast has already made up its mind. Swanson Landscape Services meets those nights with a plow — lots opened, driveways cleared, sidewalks shoveled, salt down where the traffic is going to be. Doors unlock early out toward Clifton, and a parking lot has to be ready before the first car swings in off the road. Getting that done in the dark, with no audience at all, is most of the job.