People shouldn’t be shy about putting on snowshoes and heading out the back door of Breckenridge real estate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Snowshoes add a marvelous free feeling to life in Summit County CO homes—in Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mountain, Silverthorne as well as vacation real estate in Breckenridge.
One big reason to buy family vacation homes in Summit County—Colorado’s playground—is for the variety of intergenerational recreational activities that everyone in the family will enjoy. Starting at the Breckenridge Nordic Center or the Frisco Nordic Center, residents and guests can interchange cross-country skis for snowshoes. Both centers are accessible via the free shuttle route.
Breckenridge Nordic Center, located at the clubhouse of the Breckenridge Golf Course, offers 16 kilometers of snowshoeing on scenic nature trails. Great conditions extend from the lower Beaver Meadows to The Colorado. Snowshoe tours are offered daily. By advanced reservation, there are also special moonlight snowshoe tours at night. At times, a last-minute walk in can be accommodated. Snowshoe tours are also available at the Frisco Nordic Center by reservation only.Â
During January, the Tour the Summit by Ski or Snowshoe festival invites the entire community out for a ski or snowshoe 10 kilometer run from Breck to Friso.  The fun event benefits Friends of the Dillon Ranger District. Participants include everyone from babies, children, youth, and young professionals, to the “middle aged†and seniors to centurions.
Frisco also has free sledding hills, a kid’s log cabin, kick sledding, and children’s tours by pulk sled. Built specifically for carrying children and cargo, pulk sleds are a growing segment of the cross-country ski experience. They are much easier and safer than skiing or snowshoeing with a baby in a backpack or a front child-carrier.
The more adventurous can explore two Nordic skier tunnels along a continuous looped trail system or set out for the warming huts at Hallelujah Hut and/or Kathy’s Viewpoint. There are an infinite number of destinations around the authentic Victorian mining town. Along the Ten Mile Range to the Continental Divide, discoveries are in store year after year.
Jonna Beardsley of Breckenridge Associates is a long-time resident in Breck. She offers a wealth of information and affordable local options. Call Jonna at (970) 453-2200 for friendly, professional real-estate assistance in the Rocky Mountain area.
