When does the Dillon Reservoir freeze over? Usually by Christmas, but not this year.

When does the Dillon Reservoir freeze over? Usually by Christmas, but not this year.

Steam and fog rose off the surface of the Dillon Reservoir on Tuesday, Dec. 24, as the cold morning air met the relatively warmer, although still frigid, body of water. On average, Dillon Reservoir freezes on Dec. 24, according to Denver Water, which manages the 257,000-acre-foot reservoir that supplies drinking water to the Front Range. But not this year. On Christmas Eve, about a half dozen groups gathered on the Dillon Reservoir’s Snake River…