Useful Links!
Introduction
Here are some of our favorite links to other Web sites. Our goal is to provide all the information you need for vacationing in Breckenridge, or for purchasing property in Breckenridge
If you have a Breckenridge-related question and can't find the answer on this page, please let us know and we will add the necessary links!
Summary of Links
Here's an overview of our links. Click on the area you're interested in:
- Real Estate
- Short Term Rental, Long Term Rental, and Property Management
- Weather Forecasts
- Skiing
- Hiking
- General Breckenridge, Summit County, and Colorado Information
- Just for Fun
- General Interest Sites
If you have suggestions for additional links, please contact us and we'll add them!
Real Estate
- www.realtor.com --
This nationwide site claims to be the largest and most
popular real estate site on the Web, with over one
million properties! In many cities and states, all
listings in the local MLS (Multiple Listing Service) are
automatically available to the general public through
this site.
- To locate properties in Breckenridge, just click here. Alternatively, go to the www.realtor.com home page, click on Find a Home, click on Colorado, then click on Breckenridge/Keystone (roughly in the center of Colorado).
- Breckenridge and surrounding towns (Keystone, Copper Mountain, Blue River, Frisco, Silverthorne, and Dillon) are all located in Summit County.
- www.coloradoMtnProperties.com
-- This site is dedicated to the four Summit County
offices of RE/MAX Properties of the Summit:
- One office in Silverthorne
- Two offices in Frisco
- One office in Breckenridge (that's where we work -- contact us!)
- The following sites are more specialized than www.realtor.com. You
can request a free full-color magazine, and also do some
online searching:
- www.treb.com -- The Real Estate Book (magazine)
- www.homes.com -- Homes & Land magazine
- www.mtnhomes.com -- Mountain Homes Illustrated magazine
- www.corealty.com -- Colorado Real Estate Online
Interested in log homes? Check out www.loghomes.com: "... a web site for the public to learn about log homes. You can view models, log home building techniques and learn about wood preservation."
The ultimate list of real estate-related links -- For the hard-core researcher!
- If you find an interesting property in the Breckenridge area and you'd like more information, contact us! We can help you with anything in Summit County.
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Short Term Rental, Long Term Rental, and Property Management
- Great Western Lodging -- We have worked closely with Chad Christy, president of Great Western Lodging (www.gwlodging.com), a full service rental and property management company. Chad has been very helpful in the development of detailed cash flow projections for various rental properties. Call 1-888-333-4535 or email gwl@colorado.net and tell them Roger and Teresa sent you! (Note: We have no financial interests nor contractual obligations with this firm.)
- Additional Rental/Property Management Companies -- There are many other fine companies in Breckenridge. You can reach them by clicking here, then scroll down to the section titled "Condominiums and Homes" -- there are about two dozen companies listed.
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Weather Forecasts
- 5 day forecast for Breckenridge -- My favorite! Provided by USA Today.
- 4 day forecast for Breckenridge -- Courtesy of CNN.
- 4 day forecast for Breckenridge -- Courtesy of Intellicast and MSNBC.
- Current weather conditions in Breckenridge -- Includes information about ski conditions.
- Live WebCam Photographs of Breckenridge -- Shows an up-to-date picture!
- Assorted useful weather links for Summit County, Denver, Denver airport, and Colorado.
- Also, click here for skiing conditions
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Skiing
Breckenridge Daily Conditions and Breckenridge Snow Conditions -- Current information about the number of lifts that are open, skiable acres, snow conditions, amount of new snow (past 24 hours), current temperature, etc.
Current ski conditions for all ski resorts in Colorado. Has great info on % of the mountain that is open, number of open trails, number of open lifts, etc.
Vail Resorts: Breckenridge, Beaver Creek, Keystone, and Vail -- This site has it all: snow conditions, live WebCam camera views of the resorts (updated every minute), reservation information, and much more! It takes a while to load, but be patient -- it's worth the wait.
