South of Loveland, on the rolling ground that runs out toward Carter Lake, snow rarely stays where it fell — the wind lifts it off the open fields and packs it three feet deep across one unlucky driveway. Total Terrain Property Services goes after the drifts as much as the storm, plowing long approaches, cutting the banks back so the next blow has somewhere to put things, and clearing walks and steps to the surface. Ice control goes exactly where the shadows are: at the gate, along the north wall, at the bottom of the slope. Country drives and commercial lots are opened on the same principle — wide enough to turn around in, clear enough to trust in the dark. The morning after a storm is supposed to feel ordinary, and that is the whole of the job.