Video: Colorado's Breckenridge Ski Resort staff collect 780 pounds of trash during mountain cleanup.
Workers at Breckenridge Ski Resort removed 780 pounds of trash during an annual cleanup, uncovering interesting items including a message in a bottle and outdated electronics.
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A recent annual cleanup at a Colorado ski resort turned into something of a treasure hunt, with staff finding everything from old gadgets to a burger maker.
This summer, Colorado's Breckenridge Ski Resort announced that its crew had collected an impressive 780 pounds of trash.
Much of the trash collected was left behind by visitors who accidentally dropped items from the ski lift. The resort said 150 staff were involved in the cleanup and some unusual items were found.
The strangest find was a message in a bottle, which has given rise to much speculation about its contents.
A Breckenridge Ski Resort spokesperson told KDVR that it wasn't a romantic letter from the distant past. In fact, it was just an old COVID-19 vaccination card.
Breckenridge Ski Resort staff removed 780 pounds of trash and some foreign currency during a major summer cleanup. (Sarah Maclear, Breckenridge Ski Resort)
Workers also noticed a cracked iPhone and iPod Nano, as well as a Canadian $2 coin.
Other unusual finds?
Numerous vape cartridges and the mysterious hamburger flipper.
As expected, a lot of empty bottles and other trash were found during the cleanup.
The resort's senior communications manager, Max Winter, told Fox News Digital in late July that, oddly enough, the staff's favorite find didn't make it into the video footage of the effort.
The message in a bottle found on the left contained a COVID-19 vaccination card, not the love letter some were expecting. (Sarah Maclear, Breckenridge Ski Resort)
“[It was] actually, believe it or not, a family of moose!” Winter said.
“Some of our staff encountered this family while searching for lost and discarded items.”
“While our team kept their distance and did not take any photos, their encounter serves as a great reminder that our natural spaces are our common home and each of us must do our part to preserve them,” he added.
Other items found during the resort cleanup included boots, vape cartridges and an iPod Nano. (Sarah Maclear, Breckenridge Ski Resort)
While many of the items were considered trash, Winter noted that much of the 780-pound load collected consisted of larger objects that were recycled or reused.
“In some rare cases, we even managed to return things to their previous owners,” he recalls.
“For example, several years ago at our neighboring Keystone Resort, our technicians were able to return an engraved engagement ring to a guest months after his visit.”
The spokesman added that the event, called Mountain Cleanup Day, is one of the team's favorite annual events.
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