AAA: More Americans than ever could hit the road this Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving 2025 could be the busiest of all time. The experts at AAA predict roughly 81.8 million people will travel more than 50 miles by road or sky this holiday, nearly 1.6 million more than the previous record from last year. Thanksgiving is the single-busiest travel holiday of the year. “Thanksgiving travel numbers are always […]
Copper’s first World Cup ski races are confirmed, despite nearly 3 weeks with no natural snow
Against all odds the snow will be ready for World Cup ski racing at Copper Mountain this Thanksgiving weekend. On Sunday, Nov. 16, the International Ski Federation confirmed “positive snow control” on the World Cup venues above East Village. That means all three venues are ready for alpine ski racing – slalom, giant slalom and […]
Independence Pass is closed for the season
UPDATE Nov. 19 — Independence Pass will not reopen this winter. CDOT confirms a weekend safety closure has become a full seasonal closure, after several inches of snow fell this past weekend. ORIGINAL POST — You have one last chance to travel Independence Pass before it shuts down for winter, unless an incoming snowstorm doesn’t […]
Movies On Air: Hopelessness reigns in the alien-kidnapping conspiracy of ‘Bugonia’
A question is hinted at but never asked in “Bugonia,” the newest film from director Yorgos Lanthimos and the latest in a string of bizarre starring roles for Emma Stone. This unspoken question has nothing to do with aliens, bees, corporate greed, experimental drugs, or any of the other stuff buzzing wildly inside this film’s […]
Arizona swipes at Colorado after another missed deadline for Western water use
The deadline came and went this Tuesday for a new water agreement on the Colorado River, where dwindling reservoirs threaten water for an estimated 40 million people between Colorado and six other states. Hours after the missed deadline, Arizona governor Katie Hobbs posted a scathing letter to X, blaming Colorado and three Upper Basin states […]
In The Classroom: Boot Gordon, 101, on being the world’s best – and worst – ski instructor
Summit County’s oldest resident, 101-year-old Stuart “Boot” Gordon, got his first taste of skiing on a snowbank in Minnesota. He was 5 years old and stole his older brothers skis. “I went out by myself and I was so disgusted. Every time I’d go down the hill, my skis would come off because there was […]
Like Vail Resorts, ski towns are betting big on paid influencers
Colorado ski resorts and their home towns are hoping social media sweethearts can bring the crowds again. In Vail Resorts’ most recent quarterly report, newly re-hired CEO Rob Katz said the company is doubling down on paid social media influencers. “We plan to increase our exposure within digital and social platforms, and expand our influencer […]
Colorado Ski Country has not been this dry since 2016-2017. That’s not exactly a bad thing.
It’s another warm, clear, sunny day in Summit County. And skiers are getting antsy. Snowpack today is dismal – just 18% of historical average for Nov. 10. Summit has not been this dry since 2016-2017, when the snow didn’t fly until the week before Thanksgiving. But there was a silver lining that year. Early December […]
Summit’s emergency food relief money goes out to locals on Monday
Hundreds of Summit County residents on federal food assistance can claim their local relief money this coming Monday. County commissioners this week approved $200,000 in emergency relief for residents currently missing out on their SNAP benefits, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. The program remains in limbo during the government shutdown. […]
Breckenridge construction crooks caught with help from robo-cameras
Two mountain town crooks are in custody today for a rash of alleged burglaries at construction sites near Breckenridge. And helping to crack the case? Automated cameras, including the maligned Flock cameras. Summit County sheriff confirms the two men, David Zeledon, of Summit, and Nelson Gonzalez Lozano, of Kremmling, collaborated on multiple burglaries this September […]
