Loveland's biggest snows come in backwards — up off the plains from the east and northeast, banking against the Front Range until the whole Thompson Valley disappears, and usually in March, after everyone has put the shovel away. Noco Snow Removal plans on exactly that. Drives get opened, walkways and entry steps get cleared down to the surface, and the meltwater ice that forms across a north-facing doorway gets treated before it becomes anybody's problem. Lots and business entrances are run through the storm rather than after it, because eight inches at midnight is fourteen by six. When the sun finally gets on it and the eaves start dripping, the pavement underneath is already dry.