The frozen reservoir in the center of the picture is Dillon Lake, named after the town of Dillon, which had to be moved when the dam was built in 1963. The lake is the largest water storage facility in the Denver water system. Dillon is a "suburb" of Silverthorne, the largest town in the county (Summit County).
The mountains in the foreground are the Vasquez Mountains. At the top of the valley in the foreground is St. Louis Peak and to the right is Byers Peak, at the center of the Byers Peak Wilderness Area. I don't know the name of the valley, but St. Louis Creek runs through it, so maybe it's St. Louis Valley.
The ski area to the left is Keystone Resort. To the right is Copper Mountain. Breckenridge is beyond the reservoir.
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