Breckenridge Real Estate Blog

Volunteers from homes in Breckenridge, Colorado join with folks from Summit County and the Front Range cities on July 19 and 20, 2008 for a weekend of trail building in the Rocky Mountains.  The magnificent trail systems between exquisite mountain real estate in Breckenridge and the peaks in the national forests are one more reason to pick up your own Breckenridge vacation real estate before build-out and likely price surges occur.

Many residents, guests, and tourists make their way to real estate in Keystone, Copper Mountain, Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne and the rural areas in Summit County simply because of the excellent trail system and beautiful scenery.  The trails, like the ski slopes, heavily contribute to the dreamy quality of life in the area.

During the weekend of July 19-20, the Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) are rounding up volunteers to meet at 8:00 a.m. behind Town Hall for an engaging weekend of community service.  The crew will be constructing the first mile of fabulous single track that has been dreamt up to replace Nightmare on Baldy, a dangerous segment of a trail located just outside of town.

The present super-rocky trail was originally created by users and has been heavily travelled.  It is severely eroded and unsustainable.  To fix the problem and the trail’s crazy, loose descent, volunteers will replace Nightmare on Baldy with single track and switchbacks all the way down to Sally Barber Mine.

VOC, along with the Town of Breckenridge, has a pretty good track record for putting in trails.  Over 200 volunteers helped establish the French Gulch trails.  They built bridges, new single track, and put up fences.  On July 14 this year, they joined the Town to build ripping single track connecting Middle Flume and Gold Run Gulch Road.  Volunteers should wear good shoes, long sleeves, and long pants (or lots of bug spray) and bring a lunch or two and camping gear.

Another organization involved in the trail projects is the Summit County Open Space and Trails Department.  It identifies, protects, and manages open spaces, recreational pathways, natural surface trails, and trailheads in order to preserve and maintain Summit County’s rural mountain character and high-quality environment.  The County advocates the Leave-No-Trace principles that include:

• Plan ahead and prepare.
• Travel and camp on durable surfaces.
• Dispose of waste properly.
• Leave what you find.
• Minimize campfire impacts.
• Respect wildlife.
• Be considerate of others.

So gear up and have fun.  The work is dirty and challenging but awfully rewarding for the thousands of people who help with Colorado’s trail systems.  They build trails, plant trees, battle invasive species, and restore habitat.  Call Rick Allemang at (970) 547-1002 to take the opportunity to glean information about real estate in the ski resort areas.