Although the trails at the Frisco Peninsula were covered in a thin layer of springtime snow on Wednesday morning, May 22, afternoon sunshine gave way to perfect racing conditions for the first Summit Mountain Challenge.
Copper Mountain Resort is busy with high-caliber snowboard and skiing competitions through most of the year, with athletes from all over the world coming to compete on the resort’s superpipe, big air and slopestyle venues..
With the sun still high in the sky on the longest day of the year on Wednesday, June 21, mountain bikers powered past the historic Tiger Dredge boat amid the start of the third Summit.
A tunderstorm may have postponed the second race in the Summit Mountain Challenge mountain bike racing series, but it did not stop competitors from cruising down pristine trails on a warm and mostly dry day.
On any given afternoon, the forest and trails surrounding Tiger Road in Breckenridge is a quiet escape. It is common to see an occasional biker or runner training on the trail with the breathtaking backdrop.