Today on Main Street Breckenridge is the fourth annual Summit County Graduate Parade, where teachers, parents, friends and family celebrate more than 200 graduates from The Peak School, Snowy Peaks and Summit High School. All this year on The Warmup, our weekly athlete feature, Krystal 93 news director Phil Lindeman has been asking senior athletes:
With Colorado ski areas shifting into summer operations, resorts are opening trails to mountain biking or will do so any day. Many utilize their chairlifts for "bike hauls," requiring the purchase of trail passes for access. Copper Mountain allows free mountain biking but charges for bike hauls. Trail access is free at Arapahoe Basin, where there is no lift-assisted biking. Most of the resorts with mountain biking operations also offer rentals, lessons and clinics.
Mountain destinations are making it out of the summer season with a pleasant surprise: a jump in bookings in August, leaving much of the hospitality sector already confident in this year’s success. The August boost.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with correct figures for the town of Breckenridge. Summit County’s towns have begun to see the effects that inflation and short-term rentals have had on sales tax numbers.