Tag: summit county
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What does a drier, warmer climate mean for the future of Colorado wildflowers?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During a hike in the woods near his Summit County home, Tom Lebsack stopped when he spotted a bright pink burst in the brush. A wildflower fanatic toting his camera across Colorado’s plains, foothills and tundra in search of the next little wonder to add…
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Upgrades coming to popular Colorado ski area
With recent approval from the U.S. Forest Service, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area will replace a chairlift and add amenities to the iconic mountain in Summit County. The fixed-grip, three-person Lenawee lift will be converted into a faster detachable ferry. Accessing the upper Montezuma Bowl and East Wall, the lift is anticipated to increase uphill capacity…
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As toll of 2020 is taken in Colorado outdoors, what does it mean for years ahead?
Scott Fitzwilliams was supposed to be off work. But as supervisor of America’s most trafficked national forest, “you’re never off work,” he says. So there he was Fourth of July weekend, supposed to be enjoying the serenity he had always known at a lake within White River National Forest. “Popular,” Fitzwilliams had always known it,…
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As toll of 2020 is taken in Colorado outdoors, what does it mean for years ahead?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Scott Fitzwilliams was supposed to be off work. But as supervisor of America’s most trafficked national forest, “you’re never off work,” he says. So there he was Fourth of July weekend, supposed to be enjoying the serenity he had always known at a lake within…
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Summit County opens restaurants to dining, El Paso County officials say state’s program too expensive, difficult for larger communities
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Summit County opened more than 130 restaurants to indoor dining in the past few days under the state’s new certification system – a program El Paso County officials say is too expensive and difficult to manage in a much larger community. Summit County, home to…
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Summit County opens restaurants to dining, El Paso County officials say state’s program too expensive, difficult for larger communities
Summit County opened more than 130 restaurants to indoor dining in the past few days under the state’s new certification system – a program El Paso County officials say is too expensive and difficult to manage in a much larger community. Summit County, home to Breckenridge, Frisco and ski resorts, started work Wednesday when final…
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Police seek KKK-hooded patron who refused to leave Colorado grocery store
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DILLON — A Colorado police department requested the public’s help in locating a man accused of trespassing after he wore what was perceived to be a Ku Klux Klan hood in a store and refused to leave. The Dillon Police Department said employees told officers…
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Police seek KKK-hooded patron who refused to leave Colorado grocery store
DILLON — A Colorado police department requested the public’s help in locating a man accused of trespassing after he wore what was perceived to be a Ku Klux Klan hood in a store and refused to leave. The Dillon Police Department said employees told officers Thursday that a worker called police after the man wearing…
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Avalanche hits Interstate 70 in Summit County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An avalanche has hit Interstate 70 in Summit County, adding another closure to the mix, on Friday afternoon. In a news release, Colorado State Patrol in Eagle said an avalanche happened in the Officers Gulch area between Copper Mountain and Frisco. The avalanche is described…
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Avalanche hits Interstate 70 in Summit County
An avalanche has hit Interstate 70 in Summit County, adding another closure to the mix, on Friday afternoon. In a news release, Colorado State Patrol in Eagle said an avalanche happened in the Officers Gulch area between Copper Mountain and Frisco. The avalanche is described as small, but resulted in lanes needing to be cleared.…