Up on the benches above Rifle the pinyon and juniper hold snow in their skirts long after the open ground has gone bare. Peak Surveying Inc takes on snow removal across that country and down in town: plowing, opening driveways and lots, and clearing the walks that connect the two. There is something satisfying about a plow line cut true — a hard boundary drawn across a soft landscape, the same pleasure as any straight line anywhere. Storms get read one at a time here, since a wet spring dump and a dry January squall want completely different passes. Either way the ground is opened before the day has any need of it.