Summit County | Marijuana Travel Guide

Source: Breckenridge Blog

The town of Breckenridge is living proof of the term “small but mighty.” Although this little town covers six square miles from end to end, this little community is packed with restaurants, shops, and family-friendly activities all year round. Most of those activities sit in the heart of Breckenridge’s Downtown Historic District.

Whether it’s to stock up at the city’s largest supermarket ahead of your stay, the multitude of hotels along the south side of Park Avenue, like The Village at Breckenridge and Beaver Run Resort for visitors to settle into, or the top-notch bars, restaurants, and eateries scattered throughout the downtown. Whether you’re on the hunt for a pint from a quality spot like Breckenridge Distillery or just a bite to eat from one of the many restaurants and eateries, it’s difficult to escape the downtown district with an empty stomach.  

On top of that, all these fun and exciting things to do are only walking distance from the area's biggest attraction, and the chair lifts take excited skiers to Peak 9. 

No matter how you look at it, there’s a little bit of something for everyone available in Breckenridge's Downtown Historic District, whether you’re looking for a bit to eat or just to take a stroll and enjoy the sights while rolling on some top-notch medical cannabis products!

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If you’re a fan of outdoor activities, then Summit County, Colorado, is a fantastic place. No matter what time of the year you get there, Colorado’s famed 300 days of sunshine and temperate climate all year long. With that in mind, Frisco’s Peninsula Recreational Area, along the shoreline of the Dillion Marina, is a great place to enjoy some sporty outdoor activities! 

Whether it’s exploring the 25 miles of scenic shoreline, playing a few rounds of disk golf, or settling down at a picnic sight with a loved one and some tasty treats, there’s no shortage of fun, outdoorsy, and sporty things to do in this beautiful spot along the Colorado lakeside. Just south of Highway 9, you’ll be able to enjoy the campgrounds, picnic areas, and outstanding network of both paved and unpaved trails for outdoors lovers to enjoy.  

After you’re done at the Peninsula Recreational Area, you’ll have many options for what to do next. Whether it’s heading over to the nearby Frisco Bay Marina to rent a paddleboard and spend some time on the water or heading over to the nearby bike park if you prefer to stay landlocked, this area is excellent for those looking to break a seat and enjoy the great outdoors after a trip to the local dispensary to stock up!

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Bordering the aptly-named Dillon Reservoir and nestled between the Ten Mile and Gore Mountain ranges and the town of Dillon itself, Lake Dillon is a prime example of how to make the best of your surroundings. Whether it’s relaxing, grilling, and playing along the lakeside when the weather is warm or taking a vessel out on the water out of the full-service marina, there’s no shortage of activities to enjoy all year round at Lake Dillon. 

With tour groups, group instruction, and group rates available for those looking for guidance before they cast out onto the water, renting a boat, canoe, or kayak is as simple as pie and allows you to enjoy the water sooner rather than later! 

Offering delicious concessions, on-site parking, restaurants, retail shops, showers, and hosting a massive array of water-related events all year round, spending some of your spare time in Lake Dillion is a great way to spend your time in Summit County!

Source: Keystone Ski Resort

Unlike many other vacation destinations, Summit County might shine the brightest for those who love outdoor winter sports! Packed with award-winning, world-renowned ski slopes and resorts like Keystone Resort, Breckenridge Ski Resort, Copper Mountain, and Arapahoe Basin, there are few better spots in the country than right here in Summit County. Plain and simply put, there aren’t many better places in the Northern hemisphere to enjoy some skiing!   

Whether downhill, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, Nordic trails, hiking, snow tubing, sleigh, dogsledding rides, and snowmobiling, Summit County has the slopes and opportunities to live up to its lofty reputation and namesake. 

After all, it’s a top winter destination for a good reason! While skiing might be a bit pricier than some other outdoor activities, it’s well worth giving a try. We recommend saving the legal cannabis products you pick up after you’re done for the day on the slopes!

Source: Peak Visor

If you’re not a fan of skiing or just need a break from the slopes for a bit, Summit County has a tremendous amount to offer in both the warmer and cooler months of the year. 

While winter sports like skiing, snowboarding, Nordic trails hiking, snow tubing, sleigh and dogsledding rides, and snowmobiling, are the heart and soul of Summit County, the spring, summer, and fall have a ton to offer for outdoor enthusiasts as well!  

