Real Estate in Summit County, Colorado

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Located about 70 miles west of Denver and nestled high in the Colorado Rockies at 9000 feet above sea level, Summit County is known as "Colorado's Playground." It earns the nickname by being home to more than 300 days of sunshine and four world-class ski resorts - Copper, Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, and Keystone. Amazingly, at least seven other ski areas are also only a short drive. For these reasons, it's not surprising to learn that Summit County receives about 3 million ski and snowboard visitors every year. While most of us were initially drawn to Summit County for its winter activities, it's a popular saying amongst locals that they "came for the winters but stayed for the gorgeous summers." With moderate temperatures and an inexhaustible array of activities and events, summers in the Summit high country are truly stunning.

Founded in 1861 as one of the original seventeen counties in Colorado, Summit County is now home to more than 26,000 full-time residents. Most folks live in the small mountain communities of Blue River, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Dillon, Frisco, Heeney, Keystone, Montezuma, and Silverthorne. The entire county has an approximate area of 619 square miles, and, of that total, about 75% is comprised of national forest. Wonderful educational opportunities abound here with six neighborhood schools that feed into the Summit Middle School and Summit High School. Summit County is also home to Colorado Mountain College, which maintains campuses in both Breckenridge and Dillon. Located centrally in Frisco, St. Anthony Summit Medical Center affords the region's highest level of emergency care, and, augmenting its services, it also serves as the mountain base for Flight for Life Colorado. Getting around is easy via the Summit Stage, which offers free, year-round bus service throughout the county and serves about 1.75 million riders annually.

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