Summit County mountain resorts are ringing in the new year with fresh tracks for skiers and snowboarders after opening new terrain over the past week and weather reports show a continued streak of snowfall. .
Skiers and snowboarders at Arapahoe Basin can now take refuge at il Rifugio, billed as the highest-elevation restaurant in North America, which reopened this week for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Perched.
Photo from Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Nearly 40 cyclists climbed more than 1,500 feet to race Saturday, July 31, at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area’s first-ever Reverse Enduro mountain bike race.
Eleven women and 27 men challenged themselves by climbing the three miles from A-Basin’s base to the top of the Zuma Lift at 12,456 feet.
Breckenridge cyclist Taylor Shelden completed the course in the fastest time at 31 minutes and 6 seconds. He beat men’s runner-up John Rauen of Breckenridge (36:36) and third-place finisher Kevin Minard of Dillon (37:43).
Alisha Scheifley of Dillon, who won the Soda Creek Scramble last week in Keystone, won the Reverse Enduro women’s race with a time of 38:27. Scheifley bested runner-up and Summit local Meggie Manzo (46:38) and third-place finisher Shauna Bocksch of Frisco (50:30).