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1 month ago | 
mtntownmagazine.com | Lisa Blake
by Lisa BlakeThe energy is high, the music is bumping and the assembly line is buzzing with feel-good doing-good vibes. Smart Bellies volunteers are set up in a swift flow at long tables stacked with food in the nonprofit’s new space off Huron Road in Breckenridge. The industrial no-frills workshop churns out meals for Summit County, Lake County and Park County students and families in need.
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1 month ago | 
5280.com | Mark Antonation |Lisa Blake
The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Sign up today! The bronze backbar at the sparkling new Tavernetta Vail casts incandescent honey tones across the 150-seat dining room. Light from an indoor fireplace and outdoor fire pits flickers and bounces off the glass panes that reveal a steamy hotel pool backdropped by snow-covered Vail Mountain.
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1 month ago | 
5280.com | Jessica Giles |Lisa Blake
Outdoorsy Coloradans are notoriously picky about their gear. Ski boots that don’t fit right can sabotage your stoke. Running shorts that rub you raw can ruin your quest for a PR on the trails. And don’t even get us started on hiking boots (which track as work attire in the right Boulder office). In this way, Ram Mikulas is your average Centennial State outdoorsman. “I’ve always been an active person, cycling and running and ski mountaineering,” he says.
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1 month ago | 
mtntownmagazine.com | Lisa Blake
By Lisa BlakeIngredient-driven Radicato has seamlessly risen to the upper echelon of mountain town dining. Sister restaurant to Breckenridge’s famed Rootstalk and helmed by Chef Cameron Baker and creator and James Beard Award-winner Matt Vawter, Radicato delivers on its passion for connecting Colorado farmers to diners while weaving a story around Italy’s deep culinary traditions.
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1 month ago | 
5280.com | Mark Antonation |Lisa Blake
Skinny French omelets, buttery crusted quiche Lorraine, and poached-egg breakfast carbonara roll out in a steady stream from the kitchen while bartenders build balanced trays of grapefruit mimosas and espresso martinis. Cheering guests are laughing so hard, tears are rolling as freely as the dollar bills being (respectfully) slipped into the hands of the wildly entertaining performers.
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2 months ago | 
5280.com | Jessica Giles |Lisa Blake
On the last day of her sophomore year in high school, Ashlie Weisel found a note inside her locker. The message scrawled on it thanked Weisel for her positivity. Despite radiating optimism, Weisel had been struggling with suicidal thoughts; the random note convinced her not to take her own life. When the Frisco mom shared this story with her mountain community during the 2020 TEDxBreckenridge virtually (because, COVID), she made a ripple effect. Her talk received more than 4,000 views.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
mtntownmagazine.com | Lisa Blake
by Lisa BlakeWhen you build your company around family values and commitment to community, people take note. iFurnish owners Tony and Kelly Pestello grew up in small town Minnesota and decided to relocate to Summit County in 2005, bringing their love of the furniture business and hometown ideals with them. Tony was raised in the family-owned furniture business and latched onto a love of problem solving and assisting friends and neighbors in feeling at home.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
5280.com | Jessica Giles |Lisa Blake
Hoteliers from Aspen to Breckenridge are tuned in to what travelers want—and then some. They don’t stop at fluffy spa robes and turndown service. Next-level Colorado hospitality spans Roman bath rituals, private heli-skiing tours, in-room hot tubs and DJ booths, and a three-story ski concierge at your fingertips. Grab a welcome flute of bubbly and make yourself at home at these wow-factor mountain town stays. W AspenW Aspen is conveniently located just one block away from Aspen Mountain.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
5280.com | Maren Horjus |Lisa Blake
The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Sign up today! The Odometer: Roughly 291 miles, one way from Denver (5 hours, 26 minutes)Telluride’s sweet northerly cousin is a beloved basecamp for visitors spurring off on skyward hikes, off-roading over white-knuckle passes, wading through secluded rivers, and recouping in natural hot springs.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
mtntownmagazine.com | Lisa Blake
By Lisa BlakeWhen we’re craving a dose of old west grit and Victorian charm, we look to our westerly friend, Leadville. Home to The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, Melanzana, skijoring, silver mining lore, and a smattering of lung-busting 13,000- and 14,000-foot peaks towering over millions of acres of national forest and public land, Leadville is always up for fresh air fund.
