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Welcome to Summit County - Colorado's Playground and the ultimate mountain getaway!
We are home to four wide-known ski resorts - Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain and Arapahoe Basin.
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Area Information: Summit County, with it's total population of 25,000 combines the town of Breckenridge, town of Silverthorne, town of Dillon, town of Frisco, as well as Keystone (unincorporated, including Keystone ski resort) and Copper Mountain (unincorporated, Copper Mountain ski resort). Also included within Summit County' s limits are town of Blue River (population 685), Montezuma (population 42) and Heeney (unincorporated, population 75). Summit County area varies by elevation from lowest of 7,780 feet (Heeney) to highest of 10,335 feet (Montezuma). Ski areas bases of Breckenridge, Keystone and Copper Mountain vary, but all are above 9,000 feet.
Summit County's Climate: Located at 40 degrees north and such a high elevation above the sea level, the valleys of Colorado's central Rocky Mountains have a very low humidity, which makes the coldest days bearable and hottest days comfortable.
Colorado state has been advertised as a place of "300 days of sunshine", which doesn't mean that we have 300 sunny days (by definition, if the sun has come out even for only an hour, it would be considered a "day of sunshine"), but it is a pretty sunny place. On the opposite site, the snowfall is quite large in varies greatly throughout the county - from an annual average of 10 feet in Silverthorne to an average of more than 30 feet annually in Arapahoe Basin. Transportation: The Summit Stage provides free bus service throughout Summit County year round (it is estimated that about 1.75 riders use the service annually). For convenience of the riders the buses are equipped with ski/snowboard racks in the winter and bike racks in the summer! And while enjoying a free bus ride throughout the county, one can have a read of Summit Daily News - a free local newspaper, available for pick up at numerous locations.
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