Protect your home from wildfire!

Summit County government helps residents and property owners create defensible space by providing free chipping and disposal for branches, logs and small trees.

2025 Chipping Program Fact Sheet (See below)

2025 Schedule

DATES	NEIGHBORHOODS
June 2-6	Frisco, Copper Mountain, Farmer's Korner, Gold Hill, Highland Meadows, Tenmile Vista, Silver Shekel
June 9-13	Silverthorne (E of Hwy 9), Ptarmigan, Dillon Valley, Town of Dillon, Corinthian Hill, Airport Road, Peak 7
June 16-20	Summerwood, Summit Cove, Keystone, Montezuma, Peak 8, Peak 9, Town of Breckenridge, Western Sky Ranch, Moonstone
June 23-27	Summit Sky Ranch, Eagles Nest, Three Peaks
June 30 - July 3	All properties north of Summit Sky Ranch
July 7-11	Willowbrook, Willow Creek Highlands, Ruby Ranch
July 14-18	Sage Creek Canyon, South Forty, Hamilton Creek, Angler Mtn Ranch, Ponds at Blue River, Blue River Run
July 21-25	Silverthorne (W of Hwy 9), Mesa Cortina, Wildernest

 

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2024 Program Results

• A total of 1,918 local households participated in the 2024 Chipping Program
• 5,236 cubic yards of chips were hauled to Summit County Resource Allocation Park for reclamation efforts

Materials Guidelines

12 inches in diameter, free of nails and wire. The following restrictions apply:

• No willows: Willows have high moisture content, so they help to slow the spread of fire. They also clog our chipping equipment because they are very fibrous.
• No construction or building materials, treated lumber, fence posts or signs.
• No rotten wood, root wads, stumps, dirt, rocks, or shrubs: These items clog and damage our chipping equipment.
• No grass clippings, trash, weeds or bags of leaves.

Pile Guidelines

Piles must be stacked by 8 a.m. on the Monday of your neighborhood’s designated chipping week so that our chipping crews can record all pile locations and plan their routes for that week. Chipping and collection will take place throughout your designated week.

• Stack piles neatly (no bags); place trunks and branches perpendicular to the road, large ends facing the road, small ends facing your property.
• Place piles within 5 feet of the roadway, but not touching the road or in drainage ditches.
• Viewed from the road, maximum pile size is 5 feet high, 5 feet wide; maximum length of individual trunks and branches is 10 feet.
• Maximum number of piles for each property is 10 piles.
• Do not combine piles with neighbors or place piles in other neighborhoods.
• After crews have removed your pile, clear away any remaining branches, needles and debris.

Example of a "Good Pile"	Example of a "Bad Pile"