Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com from Dec. 14 to Dec. 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Breckenridge officials get preliminary survey results showing how the community feels about tourism, life in town<\/a><\/p>\n Breckenridge officials recently received refreshed insights into resident sentiment with a new focus on a certain stakeholder group: second-home owners.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Breckenridge Tourism Office presented Breckenridge Town Council with preliminary results for a resident sentiment survey that focused on aspects like quality of life and attitudes toward tourism at a Tuesday, Dec. 9, meeting.<\/p>\n Breckenridge Tourism Office director of operations Bill Wishowski said the office hired Future Partners to conduct the survey. Final results will be presented in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014 Kit Geary <\/p>\n 2. Witnesses recount 1985 Teller Lift accident described as \u2018war zone\u2019 that killed 2, injured 49, at Keystone Resort 40 years ago\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Newspaper editors grow accustomed to breaking news occurring at any moment. From late night car crashes to major announcements, newspaper reporters and editors have to be ready to spring into action at all hours of the day and night.<\/p>\n On Saturday, Dec. 14, 1985, Summit Sentinel reporter and editor Brad Johnson was enjoying his Saturday afternoon at a friend\u2019s house in Dillon before he received an urgent call from the advertising manager of the paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n Although Johnson wasn\u2019t in the newsroom that day, the advertising manager was \u2014 and what he heard over the police scanner quickly changed Johnson\u2019s plans for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was at the office, and he heard the traffic on the scanner,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cHe called and explained that he did not know what was going on but that I needed to get to Keystone because they were calling every emergency agency in the county over there.\u201d<\/p>\n Johnson wasted no time in getting to Keystone, charging into the marketing office at the resort and attempting to get a handle on what was developing. With little to no knowledge of the basis of the emergency, Johnson reportedly pressed staff at Keystone for information, but he was unable to learn any concrete details at the time.<\/p>\n \u2014 Cody Jones <\/p>\n 3. How hard was the wind blowing in Colorado\u2019s mountains Wednesday night?<\/a><\/p>\n High winds pummeled Colorado\u2019s mountains Wednesday evening, causing howling gusts and power outages in some parts of the state.<\/p>\n Just how fast was the wind whipping though? On top of one mountain, gusts reached nearly 100 mph, according to the\u00a0National Weather Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n In Steamboat Springs, wind on top of Mt. Werner, or\u00a0Steamboat Resort<\/a>, hit 65 mph around 9 p.m. The winds were moving at 40 mph or more for about five hours between 5:30-10:30 p.m.<\/p>\n \u2014 Shelby Valicenti <\/p>\n