There is a specific Salida morning worth waiting for: the storm gone east, the sky over F Street scoured to hard winter blue, three inches of new snow sitting on every brick sill downtown. Bluebird Mountain Sports handles the snow removal that makes a morning like that walkable — entries, sidewalks and parking spaces cleared while the light is still working its way over Tenderfoot Mountain. Shovels first, close to the glass, then the wider push out to the curb line. It is satisfying in a small, exact way: a clean stripe of dry pavement where an hour ago there was none. Snow work covers downtown Salida, the surrounding neighborhoods and out toward Poncha Springs.