Beloved ski patroller and mentor Tina ‘Ma’ Biddle remembered
Heartache in the mountains of Colorado and Utah this month as friends and colleagues remember Tina Biddle, a beloved skier, ski patroller and mentor to young women. Biddle died unexpectedly in Utah on Dec. 1. She was 58. Opening day was a week away at Snowbird, where Biddle was the resort’s first female ski patrol […]
Kenosha Pass is still closed for blinding, dangerous windstorms
Dangerous, gusty winds today were causing whiteouts east of the Continental Divide and blowing over semi-trucks in Wyoming, but Summit County was spared the worst of it. Local winds hit 66 miles per hour just after sunrise at the top of Peak 8 above Breckenridge. By mid-afternoon they tapered off to 35 miles per hour […]
Frisco will not be watering lawns with recycled bathwater
Town of Frisco is opting out of Colorado’s new “graywater” law. Since 2013, homeowners statewide have been allowed to collect graywater from sinks, tubs and showers for non-potable uses, like watering lawns and gardens. Wastewater from toilets, aka blackwater, was never allowed. But an updated graywater law, which takes effect in January, has towns like […]
Silverthorne wins bid to buy Silver Inn hotel
The Silver Inn hotel on Highway 9 will soon belong to the town of Silverthorne, most likely as another key part of its burgeoning downtown. The town made a winning bid of nearly $5.28 million at a property auction last month, nearly two years after the owner declined a slightly smaller offer from the town. […]
Summit’s first big snowstorm buried the forecast. Now, comes the wind.
Snow totals are in from the first big storm of the season and Summit is sitting pretty. Copper Mountain claims 26 inches from this storm cycle, late Thursday into Monday morning. National Weather Service was forecasting only 14 inches on the upper end. Every other I-70 ski resort claimed at least 15 inches in the […]
Summit County sheriff sued his own county. A judge just threw it out.
An attempt by Summit County sheriff Jaime FitzSimons to sue his own county has been tossed out by a district court judge. FitzSimons was suing the county for wages and overtime already paid out to his deputies and other employees, saying his office was promised this money through agreements as far back as 2022. The […]
Breck ladder crew fights pre-dawn fire at Fairplay café
Breckenridge firefighters rushed into Fairplay this morning, when a downtown restaurant caught fire and local volunteers were struggling into frozen gear. The fire at Mr. Burros Café on Main Street started around 4 a.m., according to eyewitnesses. The ladder crew at Red, White and Blue Fire arrived as backup for the first firefighters on scene, […]
2 ski area pursuits lead to criminal charges at Copper and Keystone
Two men in the past week were charged with misdemeanors for tailing, confronting and tackling people at Copper and Keystone. This past weekend, during the World Cup ski races at Copper, a man was kicked out of a restricted area. He told Summit County sheriff’s deputies a teenage boy was to blame, and so he […]
Birds of Prey downhill moved to Thursday for incoming weather
World Cup men begin racing one day earlier at Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek. Earlier today officials with the International Ski Federation decided to move the men’s downhill to Thursday, Dec. 4. They are nervous about incoming snow on Friday. The remainder of the weekend, super-G on Saturday and giant slalom on Sunday, is […]
No one was home today when a unit caught fire at Copper’s employee housing
A small fire damaged one unit and forced residents to evacuate this morning from The Edge employee housing at Copper Mountain. Steve Lipsher at Summit Fire and EMS confirms no one was inside the third-floor unit when it caught fire, scorching walls and possessions inside. Smoke soon spread to neighboring units and dozens were evacuated. […]
