Summit County News

It's hard enough to make water management decisions if you have all the information at your fingertips, but the job is about to get even more difficult for resource managers.

With the Roberts Tunnel turned off and Summit County's streams starting to surge with runoff, the water level in Dillon Reservoir has already come up about two feet since May 1, according to Denver Water's Bob Peters, who recently issued the latest update for Denver Water's storage and diversion system.

If you've never heard of the Hippo Trail or the Bodhi Trail, don't feel too bad.

After months of so-so snowfall, Mother Nature opened the taps in April and early May, delivering well above-average precipitation.

Special to the Daily Hazelnut blossom are pleasing shortbreads that are tender and sandy in texture and buttery and nutty in taste.

The Colorado Department of Transportation is reminding cyclists in Eagle and Summit counties that the Vail bike path remains closed until late May or early June between east Vail, mile marker 180, to Copper Mountain, mile marker 195.

Special to the Daily Cyclists pedal their way through a workout during morning cycling class at the Silverthorne Recreation Center.

Summit Daily/Jessica Smith Dwight Tyson stands next to the butterfly sheeter, which he uses to get the granola to the right thickness.

The first of two community solar gardens planned in Breckenridge secured final approval from the town Planning Commission, the last step in a long clearance process for the facility officials say will offer a renewable-energy resource to Summit County residents.

1:42 a.m. In the 1700 block of North Madison Avenue, a 26-year-old Loveland man on a warrant alleging failure to appear.

Editor's note: The police blotter is written from incident reports provided by local police departments and the Summit County Sheriff's Office.

A convict was arrested near Frisco after he was allegedly caught with a rifle in a temporary shelter last week, according to a statement from the Summit County Sheriff's Office.

Summit Daily/Eric Drummond Dave and Kathy O'Sadnick roll past a stand of changing aspens on the Frisco Recreation Path with Peak One and Tenmile Peak in the background Sunday morning.

Photo by John Stanford UpSki canopies are designed to open and close. The "vent" allows rapid deflation in high wind to slow down.

Along with a slew of other ski resort villages, Copper Mountain 's commercial base-area properties may be for sale as part of a "trophy resort village portfolio," offered for $142.5 million.

The sounds of farm animals filled the McDonalds restaurant at Summit Place in Silverthorne Friday morning.

Numbers from the recently released 2013 Summit County property tax valuations indicate that the local economy has stabilized over the past two years.

Much of Summit County has been buried under a thick layer of snow for the better part of the year.

The biannual assessment of property in Colorado has occurred. All counties in Colorado revalue all property this year.

Summit Daily News/Ben Trollinger Ed Canty and the folks over at Pug Ryan's Steakhouse and Brewery will be pairing their tasty brews with equally tasty dishes of food throughout American Craft Beer Week next week, including crispy duck confit paired with the Helles Bock.