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Breckenridge, Colorado History
The town of Breckenridge
was formally created in November 1859 by General George E. Spencer. Spencer chose
the name "Breckinridge" after the
United States'
Vice President
of the time, John C. Breckinridge of
Kentucky.
However, when the
Civil War broke out in 1861, the 40-year-old
former vice president sided with the
Confederates (as a
brigadier general)
and the pro-Union citizens of Breckinridge decided to change the town's name. The
first i was changed to an e, and the town's name has been spelled
Breckenridge ever since.
Prospectors entered what is now Summit County during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of 1859, soon after
the placer gold
discoveries farther east at
Idaho Springs. Breckinridge was founded to serve the miners working rich gold deposits discovered along Georgia Gulch. Gold production decreased in the late 1800s, but revived in 1908
by gold dredging operations along
the Blue River and Swan River. The Breckenridge mining district is credited with production
of about one million troy ounces
(about 31,000 kilograms) of gold.
The gold mines around Breckenridge are all shut down, although some are open to
tourist visits. The characteristic gravel ridges left by the gold dredges can still
be seen along the Blue River and
Snake River, and the remains of a dredge are still afloat in a pond off
the Swan River.
Breckenridge Ski Area
Breckenridge Ski Resort, or just Breckenridge or Breck, is
a ski resort located in Summit County, Colorado near
the town of Breckenridge.
The resort is owned and operated by
Vail Resorts which also operates three other resorts in the state (Vail,
Beaver Creek, and Keystone) and
Heavenly Ski Resort
at Lake Tahoe.
Breckenridge is one of the most popular ski resort in North America, and is also highly favored among out-of-state and international travelers. Peak 10 is the southernmost part of Breckenridge, servicing mainly difficult and
a substantial amount of intermediate terrain. Peak 9 services mostly intermediate
terrain, with a significant number of beginner runs on the lower part of the mountain,
though it can also access expert runs such as Devil's crotch and the Windows hike
to terrain that leads down to E-chair on the north side of Peak 9. Peak 8 is accessed
from the Colorado SuperChair, Rocky Mountain SuperChair and the Peak 8 SuperConnect.
The lower part of Peak 8 accesses mostly intermediate runs with some advanced runs.
The back bowl on Peak 8 can be accessed via 6 chair or the T-Bar, both can be used
to access the Imperial Express lift and the northernmost (Peak 7) and westernmost
bowls (Lake Chutes), which include some very difficult terrain with slopes up to
55 degrees. The lower part of Peak 7 can also be accessed from the Independence
SuperChair which accesses intermediate terrain.
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Highest Elevation: 12,998 ft
- Base Elevation: 9,600 ft
- Area: 2,358 Acres
- Runs: 155 (14% Beginner, 31% Intermediate,
19% Advanced, 36% Expert)
- Longest Run: "Four O Clock" 3.5 mi
- Lifts: 30 (1 gondola, 2 high-speed 6-passenger
Superchairs, 7 high-speed quad chairs, 1 triple chair, 6 double chairs, 13 surface)
- 25 Acre Terrain Park
- Snowfall: 300 in/year
*This article is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the
Wikipedia article "Breckenridge
(Colorado)"
and Wikipedia article "Breckenridge Ski Resort"
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