Phil Lindeman
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Hiking 101: Your guide to Summit County hiking trails, maps and other essentials
To help you plan for a hiking trip in Summit County, the Summit Daily spoke with local Forest Service experts about food, water, weather, altitude and everything else you need to fall in love with the Rocky Mountains by foot. → Read More
Tempting the Tenmile Range Traverse from Frisco to Breckenridge (360 video)
It rained later that night. And it rained hard.My roommate walked down from his room and mentioned the lightning. I hadn’t noticed it all that much — I was → Read More
At Team Breckenridge, big-mountain skiing and snowboarding is the next big thing
When Clay Bryant told Nic Obleski to steer clear of a mogul beneath the deceptively small drop in Horseshoe Bowl, I’m pretty sure the 17-year-old skier from Denver heard → Read More
‘Writing the book’: On a ski bike at Keystone with Devin Lenz of Lenz Sports
He thought it was the coolest and craziest thing he’d ever seen on snow. He asked the standard questions: Where are the brakes? How do you stop? Where do → Read More
Ski patrollers explain the finer points of ski area etiquette
No one wants a turkey on the slopes.In mountain town lingo, a turkey is on par with a gaper. Both of them refer to someone — anyone, a veteran → Read More
150 furry coworkers: The hidden life of a Breckenridge dogsled guide
“This sled is like a car stuck in drive,” our guide said before almost anything else. “If you go off the brake, the dogs will take off.”On a stunning → Read More
Winter fly-fishing on the chilly Blue River (video)
After 40 combined years of angling, local guides Freddy Santen and Chip Swanson hardly feel the Rocky Mountain chill when the fishing is good.“I just like being out on → Read More
Ripping Keystone side hits with zshreds, aka 7-year-old Zabel Parrott
Zabel Parrott is the prince of side hits.Earlier this season, on one of more than a dozen January powder days, I met up with the 7-year-old snowboarder with impossibly → Read More
Grace under pressure
At just 32 (his birthday was last month), Alex Honnold has established himself as the Mozart of free solo climbing. For the uninitiated, that means Honnold works his way → Read More
Bikepacking 101: How to plan, prep and survive a multi-day mountain biking trip
For the first week after Anne St. Clair rode 550 miles in 11 days on the fabled Colorado Trail, the local mountain bike coach and pro enduro rider wasn’t → Read More
As summer ends, 2017 Frisco Bay Invite brings 1000 high school MTB athletes to town Aug. 26-27
Everyone who’s duked it out at the Frisco Bay Invite knows about Crown Point Road.For the fourth year running, the Colorado High School Cycling League welcomes the 2017 fall → Read More
Bikepacking 101: How to plan, prep and survive a multi-day mountain biking trip
For the first week after Anne St. Clair rode 550 miles in 11 days on the fabled Colorado Trail, the local mountain bike coach and pro enduro rider wasn’t → Read More
Breckenridge Bike Guide: V3 trail (video)
SUMMIT COUNTY — V3 is easily one of the wildest trails in the French Gulch area with berms, rail bridges and tight corridors en route to Barney Ford Trail and B&B Trail. → Read More
High Gear: Scarpa Zodiac Plus GTX boot review
When I was young and in Boy Scouts, one of the adult leaders had an old pair of hiking boots I wanted when I grew up. I don’t remember → Read More
Tame the Beast at the 2017 Breck Spartan Race Aug. 26-27
You’d better eat your Wheaties, Breckenridge: the biggest and baddest Spartan Race of them all is back.This weekend (Aug. 26-27), one of the most intense obstacle races on the → Read More
Ready, aim, Rimfire! Rifle contest returns to Summit County Shooting Range Aug. 26
Summit sharpshooters, clean your barrels and sight your scopes — the fifth annual Summit County Rimfire Challenge is back.The yearly late-summer rifle tournament returns to the Summit County Shooting → Read More
Dillon Yacht Culb 2017 Summer Series results, Putterhead volleyball photos and more
2017 Summer Regatta Series | Dillon Yacht ClubResults and standings after a full summer of regatta racing on Lake Dillon, hosted by Dillon Yacht Club for seven fleets of → Read More
Leashes and poop bags: How to avoid conflict on the trail
It was one of those encounters when I wanted to defend my dog, even though I knew she and I were honestly in the wrong. On a sublime Sunday in late July, I met up with a few friends to hike the Ptarmigan Peak Trail outside of Silverthorne. My 8-year-old mutt was the only dog… → Read More
Leash laws, poop bags and good etiquette for hiking with dogs in Summit County
It was one of those encounters when I wanted to defend my dog, even though I knew she and I were honestly in the wrong.On a sublime Sunday in → Read More
Breckenridge Bike Guide: B&B Trail (video)
If only every drive on the Interstate 70 were as fun as B&B Trail. Found on the south side of French Gulch in Breckenridge, it's your superhighway to plenty of local mountain bike trails. → Read More