Ski Beaver Creek for an upmarket choice. Offering excellent snow for skiing and snowboarding in USA, this is a a charming village ski resort with sophisticated tastes one hour from Eagle County airport. Perfect for families.
Where
If you ski Beaver Creak, you are once again in one of the Colorado ski resorts famous the world over. Just a stones throw from Vail, this is a relatively new ski resort that is more exclusive and pricey. Highly accessible to Eagle County airport (90 mins) and Denver (2.5 hours), Beaver Creek ski holidays offer excellent skiing and snowboarding.
Essentials |
Suitable For |
Slopes |
RESORT ALTITUDE : |
2470m |
TOTAL PISTE : |
km |
LONGEST RUN : |
5 km |
START SEASON : |
November |
END SEASON : |
April |
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OVERALL |
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SKIING |
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BOARDING |
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APRÉS |
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FAMILIES |
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Beginners
/ % |
Intermediates
19 / % |
Advanced
43 / % |
Experts
38 / % |
TOTAL RUNS : |
146 |
SNOW CANNONS : |
/ ha |
SNOW PARKS : |
3 |
CROSS COUNTRY : |
km |
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On the slopes
Ski holidays in Beaver Creek benefit from the 'Summit Ticket' covering Breckenridge, Vail and Keystone slopes. Ski Beaver Creek mountain and what you get is great pistes for all levels of skiers and snowboarders, although there are more intermediate slopes than beginner or expert. Experts do benefit from moguls and some challenging 'blacks' however. Offering great snow conditions and extensive snowmaking just in case, there's also 3 snowparks, 14 lifts and over 140 runs. Ski schools and lessons are excellent as you would expect.
Off the slopes
The Beaver Creek ski resort is most definitely an upmarket family village with a distinct air of exclusivity. There's high class restaurants as well as luxury shops as would befit the ski resort that was home to the 1999 World World Downhill and Slalom Championships. There is good après-ski, if not massively lively, and lots of off-pistes activities including hot air ballooning. For families - great. The only real negative is the price you will pay for everything.
RESORT GOOD POINTS
- Blissfully quiet slopes, in sharp contrast to nearby Vail
- Mountain has it all, from superb novice runs to daunting mogul-fields
- Fast chair-lifts all over the place
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RESORT BAD POINTS
- Not much going on at night
- Very expensive
- Disappointing mountain restaurants
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Tourist Office
Worldwide cover from £60.48
or Single trip Europe cover from £22.98 - get covered before you arrive!
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