Leadville is where the Arkansas River is still small enough to step across, cold water running out of the high country past willow and grass that get only a few months to make their case. Montes Landscaping & Irrigation LLC spends those months on lawns — mowing, trimming, edging, and clearing a yard of everything winter and wind left behind. Thin air and hard sun make for turf that wants a careful hand rather than a heavy one. The reward is an evening in August when the light comes in flat and gold across grass that has been kept even all summer. Not complicated work; just done right, week after week, while the season lasts.