Bellmont sits back in the northern Adirondacks where Chateaugay Lake holds the cold and the hardwood ridges above Owls Head give the snow somewhere to pile. Diamond Landscaping and Hauling runs the plow routes out here from the first November squall to the last mud-season storm, opening camp roads and driveways and clearing walkways so a door can actually swing. When the ice finally goes out, the work turns to yards: mowing, trimming, brush and debris hauled off, beds cleaned up after a winter of wind. Summer is brief in this country and everything green happens fast, so the schedule keeps pace. There is nothing better than a plowed drive waiting at the end of a long night road.