The white pines along Vernon's ridges carry snow beautifully and then, all at once, they do not — and that is usually the storm people remember. RWP Tree Worx, LLC works those nights. Plowing driveways back open, clearing the walkways, and treating the slopes that want to hold ice until noon. Storms roll up the valley and stall against the higher ground east of town, which is why totals here so often beat the forecast by an inch or three. The truck goes out anyway, and by first light the drive is bare from the road all the way to the door.