4 Summit ski areas close to 100% open with 12+ inches incoming by Saturday
April showers bring big pow days! National Weather Service predicts up to 13 inches for Summit County by Saturday. A winter weather advisory is good for 36 hours, starting 6 p.m. today through 6 a.m. Saturday. It comes with wind, blowing snow and maybe a foot of powder (6 inches on the low end) for […]
Drive-By Truckers and Deer Tick kick off 14 free shows in 4 months at Dillon Amp
Free concerts are back with a bang at Dillon Amphitheater this summer, starting June 23 with co-headliners Drive-By Truckers and Deer Tick. It’s the first of 14 free concerts at the Amp, part of the Mountain Music Mondays series. Like the name says, they’re all on Mondays and they’re all completely free. You know what […]
Avalanche fencing and more aux lanes coming to Vail Pass this summer
Summer road work season is (almost) here. Starting April 28, CDOT returns to Vail Pass for a fourth summer on its $325 million upgrade, continuing work on eastbound auxiliary lanes, a new overpass bridge, and avalanche fencing just west of the summit. “The fencing will help stabilize the snowpack and catch smaller, initial snowslide movements,” CDOT writes in […]
Building a tiny home in Frisco costs 3 times more than national average
$500 per square foot. That’s what it cost for Summit County to build tiny homes at Nellie’s Neighborhood in Frisco. Before the pandemic, $500 was the high end of market-rate construction, according to the county’s 2019 housing needs study. $500 is more than three times higher than national average, $162 per square foot, which in 2024 was […]
Work zone fatalities nearly double in one year on Colorado roads
Last year was unusually deadly for road workers. Colorado State Patrol reports 31 people were killed in 23 work zone crashes, nearly double the rate (up 94%) from 2023. “We all are at risk when we don’t stay alert and give space in work zones,” state patrol sends in a release. “Slow down and move […]
Skier dragged 1,100 vertical feet by avalanche in Sky Chutes
A skier was caught, carried and hospitalized by a large wet slide in the Sky Chutes on Saturday, April 12. Sky Chutes are on the west side of the Tenmile Range easily seen from Copper and accessed from Breck. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says a group of three accessed the chutes via Peak 6 […]
Sapphire Point is getting a bus stop this summer
You can soon take a bus to one of the most popular overlooks in Summit County. Starting April 20 Summit Stage is launching the X Flyer, connecting Silverthorne to Breckenridge and Frisco to Arapahoe Basin over Swan Mountain Road. In the middle, forming the “X,” is a brand-new bus stop at Sapphire Point, where weddings […]
2 people, 2 dogs injured in early-morning crash at Vail Pass
Two people and two dogs were hospitalized when a truck crashed on westbound I-70 at Vail Pass just after 6 a.m. today. Colorado State Patrol confirms the truck from Utah was the only vehicle involved. The unidentified driver was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital, along with one passenger. Troopers could not confirm the […]
Breck Tourism Office warns of a lean summer, reminding biz owners: Breck abides
Breckenridge Tourism Office is bracing now for a lean summer. At its annual summer preview this morning, BTO director Lucy Kay and her team shared bleak numbers from local and international firms. “It’s across all segments,” Kay said. “It’s across all ages, all incomes, all levels of wealth. It’s not surprising.” Maybe the most damning figure […]
Auto theft plummets for second straight year in Colorado
Car thieves are giving Colorado a break for a second straight year. Auto theft was down 25% last year, according to Colorado State Patrol. This follows a 21% drop in 2023, but only after the worst year in state history – more than 41,000 cars reported stolen in 2022. That earned Colorado its dubious title […]