Like a silent rattlesnake: Incoming snow might complicate tricky snowpack
Cover image from recent avalanche on Buffalo Mountain in the Gore Range via CAIC. Avalanche forecasters are comparing Summit County snowpack right now to a rattlesnake with no rattle. “Since the new year, the snowpack has been screaming at us, like an angry rattlesnake, in the form of cracking, collapsing, and remotely triggered avalanches,” the […]
Why this raft guide turned county commish thinks of Western water like toilet paper
Returning Summit County commissioner Nina Waters was just appointed to 14 state and local boards. Nearly half of them have to do with water. “Funnily enough, commissioner Waters deals a lot in the water world here in Summit County,” Waters jokes with Krystal 93 news director Phil Lindeman. But her name is not just a […]
Split Window rocks Highside Brewery for guitarist battling cancer
Mountain town favorites Split Window are going through a tough time right now. Lead guitarist Mike Woodard (royalty of the Copper après scene) was recently diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, a form of skin cancer that can rapidly spread through the body. This 11-person mega-group is no stranger to rocking out for a cause, but this […]
$45 to $319: What it costs to ski one day at 11 Colorado ski areas
$224. That is the difference between the highest and lowest prices for a walk-up lift ticket at Colorado ski areas this coming Friday, Jan. 10. T-1. Vail… $319 T-1. Beaver Creek… $319 2. Breckenridge… $281 3. Keystone… $275 4. Steamboat… $269 5. Winter Park… $259 6. Aspen Snowmass… $244 7. Copper Mountain… $224 T-8. Arapahoe […]
12+ hours below zero on the coldest morning of winter in Colorado High Country
Just after 7 o’clock last night the temperature at a weather station near Fraser outside of Winter Park fell below zero degrees Fahrenheit. At 9 o’clock this morning it still has not climbed above negative 20. That station at Fraser Flats is the coldest of the cold today. But all across the High Country this […]
In The Classroom: 28 student-made skis and snowboards go on display at RMU
The next generation of ski and snowboard designers is already hard at work in the halls of Summit High School. “They bring that ski to life right here in the shop,” tech teacher Tom Lutke says. “No one student can make their own skis. They kind of run as a small little business.” Lutke teaches […]
‘For Ollie’: CDOT promotes new hands-free law with distracted driving campaign
Twenty-eight crashes every day. That is the average number of wrecks statewide involving distracted drivers in 2023, according to a CDOT press release. Now CDOT is partnering with victims of distracted driving for a new safety campaign. It is called “Heads Up, Phones Down, Colorado!” and promotes the new statewide ban on handling cell phones […]
Judge: Breckenridge not liable for alleged sex assault at town-owned apartments
A personal injury and negligence lawsuit against the town of Breckenridge has been thrown out of court. The McManus family, of Breckenridge, claimed the town failed to protect their disabled daughter from a dangerous homeless man when she lived at Pinewood II. Those are town-owned apartments on Airport Road. Family attorneys argued the town was […]
Tow truck driver pinned in tangle of cars on I-70 mountain corridor
A tow truck driver was hospitalized after back-to-back collisions on an icy stretch of westbound I-70 Sunday night. It happened around 8 p.m. between Edwards and Wolcott, where the tow driver was outside of his vehicle helping a car stuck in a ditch. That’s when Colorado State Patrol reports an F-250 slammed into the tow […]
A-Basin is charging for weekend parking. Here is how skiers feel about it.
For the first time in its 79-year history, Arapahoe Basin is charging for parking at every lot on weekends and holidays – 48 days at a resort that is usually open 200+ days per season. We stopped by the Early Riser Lot recently to chat with skiers, riders and A-Basin COO Al Henceroth about the […]