Join us for a Night at the Museum with local author and historian Joe Kramarsic, to celebrate his new book about the peaks surrounding Frisco and their histories. The book will be sold on site, and a nonprofit will be here to raise money.

Event Details

Join us at our open-air Historic Park Gazebo at 5:00pm for an entertaining and educational evening. A nonprofit will be selling drinks, and the museum will be selling copies of our newly published book, “High Above Frisco: A History of the Naming, Importance, and Climbing of Frisco’s Scenic Mountains”.

Following a brief talk, join us for a reception with the author on the Historic Park Lawn with live music from Moonstone Quill and free food, courtesy of the Frisco Historic Park & Museum.

About the Book

Explore the history of Frisco, Colorado, from the vantage point of twenty-one mountains surrounding the town. Founded in 1879 along the banks of the Tenmile Creek, hardy silver miners made their way across the mountain passes of Summit County and into the high country of Frisco. As the town grew, recreationists realized the backcountry opportunities of climbing these towering summits. Learn about the discoveries, triumphs, tragedies, rivalries, and confrontations of the characters who set out to create a life high above Frisco. Each chapter addresses a specific mountain to highlight the important and not-to-be-forgotten history that made Frisco, Colorado, the modern mountain town it is today.

About the Author

Joseph Kramarsic arrived in Summit County in 1974, not for skiing but to work at the Climax mine until its shutdown in 1983. After working in a few other mines, he began a thirty-one-year career in highway maintenance with the Colorado Department of Transportation retiring in 2021. Twenty-four of those years were spent on the Loveland Pass patrol. He found his passion in the mountains of Summit County and Colorado and beyond, where he hikes and climbs and researches the history of the mountains he explores. This has led him to self-publish three reference books on Colorado mountaineering and climbing and four guidebooks on the Colorado mountain ranges of the Gore Range, Elkhead Mountains, Rabbit Ears Range, and the Park Range. He can be found hiking a trail or on a mountain top on most weekdays in the summer. “High Above Frisco” is his eighth book.

Where to Buy

You can purchase copies of “High Above Frisco” at the Frisco Historic Park & Museum gift shop.

Interested in sponsoring a Museum event? Email Museum@TownofFrisco.com for more information!

Where

Historic Park Gazebo
120 East Main Street
Frisco, CO 80443