Snow behaves differently on the west edge of Loveland, where the county roads bend toward Masonville and the ground starts tipping uphill — a little deeper there, a little slower to leave. Blue Ridge Landscape LLC runs the plow through those nights, headlights full of falling flakes, working drives and lanes so morning finds them open. Ice is the quieter problem out that way, especially on shaded north-facing pitches, so walks get treated as well as cleared. There is a particular pleasure in the last pass, when the blade throws a clean berm and the driveway lies dark and dry from garage door to road. Storm after storm, that is the entire job: a Loveland winter somebody else doesn't have to shovel.