One block off Main Street on Ridge Street, Breckenridge Candle Cabin hand-pours every candle it sells in small batches — no outsourcing, no private labeling, just a local maker working at 9,600 feet.

The recipe is deliberate: U.S.-grown, non-GMO soy wax scented only with pure essential oils, poured into American-made containers or reclaimed wine bottles given a second life. That attention to craft earned the company a profile in Summit Daily's 'Made in Summit County' series and a spot in gobreck.com's Made in Breckenridge guide.

Can't make it to the studio? The candles turn up all over the county — stocked by other locally owned shops in Breckenridge, Frisco and Dillon, sold at the Breckenridge Sunday Market through the summer, and at holiday markets come winter.