Tag: breckenridge
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10th Circuit judge speaks about annual ski retreats with clerks, ‘swag’ from 20th anniversary
Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, a member of the federal appeals court based in Denver, spoke last month about his 20-year tradition of taking ski trips with his clerks — some of whom have since become judges themselves — and about the ski-themed gifts they created for him in that time. “We had, I think, something like 60 or…
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8 quintessential winter events to check out in Colorado this season
When the temperatures drop, Colorado’s party fever rises. Yes, we love our winters. Where the cold and snow once froze activity in the early days of our historic mountain towns, activity now ramps up with much more than skiing. Here are eight bucket list events across the state: International Snow Sculpture Championships Breckenridge, Jan. 20-29…
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Fall colors off the beaten path in Colorado: 6 off-highway drives
To witness some of Colorado’s best fall color displays, you have to get off the busy highways. Where the roads start to rumble, spirits come alive in vast, golden arrays. These are some of the finest off-highway destinations in the state. Alpine Loop: First, pick your base camp: Lake City, Ouray or Silverton. Then decide…
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How a winery kept the party going at Breckenridge’s oldest bar | Craving Colorado
BRECKENRIDGE • It seems everybody around here knows the Gold Pan. “For better or worse,” says Aaron Corich-Kleim. He’s among the ski bums-turned-bartenders-turned-part-owners of Summit County’s oldest bar, dating back more than 160 years. Another is Chris Butler. He similarly observed the Wild West prevailing at the Gold Pan a decade ago. “We’d walk past…
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A look at 9 Colorado passes over the Continental Divide — and what to see on the drives
Call it the great separator, or the thing that unifies us as Coloradans. That’s the Continental Divide, or the Great Divide, so named for the mighty formation that separates our North American watersheds between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In Colorado, we know it as the rugged wall between the Front Range and the Western…
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6 great hikes to alpine lakes in Colorado
For the sturdy explorer in Colorado, the rarified air of 14,000 feet might be the ultimate reward after a hard hike. Or it might be the refreshing, super-scenic shore of an alpine lake. The waters appear like jewels on a map, sapphires tucked high in the mountains. And indeed, you’ll have to earn them. Here…
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Colorado ski resort proposes new gondola, learning area and more
Breckenridge Resort wants to revamp its popular Peak 9 area with a new gondola, a reimagined learning zone and a chairlift replacement. The U.S. Forest Service, owning the land on which the resort holds a special-use permit, recently announced the proposals as part of the agency’s mandate to seek public opinion and review environmental impacts.…
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A dive into vaunted speed records across Colorado’s outdoors
Joseph DeMoor has a confession to make. He knows it sounds silly, but he likes to see his name listed on the first page of fastestknowntime.com/athletes. There are, at last check, 487 pages you could scroll through — names listed with their number of fastest known times, or FKTs, as the rather obscure records are…
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Powder snowboarding at Breckenridge Resort March 14
Colorado’s mountains received 1-3 feet of snow for skiing and riding in March 14 and skiers and riders at Breckenridge enjoyed 10 inches of mid-March powder