Welcome to Colorado’s Playground. People buy real estate here because we are host to four world class ski areas and the highest fresh water sailing lake in the country. The alpine setting and the proximity to Denver make our ski areas - Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin - some of the most popular in the world. It’s no wonder that owning property here is a great investment - it’s a beautiful place to own real estate. Owning a condo or home in Summit County opens a world of opportunity in the form of outdoor winter activities such as alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling. Summer activities include sailing, hiking, mountain climbing, bicycling, canoeing, kayaking and roller blading. We also have a thriving cultural arts community, with plays, art festivals, outdoor concerts and a zillion other fun events going on year round. Come visit us, and if you decide a home in the High Country is right for you, the Deshaies Team will help you with your “real estate” homework in Breckenridge and throughout Summit County!
Summit County Real Estate
Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Dillon, Frisco, Keystone and Silverthorne, Colorado
The photographs on this page have been provided by Ken Deshaies of SnowHome Properties.
To search for a home for sale in Summit County, please visit SnowHome Properties!
For help with summit county real estate, please contact:
Snow Home Properties - Ken and Mary Deshaies
Summit County Local: 970-262-SNOW (7669)
Toll Free: 888-353-SNOW (7669)
Toll Free Fax: 866-782-6059Ken Deshaies
Direct: 970-262-7669 ext 3003
email: Ken@SnowHome.comMary Deshaies
Direct: 970-262-7669 ext 3006
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More pictures of Summit County
These are pictures from a scenic area overlooking lake Dillon, The city of Frisco, and the summit county valley.
Eisenhower Tunnel - Summit and Clear Creek County
These are pictures and videos from the eisenhower tunnel, including approacing the tunnel, travelling through the tunnel and exiting the tunnel. Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel Interesting Facts
* Traveling through the Tunnels the public saves 9.1 miles by not having to travel over U.S. Highway 6, Loveland Pass.
* The electric bill averages approximately $70,000 per month.* The Tunnel operates 24-hours a day, seven days a week, employing 52 full-time employees with job duties that range from round the clock television surveillance, emergency response, tunnel washing, ventilation maintenance, tunnel sweeping, snow removal, heavy equipment servicing and repair, and water treatment.* In 2000 approximately 28,000 vehicles per day, or 10.3 million vehicles for the year, traveled through the Tunnels.* During construction approximately 1 million cubic yards of material was cleared from each bore. 190,000 cubic yards of concrete was used for each tunnel lining.* There were three fatalities on the first bore; six fatalities on the second bore.* The pilot bore was completed in 1964. The Eisenhower Memorial Bore took five years to complete and was dedicated March 8, 1973. The eastbound Edwin C. Johnson Bore took four years to complete and was dedicated December 21, 1979.
The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel is located approximately sixty miles west of Denver, Colorado on Interstate 70. It is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, located at an elevation of 11,013 feet at the East Portal and 11,158 feet at the West Portal. The Tunnel traverses through the Continental Divide at an average elevation of 11,112 feet. The facility lies entirely within the Arapaho National Forest and is divided by two counties, Clear Creek County at the East portal and Summit County at the West portal. The Tunnel and the Continental Divide also separate two watersheds, the Clear Creek Watershed located on the east side and the Straight Creek Watershed located on the west side. Annual snowfall in the area averages 315 inches (26 feet) for the months of November through April. The Tunnel was originally designed as a twin bore tunnel. Construction on the westbound bore (North Tunnel) began March 15, 1968 and was completed five years later on March 8, 1973. This bore was originally called the Straight Creek Tunnel, and later was officially named the Eisenhower Memorial Bore. Construction on the second bore began August 18, 1975 and was completed four years later on December 21, 1979. This eastbound bore was named after Edwin C. Johnson, a past Governor and U.S. Senator who had actively supported an interstate highway system across Colorado. Centerline to centerline, the two tunnels are approximately 115 feet apart at the east ventilation building entrance, 120 feet apart at the west ventilation building entrance, and some 230 feet at the widest point of separation under the mountain. The length of the westbound (north) tunnel is 1.693 miles, and the length of the eastbound (south) tunnel is 1.697 miles (outside face to outside face of the ventilation buildings). The average grade of both tunnels is 1.64 percent rising toward the west (rising 1.64 feet for each 100 feet on the horizontal). The westbound tunnel curves slightly to the left, about midway into the mountain. The approach grades are steep, being 7 percent on the west approach and 6 percent on the east approach. Maximum excavated height for the tunnels is 48 feet with a width of 40 feet. However, when driving through the tunnels, the actual height is not apparent. The exhaust and supply air ducts are located above a suspended porcelain enamel panel ceiling and a drainage system is provided underneath the roadway surface. Today, the driver sees only the distance (vertical clearance) from the roadway surface to the ceilings in the tunnels, a distance of 16 feet, 4 inches. However, because of a series of variable message boards mounted from the ceiling, actual clearance is set at 13 feet, 6 inches. The width in both bores provides two traffic lanes of 13 feet each, providing a total travel width of 26 feet. Tunnel maintenance personnel utilize a walkway that runs adjacent to the vehicle travel lanes. The walkway also provides access between the westbound or eastbound tunnels through three cross passageways, which are spaced at 2,000 foot intervals. The tunnel is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in order to provide a safe and adequate level of service to the motoring public. The current staffing level is set at 52 full-time employees.
Westbound to Frisco, Dillon, and Vail - Photos and Videos
Eastbound to Denver - Photos and Videos
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