BRECKENRIDGE COLORADO: Free Things to Do in the Summer & Fall | Gondola Ride, Riverwalk, Troll

Breckenridge, or just Breck for short, is a ski resort town in the Summit County of Colorado providing year round activities. It is one of most well-known ski towns in the country, and brings in people from all over the globe. And it is one of the most quintessential rocky mountain ski towns in the state.
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Contents of this Video:
00:00 Intro to Breckenridge
0:28 Where is Breckenridge?
0:51 Spending a Day in Breckenridge
1:01 Stroll Down Breck's Main Street
1:26 Visit the Welcome Center
2:07 Ride the Breckenridge Gondola
2:44 See Wildlife at Cucumber Gulch Preserve
3:13 Head up to Peak 7 or Peak 8
4:44 See the Breckenridge Troll
5:35 Hike or Bike the Blue Riverwalk
6:16 Getting to Breck from Denver
6:46 Outro
Did you know there are some amazing things to do in the summer in Breckenridge that are totally free? During our trips to Breck we found some free activities that are our favorites.
+ Visiting small historic downtown with lots of shops and good food
+ Enjoying year round rides up and down the mountainside on the Breckenridge Gondola
+ Seeing wildlife at the Cucumber Gulch Preserve
+ Visiting Peak 7 and Peak 8 at the Breckenridge Ski Resort
+ Taking a photo with the 15ft tall Breckenridge Troll, Isak Heartstone
+ Biking and walking down the Blue Riverwalk path
Oh… and all of this is FREE to do all year long.
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[@lilchromozome]

Im from Ohio and i visited Breckenridge in 2020. By far the most beautiful place i have ever been to. If i were to start a new life somewhere other than Ohio it would be here.

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Breck is such a cool small town. I love all the little Victorian buildings and overall feel of the place. It feels like a cozy mountain town.

[@tgordon8136]

Is it truly a walkable town? We're booked to go there in February and don't plan on renting a car.

[@Hey_its_Koda]

Visiting colorado from New Mexico and seen Breckenridge is beautiful and so appealing. Great place to stop and check out.

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Yes, very true. Breckenridge is one of my favorite mountain towns in the state! Thanks for watching.

[@lamfam8580]

Thanks Bro for sharing!

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@richardreyes6209]

Thank you!!

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Thanks for taking the time to watch the video!

[@mmbond6560]

Beautiful 😊

[@zakr72]

A free gondola? That's rare

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Yes, there are a few in Colorado. The one in Breckenridge isn't the only one but it's a must-visit!

[@roostercogburn746]

Great info, just booked our first trip to Break, staying at the Valdoro Lodge this July.

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Oh how fun!! Yes, summer is a great time to visit Breck 🤩

[@Bluewater9]

Santa Claus visits Breck to play footsies with all the reindeer during vacation time he's a local fisherman aswell. Awesome place thanks for the video...

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Haha, yes the Race of the Santas comes to Breckenridge every year during the holidays. It's a fun time!!

[@bobbyd224]

Thinking about coming out here for 1st Colorado vacation

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Yes, Breck is so beautiful in the summer and makes a great vacation spot! Hope you can make it out here.

[@bobbyd224]

@@HashtagColoradoLife ty

[@Macy353]

Please do a video over Vail!

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Great idea, we will add this to our list! 👍

[@foxgamer7106]

hi! i just wanna say i live in breck, adn this is accurte!! breckinridge is most pretty in fall in my opinion ")

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Yes, we agree! Breckenridge is beautiful in the fall, or any time of year really :) Thanks for watching.

[@EaAsThailand]

Live there but you can't spell it correctly?

[@foxgamer7106]

@@EaAsThailand yeah, cus im a kid that has dyslexia, and cant always spell thinks right, but i do live in breck

[@ineshtickoo2530]

How are the hikes in the summer? Is it worth it to stay in one of the cheaper hostels? Is public transportation easily available?

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Hiking in the summer is perfect. Some of the trails are busier during this season but it's still really nice. We haven't stayed at any hostels but we feel that it is worth the stay in some of the hotels. 👍 Public transit is very easy and really nice in Breck! Hope this helps.

[@northcarolinalee1441]

Can you tell me when is the good time to see the wild flowers in Breckenridge?

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Pretty much anytime in the summer is a good time for wildflower in the Rockies. But the first spring bloom in late April to early May during the snow melt. And again in late summer -- maybe mid/late Sept are my favorite. The slopes (without snow) are usually ablaze with paintbrush wildflowers as you go up the lift. It's pretty cool.

[@northcarolinalee1441]

@@HashtagColoradoLife Thank you very much, sound like best time mid August to September?

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Yes, that is also a great time to see the wildflowers before they go away for the winter season.

[@daphne201239]

Is this where the troll currently is or did it get moved from here?

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

It's still here in Breck! We have another entire video about visiting the Troll if you want to learn more. 👍

[@tgordon8136]

Will be visiting in 2 weeks for my birthday trip. Is the town truly walkable. We don't plan on renting a car and will be staying in an Airbnb. We will be eating dinner out most nights. Well it become burdensome to walk this every night to eat?

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

You should be able to get around Breck pretty easily without a car. They do have plenty of shuttles and busses that move around that city to help people get where they wanna go. But if you are strictly walking and not doing any transit, you should still be fine. You obv won't be able to walk from one side of the city to the other very easily, but if you are in or near the town center, most business of interest or places you might want to go should be no more than 15-20 min walk.

[@tgordon8136]

@@HashtagColoradoLife thank you. What company do you recommend for dog sledding and or snow mobile rentals?

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

@@tgordon8136 We haven't done any dog sledding in the Breck area (did it in Steamboat Springs) but we did do book a snow mobile tour thru breckenridgesnowmobiling.com

[@tgordon8136]

@@HashtagColoradoLife thanks for the responses. I'm way too excited to spend my birthday there! Can't wait to ski, dog sledding and rent snow mobiles. I will update!

[@starrypunk20]

can you take those free gondola rides in winter?

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Yes! It'll still takes you to Peak 8 for free. Beyond that requires a lift ticket tho. It is much more busy in the winter.. for obvious reasons.

[@sgrr.6685]

Is the gondola dog friendly ?

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

It sure is!!

[@jjr1728]

I drove 1/6th of the way across the country in the wrong direction and got here.

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

Wow. What was the dead giveaway you were heading the wrong way? Suddenly, mountains?

[@jjr1728]

@@HashtagColoradoLife Dumb and Dumber was filmed in Breck - not Aspen as depicted in the movie. It was a play on that...

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

What an adventure! 👍

[@bibbs823]

John Denver is full of shit.

[@djsal7769]

Very nice here in California cities are looking like 3rd world country slums

[@juliejensen7370]

Too many people. I don't get folks who want big families.

[@christianwestling2019]

@@juliejensen7370 Because as Elon Musk says: Kids are awesome. Its not big families that is the problem in Californian cities.

[@Squash101]

@@christianwestling2019 More population = less space. La is VERY over populated

[@christianwestling2019]

@@Squash101 Perhaps because there are millions of illegal aliens? Deport the illegals and LA wont be as overpopulated.

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

A lot of larger cities in America are struggling with over population it seems.

[@markbowman5515]

Don't say Breck...it's stupid...it's Breckenridge

[@HashtagColoradoLife]

No. It's not. Abbreviations are common in the English language. There are plenty of cities in CO (look another shortened version of the word Colorado) that go by shorter names than their given. Colorado Springs - CoS or The Springs. Or FoCo for Fort Collins. Quit being a pretentious internet troll.