February in this part of Ulster County cannot make up its mind — melt running all afternoon, then everything locked in glaze by nine at night. M L Landscaping works the hill roads above Wallkill where that matters most, the gravel drives that climb and turn and hold water in the ruts. Plowing there is about leaving the surface where you found it and giving the ice nothing to build on, with sand down on the steep pitch before sunrise. A driveway you can walk to the car on without holding the mirror is the whole point. Snow removal, thaw or freeze, up and down the slopes.