Staff Report, Summit Daily

Following the shutdown of the federal government last week, government websites began featuring banners at the top of their websites noting the government's status and a slowing of updates.

A healthy stream of snowstorms starting in late-October helped build and maintain snowpack levels above the historic average until mid-April, when unseasonably warm weather and a lack of storms caused the snowpack to deplete and drop below normal ahead of the date when levels typically peak.

Snowpack levels in Summit County remain above normal, outpacing the past five seasons.