Wind coming down off Poncha Pass can build a drift across a driveway in an hour, then rebuild it twice before sunrise. Avalanche Excavating Inc meets that with heavy iron — loaders and blades that take the deep stuff off long county driveways, break up hard-pack, and carry snow off a property when there is no room left to stack it. Nights are the working hours in a real storm: headlights swinging over banks that keep getting taller, the valley quiet except for the engine. Morning arrives to gravel you can actually see, edges squared, and a way out to the road. Snow removal covers Salida, Poncha Springs, Johnson Village and the properties up the side roads.