New USGS survey is hunting for ancient earthquakes at 9,000 feet
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey are digging deep under Summit County to see 100 million years of Rocky Mountain history. On Friday the USGS launches its investigation into the Gore Range Trench. They’ll be digging into the foot of the Tenmile Range near Masontown, a mining-era relic just south of Frisco, where seismic shifts formed the mountains […]
Labor Day was the busiest 4-day weekend in 2 years on I-70
The I-70 mountain corridor was busy this summer, but not quite record setting. Let’s start with Labor Day weekend. In four days, 187,419 cars passed through the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels. That’s more than the entire population of Fort Collins on the road, beating last year’s total by a slim margin – 1,300 cars – and making […]
Quandary Peak reclaims its crown as Colorado’s busiest 14er
When peak-bagging is slagging, you can always count on Quandary. The 2023 hiker report from Colorado Fourteeners Initiative shows Breck’s hometown 14er was the busiest in the state last year with an estimated 27,000 hikers, roughly 72 per day. That is 23% busier than in 2022, when Quandary was slower than another perpetual favorite, Mount […]
Fire scorches landfill building, does not spread
A structure fire shut down access to Summit County landfill this afternoon. The fire erupted in the landfill entry building around 2 p.m., spewing smoke and flames. Everyone inside made it out safely. Crews with Summit Fire & EMS and Red White & Blue Fire quickly extinguished the blaze. Flames charred the outside of the […]
Where mountain town schools stack up on the state standardized test
Summit County students are trailing their peers across the state in the latest round of standardized testing, but doing better than many of their High Country neighbors. Colorado has just released CMAS (Colorado Measures of Academic Success) results for the 2023-2024 school year. This is the standardized test taken by every student from third to […]
Small wildfire spotted, contained within hours at Gold Hill in Breck
A small wildfire burned about one-tenth of an acre at Gold Hill north of Breckenridge on Sunday. The fire was confirmed by Summit County Sheriff’s Office at 4:51 p.m. Firefighters were on scene within minutes. An SC Alert confirmed the fire for the public just after 5 p.m. By 8 p.m. the fire was mostly […]