Pros: Warm chocolate chip cookies waiting for you at the end of your ski run... Cons: Expensive, somewhat pretentious atmosphere. Limited advanced terrain.
Ski areas are a lot like kids. They each have their own personality and individual quirks, and they're a heck of a lot of fun to be around --- until they get all wet and squishy. The personality of Beaver Creek is refined and elegant, yet with an ...
Pros: Not so crowded, nice town, good intermediate skiing Cons: Expensive, parking situation, trendy, trail layout
I have been skiing mostly in Europe; however, I have also skied in the United States, including several times in Breckenridge, and also at some smaller places. This winter we decided to try Beaver Creek for a couple of reasons. My wife wanted to go and ...
Pros: Great for families, high quality instruction, short lift lines, posh accommodations Cons: Pricey digs, pricey lift tickets
INTRODUCTION Have you heard good things about Beaver Creek? Are you curious who skis there? Do you wonder if the powder is everything they say it is? Are you wondering if there's an affordable place to stay near the mountain? Or are you ...
Pros: Great Terrain, Crowd dispersion Cons: Prices, Non-resort service stinks
When Colorado is cold, it is REALLY cold. But when it is sunny and warm, it can be just perfect. I just returned from a week at Beaver Creek. Of six days of skiing, only one was miserable. The rest? Sunny and warm.
Pros: Lots of amenities, well suited for families Cons: Expensive, atmosphere is faux, many gift shops
After skiing in Vermont for years, my husband and I spent a few days at Beaver Creek, staying in the luxurious Hyatt, where we were dazzled to find a concierge who'd not only store our rental skis, but return them for us. We were used to shlepping and...
Pros: Well catered to children Cons: Poor amenities and service
My family travelled to Beaver Creek in early April (10-17) where
we stayed at the Hyatt Regency Beaver Creek. Having skied at
Deer Valley, UT previously, we'd heard great praise for Beaver
Creek.
Pros: Intermediate Skiers Delight, Never Crowded Cons: Lift Ticket Price
A short 20 minutes past West Vail, Beaver Creek is delightfully uncrowded. According to tallies kept on skier visits (i.e. one skier skiing one day), Beaver Creek usually gets around 600,000 people on its slopes per year. Vail on the other hand, as you...
Pros: Such easy access!!! No lines!!!!! Cons: limited nightlife
During a recent spring break trip to Colorado, we stumbled upon the luxurious Arrowhead Resort. The week of March 12-18, we stayed in a wonderful townhome, stepped right up to the lift with no wait, and saw a total of about 10 people. (Two of those...
Pros: Well groomed sloped, good service,good variety of trails and slopes,surplus of luxury condo's and hotels Cons: Very expensive, caters to the rich, no base lodge, need to take bus to slopes
The "Town"
What do you do if you want to build a resort more expensive than Vail? Beaver Creek is the answer, a menagerie
of high rise building all nestled together at the foot of a very good ski slope. Make no mistake that this...
Pros: Great skiing, few lines Cons: expensive, unless you know the secret
My wife and I skied Beaver Creek for three days in March 2000. It's a great place to ski. Big and extremely well groomed. It doesn't have the wonderful back bowls that nearby Vail has, but it's got lots of varied terrain (from the experts-only...
Pros: Great Conditions, Rarely Crowded, Terrific Variety of Ski Terrain Cons: Slightly Overpriced
Ahhh yes. This is what Colorado skiing should be. As a Colorado native, I have become somewhat of a skiing snob since the slopes began filling with Californians and Texans on a long weekend, or out for Spring break (we thank you for leaving your cowboy...
When I first visited Beaver Creek 5 years ago, I was taken with the picturesque nature of the whole resort, the phenomenal accommodations, and the supreme service. But, then something happened. I got on the slopes.
Pros: excellent accommodations, food, and snow Cons: expensive but worth it
I haven't been to Beaver Creek for about three years but it rings clear as a bell in my memory. Red Buffalo Run is absolutely beautiful and is not overly challenging. It's a nice easy long run. More challenging is the right side of the mountain (from the...
Pros: Good Size, Empty hills, Lots of blue runs Cons: Not a whole lot of expert skiing
Perfect slopes for the perfect ski vacation. Beaver Creek is mostly beginner to intermediate skiing with very nice long runs and high speed quads to race you back up the hill. We stayed in a condo that was ski in ski out, making the vacation just that...
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