Winter is finally over. 

For today.

The city declared an end to the Stage 1 snow event that began Sunday afternoon. This morning saw the last of the snow plows - at least until the next time a good amount of powder falls - as they cleared residential hill routes.

According to a statement from the city, crews began working Friday to prepare streets ahead of the storm. Crews focused on emergency routes, major arterials, hills and transit routes. The snow “boot” attached to a grader was also tested as part of the pilot program.

More from the city:

A Stage One Snow Event is declared when:

Two inches of snow are on the ground and four inches or more are anticipated during the current snow event. This declaration triggers a number of actions.

The City will:

• Notify citizens of the snow event.
• Plow arterials and fixed STA bus routes on a 20-hour schedule until complete.
• Supplement Street crews with crews from other City departments, as needed.
• Plow Neighborhood Business Districts to the curb, as part of the arterial routes.
• Plow around hospitals and in medical district, as needed.
• Plow residential hills (routes 20 and above).
• Clear snow in Central Business District using deicer or by plowing to the center of the street.
• Clear sidewalks around priority City-owned property within 24 hours.

Citizens are asked to:

• Move parked cars off all arterials and fixed STA bus routes within 6 hours.
• Move parked cars in residential hill routes (routes 20 and above) to the even side of the street (for the current season)
• Clear sidewalks of snow within 24 hours. 

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