Father’s Day weekend was busy, but not that busy on I-70
One of the busiest weekends of the year on the I-70 mountain corridor was one of the slowest Father’s Day weekends in recent history. Just over 135,000 vehicles traveled the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels in three days, June 19-21. That was 10% more than the previous weekend and good for third-busiest weekend of the year behind a pair of ski season weekends in […]
Colorado Trail closes for TLC at Gold Hill near Breck
A portion of the Colorado Trail north of Breckenridge is getting a little love this summer. The Gold Hill Trail is closed for at least six weeks starting today, June 22. Crews organized by the U.S. Forest Service are using heavy machinery to repair 1.5 miles of trail washed out by rain and snowmelt. The closure runs from the Highway 9 […]
Airsoft gun leads to felony road rage arrest on I-70 through Summit
Road rage with a pellet gun this month led to a felony arrest in Summit County. A woman told Summit County sheriff’s deputies she was driving downhill from the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels into Silverthorne on June 14 when a man started tailgating her. Before she could change lanes, the suspect pulled up next to her in the right lane and brandished what […]
Local musicians grace 2-story mural in S’thorne, inspired by our own Tom Fricke
Two local music legends are now immortalized on a new mural in downtown Silverthorne, where the inspiration goes all the way back to a ranch on Ute Pass in 2013. Krystal 93 DJ Tom Fricke remembers that night. It was the Roots Retreat at Aspen Canyon Ranch on the Summit-Grand County line. That’s where Tom snapped a photo […]
50 homes over $5 million are up for sale in Summit.
Some of the biggest home sales in Summit County history are going down in Breckenridge this year, where the average home sells for more than ever before, and the average apartment sells for over $1 million. First, those monster home sales. In April, it was $8.6 million for a newly built home in the Highlands with four bedrooms and six bathrooms. In May, it was […]
A-Basin boss, Never Summer Snowboards founders join snow sports Hall of Fame
It has been a wild decade for Arapahoe Basin, but through it all Al Henceroth abides. Henceroth has been with the Basin since 1988, back before Montezuma Bowl (2008), the Beavers (2018) and a high-speed six-pack to the top (2022). In 2019 he and the Basin left the Epic Pass after 20 years of partnering with Vail Resorts, saying the slopes were too […]
Summit High teacher on the short list for Colorado Teacher of the Year
A Summit High School dual-language teacher with Boettcher accolades is in the running for Colorado Teacher of the Year. Melissa Corwin is one of only 21 semifinalists for the award. More than 300 teachers applied statewide. She has been teaching at Summit School District for 11 years. Now comes the hard part. Finalists are announced at the start of the upcoming […]
I-70 traffic is billowing. CDOT wants to prevent roadside fires from doing the same.
Weekend traffic on the I-70 mountain corridor has been growing for two consecutive weeks, and with more traffic comes the danger of roadside fires. In just over a month three-day volume is up almost 38%, from 89,000 cars in mid-May to more than 122,000 cars this past weekend, June 12-14. That is barely busier than the previous […]
Summit County fire danger jumps to ‘very high,’ open fire ban coming Friday
Summit County fire danger jumps to ‘very high,’ open fire ban coming Friday
Breck honors Gene Dayton, visionary co-founder of Breck Nordic and BOEC
Town of Breckenridge is honoring a longtime local who groomed a path to success, one tire at a time. Gene Dayton, the founder of Breckenridge Nordic Center on Peak 8, didn’t have a snowcat when the center first opened in the ‘70s. He didn’t even have a rake, or so they say. Instead, he would strap a rubber tire to his waist and flatten the […]