NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n A recent annual cleanup at a Colorado ski resort<\/a> turned into something of a treasure hunt \u2013 as staff uncovered everything from outdated technology to a hamburger flipper.<\/p>\n Earlier this summer, Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado, announced that its staffers had teamed up to remove a whopping 780 pounds of trash.<\/p>\n Much of the garbage came from patrons who accidentally dropped things off the ski lift. The resort said the effort required 150 employees \u2014 and yielded some unusual finds.<\/p>\n VISIT THESE NEW ENGLAND SKI RESORTS THIS WINTER FOR BREATHTAKING VIEWS, SLOPES FOR BEGINNERS, EXPERTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The oddest find was a message in a bottle, prompting some speculation about what it might contain.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Breckenridge Ski Resort told KDVR that it wasn’t a romantic love letter from decades past, however. It was actually just an old COVID-19 vaccination<\/a> card.<\/p>\n Breckenridge Ski Resort staff removed 780 pounds of trash, and some foreign currency, during a large-scale summer cleanup event.<\/span> (Sarah McLear, Breckenridge Ski Resort)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Staff members also spotted a cracked iPhone and an iPod Nano, along with a $2 Canadian coin.<\/p>\n Other strange finds?\u00a0<\/p>\n Plenty of vape cartridges, along with an inexplicable hamburger flipper.<\/p>\n TOP AFFORDABLE SKI RESORTS IN US FOR HITTING THE SLOPES THIS YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n As expected, the cleanup also turned up lots of empty bottles and general trash.<\/p>\n The resort’s senior communications manager Max Winter told Fox News Digital in late July that \u2013 surprisingly \u2013 the staff\u2019s favorite find didn\u2019t make the video of the efforts.<\/p>\n The message in a bottle that was found, at left, contained a COVID-19 vaccination card, not the love letter some people expected.<\/span> (Sarah McLear, Breckenridge Ski Resort)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “[It was] actually, believe it or not, a family of moose!” Winter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “A couple of our employees stumbled across the family<\/a> while searching for lost and discarded items.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “While our team kept their distance and didn’t take any photos, their encounter serves as a great reminder that our natural spaces<\/a> are a shared home, and it is up to each of us to do our part to take care of them,” he added.<\/p>\n Other finds from the resort cleanup included boots, vape cartridges and an iPod Nano.<\/span> (Sarah McLear, Breckenridge Ski Resort)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Though many of the items were trash, Winter noted that most of the 780-pound weight was made up of larger items that were recycled or upcycled.<\/p>\n “In some very rare cases, we’ve even been able to reunite items with their previous owners,” he recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com\/lifestyle<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n “For example, a few years ago at our sister resort, Keystone, our teams were able to match an engraved engagement ring<\/a> with a guest months after [the person’s] visit.”<\/p>\n The spokesperson added that the effort, called Mountain Clean Up Day, is one of the staff’s favorite annual events.<\/p>\n A cracked iPhone was found during the cleanup, which is part of a broader initiative to care for the mountain during the off-season.<\/span> (Sarah McLear, Breckenridge Ski Resort)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “It gives us a chance to give some love back to the mountains<\/a> we call home,” Winter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “In addition to being the right thing to do for our mountain, it’s also a fun paid event to connect with our teammates, see what wacky items may have been lost in the season’s powder\u00a0days, and, of course, enjoy a free lunch<\/a> on the mountain.”<\/p>\n <\/div>\n![\"Split](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1200\/675\/co-ski-resort-treasure-hunt-2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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