December light in Gunnison is short and slanted, gone behind the western ridges by half past four, so snow work starts early and finishes in the dark. Nies' Tree Care spends that stretch clearing what the storms leave: driveways plowed, walks shoveled down to the surface, entryways opened wide enough for two people to pass. A night's accumulation gets heavy quickly, and moving it before it sets is easier on everyone and everything underneath it. A cleared path at seven in the morning, with nobody around yet to see it, is the kind of thing worth doing right. Snow removal for Gunnison and the towns nearby.