What makes Summit County so hot? Well, no place else on earth
offers the same mix of features, amenities and attractions that we do.
Consider:
- We offer 4 ski resorts
with 3 different owners on 9 peaks. Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper
Mountain and Arapahoe Basin boast skiing that is included in the best
in the world.
- We have the highest fresh water sailing lake
in North America, Lake Dillon.
- We offer 6 significant communities, each with
a different character: Copper Mountain, Keystone, Breckenridge, Dillon,
Frisco and Silverthorne.
- We have a very active arts community, with
two theatre companies: the Dillon Center for the Performing Arts and
the Backstage Theatre - along with the Breckenridge Music Institute,
the National Repertory Orchestra, and various other entertainment
venues.
- We have a wide variety of nice restaurants
for every pocketbook, and even the high-end establishments compare
well cost-wise with restaurants in major metropolitan areas.
- We have three major mountain ranges within
the County, and touch others. We have three peaks over 14,000 feet.
- Our hiking, mountain climbing and other outdoor
activities offer more panoramic choices within a 15 mile radius than
any other place in this country that you could name.
- Our real estate prices are just about the
most affordable of any Rocky Mountain Ski Resort (I think the only
exceptions might be Winter Park, CO and McCall, ID - but neither of
those have the additional amenities to back up their allure).
- Our access to Denver and Denver International
Airport is relatively an easy commute, and shuttle services can eliminate
the need for car rental or driving. Flights to and from DIA will be
relatively inexpensive compared to flying into other mountain resorts.
While Vail and Aspen have general aviation airports closer, prices
will be much higher, and the list of communities served across the
country much smaller. We are the closest MAJOR resort to most of the
Front Range communities in Colorado.
- Our climate is temperate. It rarely gets below
10 degrees in the winter or above 80 in the summer. This also makes
our summers almost as popular as our winters. When temperatures rise
to 100 in Denver and the Front Range (communities on the east side
of the Rocky Mountains, from Fort Collins at the north to Walsenberg
on the South), people flood to Summit County. The dry weather makes
you feel less cold in the winter and less hot in the summer.
- We truly are "The Summit". Here,
people live at 10,000 feet and consider that normal. You can literally
touch the mountains that provide water for about half the country.
Our snowmelt fills rivers and streams on both sides of the Continental
Divide.
- We offer slopeside living (for those who want
to be in the action) as well as nearby living for those who, perhaps,
want more for their money, but still have access to the slopes.
- We are affordable. Even in the middle of ski
season, you will find our lodging prices far lower than those in the
other major resorts.
