Did You Know...September 5, 2009: Old Town Winter Park, Colorado was formed in the 1920s, as a base camp for workers building the 6.2 mile Moffat Tunnel through the Continental Divide.
August 15, 2009: The annual winter carnival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was established in 1914.
August 3, 2009: Steamboat Springs ski area opened in 1961.
July 26, 2009: Steamboat Springs, Colorado was named after three French trappers in the early 1800s who heard a sound that they mistook for a major river and boat. The sound came from a natural spring at the far end of town that was later covered by a railroad bed.
July 5, 2009: Grand Lake was formed by glaciers and is Colorado’s deepest natural lake.
June 28, 2009: Grand Lake, Colorado is known as the “Western Entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park,” one of the crown jewels in America’s national park system.
June 21, 2009: The Gold Pan Saloon, in Breckenridge, Colorado, enjoys the distinction of being the oldest saloon west of the Mississippi.
June 14, 2009: In 1887, the largest gold nugget in the United States was found in Breckenridge, Colorado. It weighed 151 ounces and was about the size of a head of lettuce.
June 7, 2009: Breckenridge, Colorado was named after a Vice President of the United States, because the residents thought that would increase their odds, in the mid-1800s, of getting a post office.
May 31, 2009: Aspen Skiing Corporation was formed in 1946, followed by Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands in 1958, and Snowmass in 1969, representing the four mountains that give Aspen, Colorado distinction as a great Colorado winter vacation spot.
May 25, 2009: Aspen Skiing Corporation was formed in 1946, followed by Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands in 1958, and Snowmass in 1969, representing the four mountains that give Aspen, Colorado distinction as a great Colorado winter vacation spot.
May 6, 2009: Vail purchased the land for Beaver Creek ski resort in 1972, and Beaver Creek welcomed its first skiers on December 15, 1980.
April 30, 2009: In 1989, Beaver Creek hosted the World Ski Championships.
April 16, 2009: In the 1930s, a group of investors tried to start a ski area in Aspen, Colorado, but their efforts were halted by World War II. The Aspen Skiing Corporation would later come to life in 1946.
April 9, 2009: Aspen, Colorado was a mining boom town from 1879-1893, thanks to the discovery of silver.
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