Whether it’s trekking through Frisco’s popular and challenging hikes, water sports on Lake Dillion, riverside walks or bike rides in Breckenridge, scaling to the top of Cooper Mountain via the Colorado Trail, or stopping by Silverthorne’s Rainbow Park’s volleyball courts, there’s sure to be a little bit of something for everyone somewhere in Summit County all year long! 

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Ever since settlers first went West and established what we know as Colorado today, legends have been told about the mythical, magical, and often larger-than-life beasts said to occupy the area. And while it’s not exactly a secret that Colorado is home to unique species like big horn sheep, mountain lions, moose, and elk (just to name a few), there’s been no sign of the mythical trolls that have been said to live there among them! 

Except for one, of course. Isak Heartstone, the “friendly” troll statue on the Trollstigen Trail, welcomes visitors into Cucumber Gulch Wildlife Preserve for the scenic hiking trails and the nearby Gold Pan saloon, the oldest in Breckenridge! 

Standing 15 feet tall and made from wood, getting Isak’s approval before hitting the trails in Summit County is a must to keep you safe from all the vampires, sasquatches, yetis, tommyknockers, and trolls with a much less kind and welcoming disposition than good ole’ Isak! He’ll help ensure you get out safely regardless of whether that edible from the recreational dispensary ever kicks in! 

Source: Rocky Road

One of the first in the sweeping wave of legal recreational and medical dispensaries that opened up after Colorado was legalized in 2012, and Rocky Road Vail is one of the OG’s of the legal cannabis game in Summit County, Colorado. 

Priding itself on its top-notch cannabis, cutting-edge technology, and high-tech cultivation techniques, Rocky Road Vail is well-known for its massive menu of recreational and medical products and its top-notch concentrates like flake, butter, shatter, and vape pens.

Whether it’s edibles, concentrates, cannabis flowers, or topicals, this top-notch dispensary has something for everyone, along with knowledgeable budtenders and customer service. With medical and recreational dispensary locations all over the states, they’re sure to have something that fits everyone!   

For an experience that checks every possible box, carries excellent quality medical and recreational products, and offers reasonable prices, it’s tough to go wrong with a dispensary offering like Rocky Road Vail the next time you’re looking to stock up in Summit County!

Source: Native Roots

If you’re on the hunt for an all-purpose dispensary with reasonable hours and prices, a massive menu full of medical and recreational products, and top-quality products that get the job done every time, you can’t go wrong with a dispensary like Native Roots. 

They offer a massive array of strains perfect for those dealing with medical ailments and various qualifying conditions. They also cater to recreational users in their safe, welcoming, and well-staffed dispensaries. 

Due to their commitment to excellence and top-quality plant genetics, Native Roots is the go-to source for cannabis flowers and standard medical products and concentrates like hash, edibles, and kief. On top of that, their commitment to quality means avoiding using dyes, preservatives, and corn syrup, making their products about as natural as you’ll be able to get without making them yourself!

No matter how you slice it, this dispensary should be at the top of your list if you're looking to stock up on top-quality, natural cannabis products for your time in Summit County!

Source: High Country Healing

For those with medical cards, this last entry on our list is for you! Located in the heart of Silverthorne in the heart of Summit County, High Country Healing is a dispensary with a little bit of something for everyone. 

Whether you’re looking to restock on cannabis flower, pick up a tasty edible, or grab a discrete concentrate-filled vape pen for when you’re out and about in Summit County, you’ll be able to get what you need from this top-notch dispensary! 

They grow their cannabis in small batches, ensuring each one meets their rigorous quality standards before reaching the customer. That process means you can rest assured you’re getting the most flavorful, top-of-the-line cannabis from them. They value their customers and won’t settle for providing anything but the absolute best! 

The next time you’re in Silverthrone and looking to stock up before a skiing trip, hike, or anything else, stopping into a High Country Healing is well worth your time and hard-earned money!

Source: Town of Frisco

Regarding shopping locally in Summit County, there are few more pleasant places to do so than Frisco’s own Main Street. Full of delis, restaurants, bars, art galleries, coffee shops, and retail stores,, from designer clothing to locally-made products, Main Street does have a little bit of something for everyone! There are plenty of places to get your hair, nails, and other salon work done, so don't fear if you’re getting ready for a big event and need to look your best! Several hotels are on the street's main stretch, allowing tourists and locals to mingle in the inviting and highly walkable area.

And once you’re done shopping, Main Street still has a tremendous amount to offer. From escape rooms to hot yoga, fishing supplies for the outdoors enthusiasts, and even a historic park and museum if you want to learn a little bit more about the culture and history of Summit County! 

