Hello friend,
Welcome to the Wedgewood Lodge, slope-side, next to Snowflake Lift. Snowflake is a one-of-a-kind two-person lift that has a mid-load station and 70-degree turn to put you at Peak 8. It’s personally one of my favorite lifts of all time especially when snow is quietly falling, blanketing the landscape in Colorado’s legendary white powder.
We’re extremely stoked that you have chosen Breckenridge, and even more so that you’re staying with us. We pride ourselves in being a long-standing boutique experience, with studio spaces to three bedroom townhomes. We’re still family-owned and operated and specialize in group travel and weddings. Whether you’re here for the ski season or a summer getaway, we are only a few blocks from Main Street and just a stones throw from the slopes where you can ride and hike.
We renovated in 2023–2024 and within that renovation we decided to customize each and every space with unique historic photographs curated by me (Jules)! The artwork in your unit is unique to you and contains a piece of Breck’s history. In addition, you’ll see some of my own photographs sprinkled throughout the space. Each unit is also named after a run somewhere in Breck’s 3,000+ acres, with the story behind it explained below. Unfortunately, we only have 52 units, so a lot of runs were left unmentioned but we hope that you get to explore as much as you can. At Wedgewood, we love where we live and want to display how far the town has come. Thanks for coming, and enjoy your stay.
How to get to Horseshoe Bowl.
This is a legendary drop on Peak 8 thats for advanced riders only. Horseshoe Bowl is more of an area with multiple runs rather than a single run. There is a lot of snow here, just be careful later in the day as the snow can get heavy and rock you out of your skis. You can get here by taking the Imperial Express SuperChair and riding down the ridge, or hopping off the T-Bar. There’s a line for everyone, and if you feel like the drop is too steep, you can bail by taking Alpine Alley to Upper 4 O’Clock.
Getting around.
This unit is all about the early forms of transport across the dangerous mountains of Summit County. The Mountain Utes mostly came into this area in the warmer months by horse or on foot, but the long winter months posed different problems. In your unit, you can see people moved around by skis, snowshoes, train, donkey, sleds, and probably many other ways. If you had to choose one of these ways to get around for the rest of your life, which one would it be?
From top to bottom:
Rotary snowplow and trains on Boreas Pass head for Breckenridge during the Big Snow of 1899: A convoy of train engines on snowy Boreas Pass head for Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten on the reverse: “Probably the relief train comi[ng] on top Boreas Pass heading for Breckenridge 1899”. Original creator: 1899 (Creation); Unidentified. Agnes Miner Collection; Gift, Colorado Springs Ghost Town Club. Breckenridge History, Colorado.
Mail carriers on Main Street during the Big Snow of 1899: Jess Oakley and Eli Fletcher carry the mail down Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado during the “Big Snow” of 1898–1899. The men volunteered to ski over Boreas Pass to Como, where the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) train had been stopped. From February 5 until April 24, heavy snowstorms prevented DSP&P from delivering mail, fresh food and other supplies to Breckenridge. Quoted from handwritten text on the reverse: “US mail via snow shoe winter of the 78 day blockade”. Note: Possibly the sons of the widows who ran the boarding house on Ridge Street, called the Colorado House (as of 2015, Fatty’s Restaurant). One of the boys was Justen G. “Jess” Oakley, son of Almeda Peabody Oakley. A contribution was collected for him in the amount of $12.00. Original creator: 1899 (Creation); Westerman, Otto. Agnes Miner Collection; Gift, Colorado Springs Ghost Town Club. Breckenridge History, Colorado.
Dog team bringing supplies: Three soldiers on snowshoes during training maneuvers near Camp Hale, Colorado, with two teams of six dogs and sleds Original creator: 1943–1944; Wikane, J. Harry (John Harry), 1915–1999. 10th Mountain Division Resource Center, Denver Public Library, TMD351–2017–237.
Breckenridge photographer Otto Westerman’s contact sheet showing images of men and burros: Photographer’s contact sheet with two individual prints. The top image shows a group of people with a dog and two burros on the ridge of a mountain. Bottom image shows two men standing near burros carrying lumber. Breckenridge photographer Otto Westerman’s stamp is on the reverse. Circa 1880s-1900s. Original creator: 1880s-1900s (Creation); Westerman, Otto. Agnes Miner Collection; Gift, Colorado Springs Ghost Town Club. Breckenridge History, Colorado.
At Rocky Cut near Breckenridge: Engine 113 of the Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railroad pauses on tracks in Summit County, Colorado. The locomotive has a balloon stack and cowcatcher; four men pose in work clothes or suits and bowlers. Original creator: 1890–1900; Westerman, Otto. Denver Public Library Special Collections, Z-53.
People pose on a railway handcar at the Gold Pan Mining Company operations south of Breckenridge: People sit or stand on a railway handcar stopped on its tracks near the Gold Pan Mining Company operations, located just south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Standing in the center of the handcar is a woman wearing a feather plumed hat and a wool cloak with cape. Sitting far right wearing a white hat is Ben Stanley Revett. Standing behind Revett, back right, is Conrad Leslie (C.L.) Westerman. Far left, standing, is George H. Evans, company manager and mining engineer. The men are smartly dressed in suits and waistcoats with neckties. Barney Ford Hill in the background. Original creator: Circa early 1900s.; Unidentified. Summit Historical Society Collection. Image created by Breckenridge History, Colorado.
