The season here sure is short. The time between frosts is 90-120 days. From “The Gilpin County Primer”, which can be found in a web search, is this description of living here: “The elevation ranges from 1 1/3 up to
2 1/2 miles and the 13 days of summer are followed by a long, long winter...forget the three
days of spring or fall. It takes effort, tenacity, a sense of humor and some preparation to enjoy
living in rural Gilpin County. Folks who like it up here often consider city conveniences and
amenities to be nuisances or worse. Some new residents only see a wonderful, idyllic, rural,
summer mountain setting. So, they may be shocked a bit later when a bear destroys the BBQ
grill on the deck, deer munch the marigolds, a coyote lunches on the cat, and the driveway
disappears under 52 inches of snow...then, they become disenchanted and expect someone else
to “do something” about it.” We had a bear on the deck about a week ago.
Right out side Cody Wyoming we encountered golf ball size hail about a foot deep, and had to pull into a roadside park for overnight.