Press Kit
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About Howdy Summit
Launched2026
Based inSummit County, Colorado
PriceFree, no signup
PlatformWeb app, works on any phone
FounderDan Crose
CoversBreckenridge, Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne, Keystone, Copper Mountain
One-line pitch
Short
Howdy Summit is the free Summit County travel guide that answers any visitor's question in plain English with live data and one-tap rideshare.
Standard description (50 words)
Medium
Howdy Summit is a free Summit County, Colorado travel concierge built for ski trips, summer road trips, and first-time visitors. Ask anything in plain English. Get instant picks for lift tickets, breweries, apres-ski, trailheads, and dinner across Breckenridge, Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne, Keystone, and Copper Mountain. No signup, no paywall.
Long description (130 words)
Long
Howdy Summit is a free Summit County, Colorado travel guide and AI concierge built for visitors who want the high country the way locals ski it. Ask anything in plain English: "best apres-ski near the Breck gondola," "easy hike with a lake view," "where's the wait shortest for dinner in Frisco tonight." Howdy Summit answers like a local with up-to-the-minute data from Google Places, Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, Foursquare, and the National Weather Service. Built-in features cover all six towns, the ski resorts, restaurants and breweries, hiking and biking trails, festivals, and family activities, plus group location sharing so your crew can find each other on the mountain. One-tap rideshare. Real ticket links. Restaurant booking deep links. Free forever. No signup. No paywall. No ads. Available at howdysummitcounty.com.
Pre-written quotes
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"Most travel apps gate their best content behind a signup. Howdy Summit skips the form and answers your question with live data, one tap to book, and zero ads."
"Built for the way people actually plan a Summit County trip: 'we land at DEN in three hours, what's open near the condo in Frisco, which lift line is worth it tomorrow, and how do we get to dinner in Breck without moving the car?'"
"Group location sharing means no more 'where is everyone' texts from the base area. The leader sets a 6, 12, or 24 hour timer and the share auto-deletes when it expires."
"Howdy Summit is what happens when someone who lives in Summit County builds the travel guide they wish existed for the friends showing up every powder weekend."
Founder bio
Bio
Dan Crose is the founder of Howdy Summit. He built the app after watching too many friends and family drive up I-70 for the first time and miss the spots locals love. The app started as a personal cheat sheet for his Airbnb guests and turned into a free public guide to all six towns in Summit County. Reach Dan at howdy@howdysummitcounty.com.
Brand assets
All logos available in PNG. Click any tile to download. For Adobe-friendly vector formats, email Dan.
Logo (Gradient)
1024 x 1024 PNG
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App screenshots
Fresh Summit County screenshots are being captured and will be posted here shortly.
In the meantime, journalists and creators are welcome to screenshot the live app directly at
howdysummitcounty.com, or email
howdy@howdysummitcounty.com and we will send a set over the same day.
Key features for coverage
- AI concierge: Plain-English questions, local-quality answers
- Six towns: Breckenridge, Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne, Keystone, Copper Mountain
- Ski resorts: Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland
- Apres-ski and breweries: Where to land after the last chair
- Trails: Hiking and mountain biking, from lake loops to alpine passes
- Live event data: Concerts and festivals with real ticket prices and links
- Group location sharing: 6, 12, or 24-hour share with auto-delete
- One-tap rideshare: Uber and Lyft deep links to any spot
- Free transit: Summit Stage and Free Ride shuttle info
- One-tap delivery: DoorDash, Uber Eats links
- Reservations: OpenTable, Resy, Tock, Yelp deep links
- Real-time weather: Live mountain forecast from weather.gov
- DEN flight tracker: Arrivals and departures for the I-70 drive up
- Vacation rentals: Airbnb and VRBO links
Press contact
Available for interviews about: building local-first travel tools, how mountain-town tourism plans a trip in 2026, AI concierge UX, free-and-fast vs. login-and-paid app philosophy, and shipping a solo-built product.
