Cold air pours out of Hoffman Notch long before the calendar admits it is winter, and Schroon takes its weather early and keeps it late. NorthPointe Property Management LLC plows drives and clears walkways through those long months, then mows, trims and edges through the short bright ones. Mountain lots are steep, gravel and full of turns, so both the blade and the mower learn each one. Spring cleanup here can mean sand, needles and branches all at once. What matters is pulling up to a property and finding it usable — open in February, cut and edged in July.