The Fraser Valley collects more winter than nearly anywhere else in Colorado, and Winter Park arranges its whole year around that fact. Bear Claw Land Services works both ends of it — plowing driveways and lots and clearing walkways through the long months when storms stack up over Berthoud Pass, then mowing, trimming and tidying yards during the short, brilliant summer once the lodgepole shade finally warms. Snow here does not merely visit; it takes up residence, deepens, and needs managing week after week without a break. Then July shows up, the willows green along the Fraser River, and everything grows at once in a hurry. Two seasons, two sets of tools, one valley worth doing right.