Outdoors

Triumph or Tragedy: A Day On Colorado's Most-Crowded Fourteener

What’s to be done about the perennial mob of peak-baggers overwhelming Summit County's beloved fourteener?

07/07/2020 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Ryan Dearth

Outdoors

A Guide to Summer Cycling in Summit

The need to get outside and unwind has never been greater; here’s everything you need to leave the world behind on Summit County’s MTB trails, bike parks, paved roads, and rec paths.

07/07/2020 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Liam Doran

Skiing + Snowboarding

80+ Hike-To Trails at Summit’s Signature Resorts

Want to ski and ride some of the steepest, least-crowded (and most sublime) inbounds terrain anywhere? Skip the lifts (and the lines) and follow this insider’s guide to 80+ hike-to trails at Summit’s signature resorts.

12/16/2019 By Devon O'Neil

Outdoors

Summit County's Haute Hut

The triumph, amid tragedy, of the Sisters Cabin, the latest and most luxurious addition to the county’s much-loved network of wilderness oases.

12/10/2018 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Ryan Dearth

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Are You an Epic, or an Ikon-ic, Skier?

With the introduction of yet another unlimited lift ticket, the snow stakes are high for serious resort skiers.

12/10/2018 By Devon O'Neil

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A Gold Anniversary for Breckenridge Nordic Center

Breckenridge Nordic Center celebrates a half century of gravity-unassisted days on the mountain.

12/10/2018 By Devon O'Neil

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A Recap of Everything New at Summit County's Resorts This Season

Faster (and warmer) rides up the mountain, guides to secret powder stashes, and a bevy of noshes.

12/10/2018 By Devon O'Neil

Outdoors

Summit County's Most Inspirational Summer Cycling

An insider's guide to the best singletrack trails, bike parks, and road rides of Summit's brief-but-glorious summer cycling season.

06/25/2018 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Liam Doran

Person of Interest

A Local Cycling Guru’s Guide to Finding Paradise on Two Wheels

Leland Turner's living a two-wheeled dream: six months in Breck and six months in Maui, interspersed with boat-based road bike tours in Croatia, Vietnam, and Tahiti.

06/25/2018 By Devon O'Neil

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A New and Improved Trail Network Takes Root in Frisco

Frisco plans a major upgrade for one of the county’s least-developed, and most-anticipated, networks of summer trails.

06/25/2018 By Devon O'Neil

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Breck’s Remedy for Locals Who Refuse to Pick up after Their Pets: DNA-Testing the Evidence

Lazy dog owners get their doo.

06/25/2018 By Devon O'Neil

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Looking Back at the Wildfire That Threatened Breck Last Year

Burning question: What, if anything, was learned from last summer’s near disaster?

06/25/2018 By Devon O'Neil

Altitude Adjustment

From Ski Mountaineering to Law Enforcement

Just shy of 40, big-line skier Mike Schilling made his riskiest move: trading a high-paying desk job for a badge and gun.

12/07/2017 By Devon O'Neil

Made Map

The Man Behind the Map

Meet the New York-based cartographer who charts your favorite A-Basin runs.

12/07/2017 By Devon O'Neil

Swan River Song

Resurrecting the Swan River Valley's Signature Waterway

More than a century after dredge boats ripped the bottom, and life, out of Breck's most pristine waterway, the county rights an egregious environmental wrong.

07/01/2017 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Zach Mahone