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, including preliminary review comments from the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, comments from Summit County and 142 objection letters.
The company is currently in the permitting process with the state. If the permits are awarded, Peak Materials will then have to obtain two permits from Summit County before the project can begin: one to mine materials on the 75-acre Hillyard property, which is about seven miles north of Silverthorne, and one to import the materials to the company’s Maryland Creek Ranch facility about 11 miles south of the mining site.
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SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) If scenes throughout the 1989 comedy National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation seem familiar to Coloradans, that s because this Chicago-set film was partially shot in Colorado s high country.
According to GoBreck and the Breckenridge Tourism Bureau, the film actually begins in Colorado.
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When the Griwolds are heading to the country for a tree and find themselves underneath a logging truck, that was shot north of Silverthorne near the Maryland Creek Ranch/LG Everist.
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Silverthorne is pulling off an in-person January First Friday with a “sledding party” at Maryland Creek Park. According to a news release from the town, the community event will take place from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 1. Attendees will be able to sled down the park’s sledding hill, hear live music from DJ Chris Landry and take home free, to-go hot chocolate kits. A snow sculpture by local artist Erica Nicole will also be featured at the event.
Members of Silverthorne’s Parks, Open Space, Recreation and Trails Committee will lead an hour-long guided snowshoe hike earlier on the same day. Hikers will meet at 1 p.m. at Maryland Creek Park for a moderate out-and-back hike. Participants should bring poles, snowshoes and water according to the release.
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