Kevin Fixler
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Opinion | Kevin Fixler: It’s time for transparency at Colorado ski resorts
A dozen skiers and snowmobilers died in avalanches in Colorado this winter, which sadly matched a state record set in 1993. The public has access to such data because it is closely tracked by a... → Read More
With challenges of mountain gardening, ‘Locavore’ movement makes gains in Summit County
Chris Brower has driven about 180 miles each direction several times a week for more than a dozen summers, all for the sake of Summit County’s stomachs.The Wildernest resident → Read More
Colorado doctor: Health effects of living in mountains unknown to medical establishment
Dr. Christine Ebert-Santos, M.D., is on a mission. The longtime Summit County pediatrician has, for several years, been trying to spread the word on an acute altitude illness that even locals can develop no matter how long they've been residents. If not diagnosed or treated properly, the results can be fatal. → Read More
Rescued Silverthorne hiker recounts how he survived 80 hours lost in Colorado 14er backcountry
The nights were long, frigid and he barely slept, but all the while Shuei Kato just tried to maintain his usual even-keeled nature, subconsciously relying on the belief that → Read More
Fixler: A bittersweet walk down the Summit (column)
Hello, my name is Kevin Fixler and I’m a reporter for the Summit Daily News.That’s an introduction I’ve sent out more times than I could even count over the → Read More
Summit County doctor makes a case for high-altitude disorder that affects even the acclimated
Dr. Christine Ebert-Santos, M.D., is on a mission.The longtime Summit County pediatrician has, for several years, been trying to spread the word on an acute altitude illness that even → Read More
BREAKING: Silverthorne man reported missing on Colorado 14er found alive and uninjured
Shuei Kato, the Silverthorne hiker missing since Saturday afternoon on Missouri Mountain near the town of Buena Vista, was found by search crews Tuesday afternoon alive and in no need of obvious medical assistance. Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze confirmed to the Summit Daily that a helicopter helping with the search operation Tuesday spotted a… → Read More
Colorado ski industry adds teeth to climate change talk
Last week in Keystone, Colo., a modern-day prophet on climate change addressed a room of several hundred High Country residents as they chomped away at their breakfasts, daring each of them to accept a simple challenge. → Read More
Colorado ski industry adds teeth to climate change talk
Last week in Keystone, a modern-day prophet on climate change addressed a room of several hundred High Country residents as they chomped away at their breakfasts, daring each of → Read More
High-altitude Colorado boreal toad left unlisted as endangered species
The eastern boreal toad population in the high elevations of Colorado and other Rocky Mountain states may be in decline, but it will not be granted protected status under → Read More
Highway 9 Iron Springs project battles weather to hit 2017 completion
It may not look it, what with the throng of hardhats and heavy-duty construction vehicles still maneuvering about, but the four-lane State Highway 9 expansion north of Breckenridge is → Read More
Colorado’s Gore Range was named after a bloodthirsty 19th century aristocrat. Is it time for a change?
The rugged mountain underbite in Summit and Eagle counties known as the Gore Range has drawn people to the area for generations, but soon the distinctive 60-mile run of → Read More
Colorado ski executives talk climate, year-round models at kickoff event
As if on cue, the approaching winter could wait no longer and made itself the guest of honor for the annual ski executive breakfast, delivering almost a foot of fresh snow overnight in parts of Summit County. It was a welcome sight at the public powwow hosted by the Summit Chamber of Commerce, even if it… → Read More
Colorado ski resort executives talk climate, year-round models at annual kickoff event
As if on cue, the approaching winter could wait no longer and made itself the guest of honor for the annual ski executive breakfast, delivering almost a foot of → Read More
Alma couple rescues dog missing for five weeks off Mount Bross
Following a month frantically searching for his lost dog, Alma resident Larry Osborne acknowledged that he had given up hope of ever finding Chloe after she disappeared on popular Colorado 14er Mount Bross. As the owners of the South Park Saloon nearby, he and his wife, Anouk Patel, put the entire town on alert that… → Read More
Alma couple rescues dog missing for five weeks off Mount Bross
Following a month frantically searching for his lost dog, Alma resident Larry Osborne acknowledged that he had given up hope of ever finding Chloe after she disappeared on popular → Read More
Copper Mountain Resort floats proposal for new boutique hotel, housing in coming years
The look and variety of offerings at Copper Mountain Resort could be changing considerably in the next five yeas, and the development of a new neighborhood near the Alpine → Read More
With rising suicide rate, prevention becomes Summit County community’s focus
Summit County’s suicide rate has now risen to three times that of the national average, and that has local groups banding together to locate ways of expanding access to → Read More
‘Hyperloop One’ rail concept could cut Denver-to-Vail trip to 9 minutes
Personal travel that tests the sound barrier in hermetically sealed tubes might seem like some far-flung, futuristic notion, but if Colorado gets its way it could be less than a decade from reality rather than the light years away most probably imagine. From an original group of 2,600 whittled down to two-dozen in April, the… → Read More
‘Hyperloop One’ rail concept could cut Denver-to-Summit trip down to 6 minutes
Personal travel that tests the sound barrier in hermetically sealed tubes might seem like some far-flung, futuristic notion, but if Colorado gets its way it could be less than → Read More