Flight for Life lands at Dillon City Market for suspected back injury
An injured worker was airlifted from the City Market parking lot in Dillon today after falling 15 feet. Summit Fire & EMS confirms the worker fell outside while cutting tree branches. The victim could not move and was flown to Denver with a suspect back injury. Fire officials did not speculate on the extent of […]
Dillon shines with 7.5 miles of holiday lights this winter
Downtown Dillon is bringing back its six-figure light show this winter. The town is contacting with the lighting experts at Elevation Holiday Lighting to cover more than 230 trees with 7.5 miles (!!) of twinkling lights. They’re also bringing back four large 3D sculptures, including an archway, teddy bear, ornament and fox. New this year […]
Winter outlook: La Nina is playing it right down the middle in Summit County
National Weather Service has good news and bad news about the upcoming ski season. First the bad news: La Nina will not favor Summit County. Now the good news: She might not snub us either. The latest winter outlook from NWS shows equal odds of above or below average snowfall and temperatures through February. It’s […]
Refuse your roadside in Colorado? Lose your license
Think you’re getting out of trouble by refusing a roadside? Think again. Colorado State Patrol is cracking down on suspected drunken drivers who refuse a roadside breathalyzer. Say “no” to a cop and you automatically lose your license for a year, up from nine months in the past. You’re also classified as a “persistent drunk […]
I-70 weekend traffic plummets by 31K cars in 2 weeks
I-70 is a lot of things, including (mostly) predictable. Traffic at the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels fell to a five-month low this past weekend, Oct. 18-20. Just over 102,000 cars traveled the tunnels in three days. That’s down 17,000 cars in one week and more than 31,000 cars in two weeks. But it doesn’t always play the […]
Ski area snow cams capture 8+ inches from first storm
It’s (finally) beginning to look a lot like ski season! Overnight rain on Sunday turned to snow around midnight, and then quickly piled up at snowstakes in Copper, Loveland and A-Basin. Copper looks like the winner with a solid 10 inches. A-Basin’s snowstake is the same as always — unmarked — but we’ll call it […]
Is October the new September? We look at 114 years of Summit County weather
The High Country is finally getting a taste of winter with widespread Colorado snow. It took its sweet time getting here, which has us wondering: Is October warmer and drier than ever in Summit County? We looked at 114 years of weather data from the official record-keeping station in Dillon. Here’s what we found: Data […]
Where’s your favorite powder stash? with Summit commissioner candidates (video)
Election season can be a drag — but not when you’re serving Colorado’s playground! Krystal 93 hit three of our Summit County commissioner candidates with hardball questions like: Where’s your favorite mountain? Do you ski with pocket snacks? Goggles or sunnies? Bluebird or storm skiing? We’re happy to report not a single one gave up […]
Topsy turvy: Summit home prices 100% higher than 5 years ago
The average home in Summit County is selling for 100% more than in 2019, from $1.4 million to $2.8 million, according to Altitude Realtors. It is one of the wildest price hikes anywhere in Colorado. But just about every market in every corner of the state is battling topsy turvy economics, where supply is not […]
Armed robbery suspect on the run after failed 7-Eleven heist
A man armed with a shotgun tried and failed to rob the 7-Eleven just north of Breckenridge early this morning. Breckenridge police say the man entered the store around 3:30 a.m. wielding what appeared to be a shotgun. The clerk fled and hid in a locked rear office. The suspect then tried to enter the […]