Mountain Angler owner Jackson Streit was preparing for the worst in April and May 2020. Weeks into the onset of the pandemic, Streit had seen the Breckenridge he’d known and loved for decades shut down..
Brielle Quigley, a graduating senior of The Peak School, holds onto to her graduation cap as she rides up the Super Bee chairlift with family members Thursday, May 27, at Copper Mountain Resort to receive her diploma. This is the second year The Peak School hosted its graduation ceremony at Copper.
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Eleven graduates were celebrated Thursday, May 27, during The Peak School’s graduation ceremony at Copper Mountain Resort. Last year, the school held its graduation at the resort as a creative way to celebrate during the pandemic, and the tradition lived on this year.
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Mountain Dew and The Adventure Sports Network Group announced Tuesday, May 25, that the annual Winter Dew Tour competition and festival will return to Copper Mountain Resort from Dec. 16-19.
The event’s return to Copper Mountain comes after it was canceled for the 2020-21 winter in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The most recent Winter Dew Tour took place in February 2020 and was the event’s debut at Copper Mountain Resort after years at Breckenridge Ski Resort. The mid-December date is also a return to the event’s traditional calendar spot in Breckenridge.
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During its quarterly meeting last week, the Summit County Wildfire Council recommended the approval of 11 grant proposals meant to help mitigate the risk of wildfires in the community through hazardous fuels reduction projects and other efforts to move forward with the implementation of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
About 30 community members tuned into a virtual wildfire council meeting Thursday, May 20, when members voted on a number of grant proposals submitted by towns, resident groups and other stakeholders around Summit County. There were 11 proposals, all of which the council recommended funding a potential investment of more than $333,000 from the county government.
Copper Mountain Resort wants to expand accessibility to beginner terrain on the far west portion of the resort by replacing and extending the Lumberjack chairlift above West Village. The resort is proposing to the U.S..