ALL ABOARD
Skiers and snowboarders will find a new link between the town of Breckenridge and Peak 8 this winter, with the startup of the newly named BreckConnect Gondola. Initially, the gondola will take riders between the town's Transportation Center off Main Street and the ski resort's base area at Peak 8.
• Some BreckConnect facts:
8 Seating capacity of the gondola cars
10 Ride time in minutes from the transit center to the Peak 8 terminal
3,000 Hourly capacity
7,592 feet in length
396.1 feet of vertical rise
CALLING ALL COLLEGE-BOUND COSMOGIRLS!
Hey, girls! Looking for a good college? One with small class sizes, prominent female faculty, strong women's sports programs, a career center that facilitates internships,and opportunities to hold leadership positions?
In Colorado, you don't have to look far. In its October issue, CosmoGIRL! magazine named the University of Denver one of the 50 best colleges in the country for women.
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