What Colorado’s November snowstorm means for drought and snowpack
For once the mountains let the rest of Colorado play in the snow. Snowfall was widespread and deep this first storm of winter: Snowpack for most of the state is much higher than average today. Just one slice of the state did not get hammered with snow – the northern mountains, including Steamboat, and west […]
CDOT enforces rare 18-hour trailer closure on I-70 mountain corridor, other routes
The November snowstorm continues, and CDOT is trying to keep it from becoming a snowpocalypse. Starting today CDOT is enforcing a rare trailer closure on the I-70 mountain corridor and several other highways. No commercial or private trailers are allowed on nearly 60 miles of I-70 between Silverthorne and Golden. The closure starts at 4 […]
Opening Day 2024: This November is already snowier than all of last November
Winter is here with a vengeance. In just seven days this month, Summit County has recorded more snow than all of November last year: 11.5 inches and counting at the official record-keeping weather station in Dillon. Copper Mountain is swimming in it with 47 inches already. Last year Copper had 44 inches total in November. […]
Music At The Summit: Like fried chicken, you’ll be coming back for more Eminence Ensemble
Eminence Ensemble, the eclectic sextet born in Summit and now rocking the state, is our featured band on Krystal 93 this week for Music At The Summit. “I love a good fried chicken sandwich,” the band says before launching into a live version of “So Many Days,” recorded in 2022 at Shakedown Bar in Vail. […]
Former Summit High student arrested 120 miles away for fake bomb threat
A former Summit High School student is in local jail for calling in a fake bomb threat yesterday morning. Manuel Humberto Carreon Mendez is in custody for felony menacing, false reporting and inciting destruction, plus three other felony and misdemeanor charges. Authorities traced the threatening call to his phone in Adams County, over 120 miles […]
‘Brightest show on earth’ comes to Red Rocks this holiday season
Red Rocks is glowing with a million twinkling lights this holiday. (And no, it’s not whatever that old hippie just gave you!) For the first time ever, the regional Christmas in Color drive-through light show is coming to the Morrison venue, giving you “the brightest show on earth” while visions of Sting dance through your […]
Election 2024: Summit Schools $196M bond fails, incumbent commissioners return
Summit County swung Democrat in the 2024 election and so did Colorado. Incumbent Democratic county commissioners Tamara Pogue and Eric Mamula hold onto their seats, beating Republican challengers Bob Cottrell and Allen Bacher by 61% and 66%, respectively. Pogue returns for a second four-year term. Mamula wins his first full term after serving close to […]
Bad habits or bad drivers? Troopers survey Colorado about speeding, seatbelts, more
When’s the last time you had dinner at the wheel? If you’re like 73% of Colorado drivers you’ve chowed down in the past week. Colorado State Patrol recently surveyed 945 drivers of all ages for its 2024 Drivers Behavior Report. And the findings just might hit a little too close to home, like: CSP says […]
‘Redemption’: Summit’s Ella Hagen claims her 2nd XC state title
It wasn’t even close. When Summit High senior Ella Hagen crossed the finish line at the 2024 4A state cross-country championships, the runner in second place, Cloe Ruth of Silver Creek, was nearly 48 seconds behind her. Hagen stayed with the pack until just after mile one, where she turned on the afterburners and left […]
Summit donations make it to North Carolina
Our listeners really stepped up their giving game in October when the former owner of Silverthorne Powersports, Mike Stoveken, launched an effort to help victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Glen and Mary Lynn donated a trailer to give to a mother and daughter who lost their home and were living in a tent. Mike asked Krystal 93 […]