West of town Highway 50 climbs past Maysville and Garfield toward the pass, and every few hundred feet of elevation adds another inch to whatever fell overnight. Timberline Earthworks brings equipment built for that end of the valley — plowing long drives and access roads, pushing back deep snow, breaking up ice and hauling off what will not fit anywhere else. Up high a storm does not quit when the flakes stop; the wind keeps rewriting the drifts for another day after. Getting a family down to the highway on a Monday morning is the measure of the work. Snow removal covers Salida, Poncha Springs, Maysville, Garfield and the roads west.