SnoCountry Worldwide (SCW) -- "The world's most complete, accurate, and reliable source of ski area conditions."
25 Great North American Ski Resorts -- Of course, Colorado is well-represented!
The ultimate list of ski-related links, worldwide.
Live WebCam Photographs of Breckenridge -- Shows an up-to-date picture of ski conditions!
Also, click here for weather forecasts.
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Hiking
- Hiking to Lily Pad Lakes -- A short, easy, and beautiful hike, with lots of wildflowers
- A Virtual Hike up Mount Quandary -- Tons of photographs, taken by yours truly!
- The New Summit Hiker -- My favorite book for local hikes in Summit County, by Mary Ellen Gilliland. Both of the above two hikes are described in the book.
- Trip report of a hike up Mount Quandary -- All text, but some interesting links at the end of the report.
- The Colorado Mountain Club -- Informative general web site for hiking in Colorado
- Tons of hiking/climbing links for Colorado and neighboring states
- More hiking/climbing links for Colorado
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General Breckenridge, Summit County, and Colorado Information
GoBreck.com -- "Welcome to Breckenridge! Here you'll find anything and everything you ever wanted to know about this classic Victorian mountain town. There's no better place on earth to replenish your stock of new laughs with old friends. So come and visit -- recess starts the moment you get here!"
SummitNet -- "Welcome to Summit County's Most Comprehensive On-Line Information Resource." Topics include Vacation Planning, What's Happening, Community, and News & Info.
Colorado.Net -- "Welcome to Colorado.Net - your official on-line source of information about this magnificent state located high in the Central Rockies."
4-Plex Movie Theater in Dillon, Colorado -- Click here, then click on Lake Dillon Cinemas. There are no movie theaters in Breckenridge -- this is the closest one. It's about 20 minutes from downtown Breckenridge.
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Just for Fun
- Odd Dancing Baby! -- The title says it all.
- The Dilbert Zone -- The popular comic strip, online! You can sign up for a free newsletter, too.
- Comic Zone -- Links to popular comics: Peanuts, Dilbert, Marmaduke, and many more.
- News of the Weird -- True but bizarre news stories. Free newsletter.
- [more sites to be added later]
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General Interest Sites
Internets -- "Your global link to 1,000's of databases. Internets provides the Web's largest collection of direct links to on-line databases." Major categories include Air Travel, Real Estate, Weather. This is a great place to start a comprehensive World Wide Web search for information.
- Travel -- Two handy sites:
- PreviewTravel -- Great for quickly checking airfares to various cities. Click on FareFinder to get "a snapshot of the best airfares to top cities." It's fast and easy.
- Travelocity -- Gives very complete airfare information, for detailed trip planning. Takes a little more time than PreviewTravel, but it's powered by SABRE, the same database used by travel agents.
- CEO Express -- "The Executive Gateway to the Internet" has links to tons of useful stuff for the busy executive: daily news, business research, the executive career center, and much more.
- CNET -- "The
Computer Network." Lots of great computer-related
stuff. Subsites associated with CNET include:
- Download -- Tons of free software to download, in a variety of categories including games, education, business, and much more.
- News -- A great site for computer news and information. Free email newsletter.
- Gamecenter -- Everything you ever wanted to know about computer games. Free email newsletter.
Resort Sports Network -- "The info you need direct from the resort." All kinds of info for all kinds of resorts. Major categories include Resort Cams, Snow Reports, Weather, Fast Travel, Extreme Videos, and Snow Gear.
- MovieWEB --
"MovieWEB has previews to the hottest movies. Each
movie has its own web page which lets you download movie
pictures, movie posters, production notes, QuickTime
videos (of the theatrical movie trailer) and as much
information about the cast & synopsis of the film as
is currently available from the studios."
- Also check out the Internet Movie Database -- great for researching over 120,000 films, new and old.
PC Magazine Top 100 Web Sites -- A great listing of 100 useful, entertaining, and informative sites.
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