Monday’s melted snow? It’s already flowing back as snowmaking fuel
A blast of winter was short-lived in Summit, where morning snow on Monday caused closures on I-70 and excitement on the ski slopes. By this morning it was mostly gone, leaving only a ribbon of manmade snow like whitewash on brown grass. But Monday’s natural snow is already on its way back to the slopes. […]
15-year-old Frisco snowboarder joins 8 Coloradans on Team USA
The U.S. Snowboard team is flush with Colorado riders this Olympic season, led by Silverthorne’s own Red Gerard returning for his third Winter Games. Colorado claims nine athletes in three disciplines: halfpipe, slopestyle/big air and snowboard cross. Only California has more athletes with 10 on the U.S. team. Joining Gerard on the women’s slopestyle side […]
‘Skater moose’ rescued from concrete bowl at Breck skatepark
A baby moose dropped in over his head this morning, when he got stuck in one of the concrete bowls at Breckenridge skatepark. Not everyone earns a nickname the very first time they drop in. But this little guy did. “We rescued our little ‘skater moose,’ as we’ve decided to call him,” Rachael Gonzalez with […]
CSP is writing hundreds of distracted driving tickets. And it’s working.
Fiddling with your phone behind the wheel is now illegal in Colorado and state patrol is cracking down. Through Sept. 30 troopers have issued 701 tickets for distracted driving with a mobile device. That is a whopping 188% increase over the same time last year (243 tickets) and 58% higher than in April. But the […]
Election 2025: Meet Whitney Horner, mother and public health nurse for school board
Summit School board candidate Whitney Horner will tell you she is running for every local kid. But her two children, 4 and 6 years old, are a big reason she is ready to make her first run at elected office. “My personal ‘why’ is my children,” Horner tells Krystal 93. “I want my kids to […]
Election 2025: Meet Jackie Zheleznyak, a capitol lobbyist and mother of 2 for school board
Jackie Zheleznyak is the first to tell you: Politics and school boards do not mix. Zheleznyak is a healthcare lobbyist for AdventHealth making her first run at public office as one of five candidates for Summit County school board. She comes into the race with no political affiliation. She is doing it for her kids, […]
Xcel Energy taps Frisco as one of its thermal energy ‘pilot’ sites
Can the heat beneath our feet power Main Street? That’s the question Xcel Energy wants to answer in Frisco, one of two areas recently selected for the utility’s thermal energy pilot program. This program will test geothermal energy in and around Main Street to see if it can handle the energy demands of a small, […]
What is the nation’s best ski town? USA Today wants you to decide
Ski towns are bigger than skiing these days. Just look at the 20 candidates on USA Today’s “10 Best” ballot for ski towns. Dining, clubs, museums and lodging are mentioned long before powder stashes and steeps. Park City has the Waldorf Astoria. Truckee, California has Lake Tahoe. Downtown Breckenridge is a national historic district (170+ […]
Election 2025: Kim Dyer, former SMS counselor running for school board
All this week Krystal 93 is talking with candidates running for Summit County School board. Today we hear from Kim Dyer, a school counselor who ended her 30-plus years in education at Summit Middle School. Krystal 93 news director Phil Lindeman talks with Dyer about community, her priorities, and how her childhood experience with bullies […]
Snowmaking season fires up in Summit, flooding continues in southern CO
The sweet sounds of ski season are here with churning snow guns at Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Loveland Ski Area. All three turned on the snow guns this morning when temperature and humidity hit the sweet spot. It’s called the “wet bulb temperature,” and it’s what snowmakers have been anxiously awaiting. “Wet bulb temperature takes humidity into account […]