Highcountry Living

Colorado Gold Passes on sale

Colorado Ski Country USA started selling its 2009-10 Colorado Gold Pass on Monday for $2,750. The pass is good for 21 of the 22 Colorado Ski Country USA’s 22 resorts. The Gold Pass includes Arapahoe Basin, Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, Copper Mountain, Crested Butte, Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort, Echo Mountain, Eldora, Howelsen Hill, Loveland Ski Area, Monarch Mountain, Powderhorn, Ski Cooper, Snowmass, SolVista Basin, Steamboat, Sunlight Mountain Resort, Telluride, Winter Park and Wolf Creek. However the four ski areas owned by Vail Resorts, Keystone, Breckenridge, Vail, and Beaver Creek are not included since Vail Resorts left the group in 2008.

Eccles Pass (Meadow Creek) hike

We hiked this pass yesterday. Though it is slightly longer than 9 miles round trip it is highly recommended. After about 3-3.5 miles you find yourself in a beautiful alpine meadow with panoramic views all around. An abundance of green is evident because there are no stands of lodgepole pines decimated by the bark beetle and there is still plenty of melting snow to nourish the vegetation.
TRAIL DETAILS

Triple Bypass Ride 120 miles 10,000 ft. elevation change - tomorrow

21st Annual Triple Bypass Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Evergreen to Avon over Squaw (11,140 ft.), Loveland (11,990 ft.), Swan Mountain and Vail (10,560 ft.) passes.

Town of Frisco schedule of events July - August

July

August

July 4th schedule for Summit County

Frisco

• 10 am to 5 pm - Local and national artists (Saturday and Sunday) present the Green Art Festival, whatever that is,  at 3^rd and Main Street.
• 4-9pm - Extreme Ink Carnival (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) at Summit Blvd. and Marina Road.
• 12:30 pm - 4^th of July parade on Main Street.
• 1:30-3:30 pm - The Woodies Band playing at the Historic Park Gazebo.
• 7-9 pm- Dave Mason playing at the Frisco Bay Marina.
• 9:30 pm Fireworks at the Frisco Bay Marina

Breckenridge

• 8 am - 10k Breckenridge Recreation Department’s Independence Day trail race at Carter Park.
• 10 am - Concessions and amusements for kids’ at the Blue River Plaza.
• 10 am to 6 pm - July Art Festival (Saturday and Sunday)
• 11 am - 4^th of July parade on Main Street.
• 11 am - Firecracker 50 Bike Race (starts on Main Street with an elevation gain of 12,000 feet.
• 2 pm - Nelson Rangell jazz saxophonist followed by contemporary jazz band, Dotsero at the Riverwalk Center.
• 4:30 - Cappella folk choir, The 50-voice, at Riverwalk Center.
• 8:30 pm - National Repertory Orchestra at Riverwalk Center.
• 9:30 pm - Fireworks.

Dillon

Friday

• 9 am to 4 pm - Dillon Farmers Market on Buffalo street.
• 4 pm - Lakeside Dillon Farmers Market along side the Amphitheatre.
• 7:30 pm - The U.S. Air Force Acade­my Band at the Dillon Amphitheatre, followed by fireworks over Lake Dillon.

Saturday

• 9 am to 4 pm - Lakeside Dillon Farmers Market.
• 10 am - National Repertory Orchestra at the Dillon Amphitheatre.
• 2 pm - Lake Dillon boat parade.
• 3 pm - Kids’ bike parade and old-fashioned activities at Town Park, including turtle races, apple pie eating con-test, water melon eating contest, bocce tourna­ment and an oldies show by Doo Wop Denny.
• 3-6 pm - Jim Salestrom at the Dillon Amphitheatre.
• 7 pm - Lannie Garrett & her Swingin’ Big Band at the Dillon Amphitheatre .

Keystone

• 8:30-9:30 am - (8 a.m. registration) Kids’ fishing derby at Keystone Lake.
• 10:30 am - Bike decorating party.
• 11-11:30 am - Annual Keystone bike parade.
• 10 am to 1 pm - Music.
• 11 am to 1 pm - Food and beverage vendors, crafts, bounce houses and more.
• 11 am to 3 pm - Frontier Fair:  Enjoy a petting zoo, gold panning, train rides, caricatures, a face painter, midway games, a balloon artist, western dancers, and much more.
• 9 pm - Fireworks over Keystone Lake.

Five firework displays in Summit County, July 3-4

Friday
Dillon: display over Frisco Bay, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday
Frisco: display over Frisco Marina, 9:30 p.m.
Breckenridge: immediately following National Repertory Orchestra concert at Riverwalk
Center, 9:30 p.m.
Keystone: over Keystone Lake, 9 p.m.
Copper Mountain: over West Lake in the Village, 9:55 p.m.

Peak One Disc Golf Course on Frisco’s Peninsula Park

At 9,000′ the Peak One Disc Golf Course on Frisco’s Peninsula Park on lake Dillon is one of the highest courses in the world. peak-one-disk-golf

Walking your dog on Ryan Gulch Rd.

Strolling at the top of Wildernest with Cooper, on Ryan Gulch Road looking at Buffalo Mountain on the left and Red Mountain on the right. Check out Cooper Evil Dog apparel.

National Repertory Orchestra 50th Anniversary

Celebrate 50 years of “Nurturing the Future of Music” at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge. This event kicks of the 2009 summer season.

Breckenridge 3rd annual Kingdom Days June 20 & 21, 2009

The mining town of Breckenridge was founded in 1859, but was inadvertently excluded from U.S. maps earning it the name “Colorado’s Kingdom” until it finally became incorporated in 1936. The celebration includes gun fights, blacksmithing demos, gold panning, live music, free community BBQ, and many other events including the popular outhouse races.