As the peak runoff time approaches, Summit County officials and town governments are keeping a close eye on rivers and streams and trying to be as prepared as possible for the rising waters expected soon.
Stream flows are still at or below average for this time of year, meaning the snow pack — which exceeded averages by up to 500 percent this year in some areas — is still up on the mountains with the heaviest runoff is yet to come.
“It’s not coming off,” assistant county manager Thad Noll said. “If you look at Breck, you could still ski top to bottom. The window of melting is getting smaller. Normally we’re starting the peak runoff now (but this year) we’re not even close to getting there yet. We’re in this waiting game of, ‘we’ll see what happens.'”
What probably will happen within a few weeks is sections of rec paths near the Summit County Justice Center in Breckenridge, at Keystone and in the Copper Mountain area will be under water, and the rising runoff might also make its way up to local roads or even Interstate 70, Noll said.
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