After a storm the lodgepole stand dead still with every branch loaded, and the country north of Leadville goes so quiet you can hear a shovel three houses away. Cloud City Arborist, Inc. is often the sound you hear — opening drives, lots and walkways so the day can start on time. When summer finally makes it up here, the same work turns to lawn care: mowing, trimming, edging and tidying a yard that has been under snow for half the year. Out toward the Turquoise Lake road the lots are tucked into timber, and the clean line between kept ground and forest is worth getting right. It is plain, useful work in a place that insists on it.