Quandary Peak, one of the state’s 58 peaks over 14,000 feet, towers over the upper Blue River Valley earlier this year. Mountaineer Andrew Hamilton, with the aid of Andrea Sansone, is currently undertaking an attempt at hiking the 100 highest peaks in Colorado in record time.
Photo by Bill Linfield at hiking the 100 highest peaks in Colorado in record time.
The duo and a support group began the quest for Hamilton to hike the 100 highest peaks in 20 days on Sunday, June 27. As of Saturday morning, July 3, seven days into the attempt, Hamilton had hiked 24 of the 100 highest peaks.
The two are updating interested people on their progress on their Instagram page, @a2summit
Pair of Texans stop in Summit County on cross-country bike summitdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from summitdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Denver Post
The Hillyard property, pictured Wednesday, April 21, north of Silverthorne, is the site of a proposed gravel mine. Owner Peak Materials is working through the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety s permitting process to mine and then reclaim the site.
Photo by Ashley Low
City Market grocery worker Oumar Ba breathed deep in Colorado’s Blue River Valley between wilderness mountains, remembering the beauty of his native Senegal.
“I love the river,” said Ba, 30.
But he also sees benefits of a proposal by Peak Materials to dig a new, 54-acre gravel mine along the river to support construction of roads, buildings and more resort luxury houses in Summit County. “Creates more jobs,” he said.
Summit residents cite environmental concerns in testimony to mining board during Peak Ranch Resource Project hearing summitdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from summitdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.