Source: Outlets of SIlverthorne

If you’re looking for a shopping experience that’s a little less local and more mainstream, then Silverthorne Outlets is the choice for you! They have big-name brands like American Eagle, Banana Republic, Coach, and Calvin Klein, just to name a few, and they’re offering their products at a discounted outlet store price. Brand name fashion without breaking the bank? That’s always a yes in our books!

Whether you’re on the hunt for accessories, athletic gear and athleisure, beauty and skincare options, footwear, and jewelry options without a care in the world, or just shopping for deals that jump out at you, you can’t go wrong with a top-notch outlet like Silverthrone!  

We highly recommend stopping by, browsing around, and seeing what deals you can find at each of the outlet’s fantastic stores before hitting the slopes or heading back to the dispensary to restock there!

Source: Lake Dillon Theatre

Once you’re done shopping to your heart's content at all of the little local shops and offerings in Summit County, it’s time to kick back, relax, and take in a show. That’s where the Dillon Theatre Company comes in! 

Not only has this well-trained group of performers carved out a home for themselves here in Summit County’s beautiful Silverthorne Pavilion, but they offer a wide range of professional theatre productions and performances, educational workshops for all ages, and cabaret series.

Their commitment to enhancing the quality of life in Summit County by providing unique and accessible cultural experiences via the performing arts! Their fundamental goal is to increase the community's imagination, engagement, and empathy via their outreach programming, integrity, impact, and overall quality of work! 

Check their website and schedule to see what shows they’re putting on while you’re in town, and see a show! Not only will you be thrilled with the talented performers you see, but you’ll be supporting the arts in the process! It’s a win-win, no matter how you slice it! If you’re feeling adventurous, maybe pop an edible or two and settle in for an even more entertaining and engaging performance!  

Source: Angry James Brewing Company

What type of vacation to Colorado would you be taking if you didn’t spend a healthy amount of time visiting breweries, sipping on a beer, and listening to rocking live music? A bad and boring one, that’s for sure! That’s where the Angry James Brewery comes into play.

Offer their “angry hour” discounts between 3 to 5 p.m. on their sunny, open-air patios, allowing customers to bring their food to match with their tasty brews, and featuring a massive beer menu full of offerings like scotch and whiskey ale, American style lagers, traditional Oktoberfest Marzen, and a laundry list of IPAs, anyone who shows up will have a massive range of options to take in! 

No matter how you slice it, the Angry James Brewery is an affordable, diverse, and delicious option to enjoy your downtime between smoke sessions and time on the ski slopes! 

Source: Summit Daily

There are very few things more purely American than a top-notch diner-style restaurant. The only things that give you more of that purely American feeling in your gut are stuff like baseball, bald eagles, and apple pie. That’s where the Mountian Lion Cafe comes into play! Offering early hours from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily, the Mountain Lion Cafe fills the role of the 50s-style middle-American- style diner for Summit County! 

Offering a massive breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu, from traditional American diner-style sandwiches and dishes to stuff like Mexican, seafood, and healthy food options! So whether you’re looking for a greasy burger to ease the headache from a night of sipping IPAs with buddies or want a veggie-filled omelet to get your day started, The Mountian Lyon Cafe has a little bit of something for everyone! 

And if you happen to be busy in town, they even have a food truck you might see rolling around and serving food on the go! Either way, they’re a great option to grab a reliable bite to eat without breaking the bank in the process! 

Source: Arapahoe Basin

It’s easy to build up a fierce appetite out on the slopes. After all, skiing, snowboarding, snow tubing, and pretty much another other winter snow sport isn’t exactly a walk in the park. When you do work up that appetite, eating at a restaurant lodge like The Black Mountain Lodge should be your go-to option! 

Not only is eating at a lodge like the Black Mountian after hitting the slopes the quickest way to get some food into your belly, but they’re also a great place to grab a hot or stiff drink to go along with it! And on top of all that, the food these lodges offer is nothing to sneeze at either! 

The Black Mountian Lodge is a great example! Offer delicious food options like their house-smoked BBQ, hearty bison stew, big yet healthy salads, and any other dish that will warm you up, fill your bellies, and get you fueled up and ready to go for whatever you’ll do next! 

While the prices might be slightly inflated, it is a restaurant in a ski lodge; after all, the tasty food isn’t bad for what you end up paying. Some lodges even include meals as part of a package deal for the room if you’re staying in the lodge itself, so consider that when booking your next ski trip in Summit County!