West Hurley lies in the shadow of Overlook, with the Ashokan holding the light a mile down the road and hemlock ravines running back into the Catskills. La Tree Removal LLC works those steep, rocky lots — dropping a storm-broken oak between a driveway and a stone wall, pulling dead ash out of a treeline that borders the woods on three sides. The first snow squall usually comes over the ridge before Thanksgiving, and afterward the calls are about hangers, split leaders and a road blocked at the bend. Pruning up here buys years: clear the roof, lighten the reach, let a tree carry snow instead of fighting it. Then the chips are spread, the lane is open, and the mountain has one less thing to knock down.