From the Soda Creek side at dusk you can watch the Sleeping Giant settle along the northern skyline as the last light leaves the ridge. JL Services LLC is often still out at that hour — finishing a mow in July, or in January making the second pass on a storm that has not decided to quit. The work covers the ordinary essentials on both sides of the year: plowing, shoveling and ice control through winter; mowing, trimming and seasonal cleanups while the valley is green. A driveway opened before the alarm goes off, a lawn cut in even lines by suppertime — small victories that add up to a house that runs. Steamboat Springs rewards the people who simply keep at it.