At the Poncha Springs junction the highways cross and the wind gets a running start, so the lots out that way fill in fast and unevenly. Pavement Maintenance Services, Inc. clears them — parking lots, drive aisles, loading areas and the walkways that connect them, plowed and scraped so a business can open on schedule. Snow is worked out to the far corners, hard-pack is cut back before it turns to ice, and the striping underneath gets to do its job again. There is something satisfying about a lot that reads as a lot at seven in the morning instead of a white field. Snow removal serves Salida, Poncha Springs and the Highway 285 and 50 corridors.