The ridges toward Hinsdale burn red for about two weeks every October, and then one gray afternoon the color is gone and the first flakes come sifting down the valley into Olean. Maple Leaf Contracting LLC counts forward from that afternoon — plowing driveways and lots, opening walkways, spreading salt on the glazed patches that form wherever a roof drips. Southern Tier winters are long and repetitive, and the answer is showing up the same way every time. A drive already cleared at six in the morning is a small kindness people remember all season. Snow removal in Olean, Hinsdale and the hill towns nearby.