Out past Mill Street the town opens into Rock Meadow, old fields going brown and rimed at the edges once the cold really arrives. Waltham Landscaping Incorporated works the storms on that western side of Belmont, plowing driveways, cutting back the ridge the town plow leaves at the apron, and clearing walks down to the surface. Wind crossing open meadow puts snow right back where you just took it from, which means second passes and a longer night. Sand goes down on the shaded pitches that never see enough sun to let go on their own. They finish before the school buses run, and that is the measure.