The town of Olive wraps around the Ashokan Reservoir, and its hamlets — Shokan, Boiceville, West Shokan — sit under Catskill slopes that hold their snow long after the valley has let go of it. Papa Bear Tree Care works that steep ground: tree removal above the Esopus, where a hemlock has to be roped so it does not take a run downhill. Wind funnels through these notches in a way flatland weather never manages, and after a hard blow storm damage cleanup can mean three trees down across a quarter-mile driveway before anyone gets out to the road. Pruning and tree trimming keep daylight coming into houses tucked into north-facing hollows, which matters more here than in most places. Done right, the mountainside still looks like the mountainside, with the danger taken out of it.