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Summit County is a unique area that includes four world-class ski areas, beautiful Lake Dillon, and year-round fun family activities in the Arapaho National Forest.

Located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains just over the Continental Divide and approximately one and a half hours west of Denver lies Summit County. In terms of other Colorado counties Summit County is smaller, comprised of only 599 square miles. But with four major ski resorts and six incorporated towns, Summit County plays host to nearly 2,000,000 visitors per year. The ski resorts of Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone are surrounded by the incorporated towns of Blue River, Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco, Montezuma and Silverthorne. Over 19,000 year-round residents call Summit County home and Summit County Government provides a variety of services such as snowplowing, motor vehicle registration, transportation, public nursing and social services, just to name a few. The Summit Stage, a public service provided for free by Summit County Government to visitors and locals alike, offers year-round transportation between the towns of Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco and Silverthorne and also between the four ski resorts, as well as offering shuttle services to and from Fairplay and Alma in neighboring Park County.