Welcome to My World

“I came for the winter and stayed for the summers.” That’s what Summit County residents say about the place they call “home.” As I sit at my PC, I look out the window, admiring the mists above the mountain tops. The afternoon brought rain, but now, the sun is beginning to smile through the clouds. Soon there will be a rainbow. Have I enticed you to visit?

As night falls, the stars illuminate the sky. Yes. Out here you can see the stars. Take a walk through the town of Breckenridge. The colored lights throughout the town contrast with the diamond lights in the night sky. This is nothing short of enchantment.

“Who cares about beautiful scenery?” you ask. “What is there to do?”

Let me take you on a vicarious tour of our summer activities in Summit County.

I Came For the Waters

Nestled between the Gore, Williams Fork and Ten Mile mountain ranges, the Lake Dillon Reservoir provides 3,300 acres of waters. Sailboats, motorboats, canoes, kayaks and paddleboats can be rented at the full service marinas in Dillon and Frisco. Thrill seekers may prefer to go rafting through some Rocky Mountain Whitewater. These daredevils should check out Brown’s Canyon on the Arkansas River.

There’s Something Fishy Going On

The Blue River, which averages 80-100 feet across, flows through the Gore Mountains to the Colorado River near Kremmling. It is considered a Gold Medal fishery which provides good food sources as well as consistent quality hatches.

At the Green Mountain Reservoir, located at the north end of Summit County, you can find rainbows, browns, lake trout and kokanee salmon. You can also water-ski and camp out around the lake.

Lake Dillon is also stocked with kokanee salmon, as well as cutthroat and brook trout.

Climb Every Mountain

On her trip to the Colorado Rockies in 1893, Katherine Lee Bates was inspired to write America the Beautiful. It was not till I moved to Summit County that I truly understood the significance of the phrase “Purple Mountain’s majesty.”