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With Resorts that average well over 300 inches of snow per year, Colorado is a dream spot for skiers and snowboarders.
Where to Go Skiing and Snowboarding in Colorado

Where to Go in Colorado 

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Aspen
Beaver Creek
Breckenridge
Copper Mountain
Keystone
Steamboat
Vail

Aspen 

The Aspen area is unique as it has 4 distinct resorts for your enjoyment. They are Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, and Buttermilk. The skiing and riding at Aspen/Snowmass is only getting better: $50 million in on-mountain improvements by 2010 means quicker lift rides and easier access. Ride the new eight-person Elk Camp Gondola at Snowmass to the new Elk Camp Meadows learning area - located mid-mountain with spectacular views and a dedicated quad chairlift for beginners. Both the Elk Camp Gondola and Aspen Mountain's six-person Silver Queen Gondola are Swiss-made and come with floor-to-ceiling windows to take advantage of the surrounding vistas. Combined with the recent addition of the high-speed Village Express six-pack, Sky Cab gondola and Aspen Highlands' Deep Temerity triple chair, six new lifts have been added in the last three years and more than 200 acres of in-bounds backcountry terrain have been opened up.

Beaver Creek 

Every year, Beaver Creek Mountain hosts the world as athletes and spectators alike migrate to one of Colorado's top resorts for the Birds of Prey Men's World Cup. But that is only a slice of what Beaver Creek has to offer. From the gentle, manicured slopes of Bachelor Gulch, to the open intermediate trails of Larkspur and Rose Bowl, to the steep bumps of Grouse Mountain, skiers and riders of all abilities will feel at home on the mountain. At Beaver Creek grooming is their passion. They groom twenty hours a day, seven days a week. The result, 776 groomed acres a day or a total of 106,000 acres per season of pure corduroy for you skiing pleasure.

Breckenridge 

At 9,600 ft elevation and far away from the stress of the big city life is the 136 year old town of Breckenridge.  Breckenridge was the top visited ski resort in the nation in 2006/2007 and is world renowned for its mix of intermediate and expert terrain. This year Breck is building a new park on Peak 8 that will allow the resort to offer a park progression system located in one place. Breck’s terrain park team is designing a multi- level park pod that will feature a beginner park and pipe, an intermediate park as well as the famed expert superpark and pipe on Freeway. With the new Gondola running smoothly and the highest lift in North America, the Imperial Express, there is a variety of terrain for all types of abilities. Breckenridge is also known for an abundance of incomparable shopping, dining, and nightlife. Over 400 boutiques, galleries, bistros, salons, restaurants, and more offer a variety that is sure to please every taste and budget.

Copper Mountain

 A self-contained ski resort, Copper Mountain resembles a small village. Its transformed base houses unique restaurants, a cozy shopping plaza and new condominiums in which skiers rest after a day on the slopes. The largest of four resorts in Summit County, Copper offers diverse terrain on a well-designed, easy-to-navigate mountain. Advanced skiers prefer the east side, while beginner and intermediate snow riders enjoy the moderate terrain farther west. Copper boasts 16 miles of cross-country trails and a first-rate terrain park awaits the daring.

Keystone

 Located in the White River National Forest, Keystone is home to three magnificent mountain playgrounds—Dercum Mountain, North Peak, and The Outback.  There’s something special for every skier and rider of any level at each mountain. There are more than 3,000 vertical feet and over 3,000 acres of bowls, bumps, glades, steeps and groomers to be experienced. With 3 Mountains, 5 Bowls, and Acre, Keystone has something for everyone.

Steamboat

Seven thousand feet up in the Colorado Rockies, nestled quietly below one of the largest ski mountains in North America, sits a small ranching community that serves as a constant reminder that the Old West is alive and well. Never far from its ranching roots, Steamboat remains firmly linked to a Western tradition that sets it apart from every other ski resort in the world. Steamboat is known around the globe simply as Ski Town, U.S.A.® and the down home friendliness is only half the reason people choose to vacation here. With 164 trails, 3,668 vertical feet, and nearly 3,000 skiable acres, Steamboat's 6 peaks are filled with world-class groomed cruisers, bumps, steeps, open meadows, legendary trees and Mavericks – North America's longest superpipe.

Vail

Vail is North America's largest single mountain ski resort.  Vail consistently ranks #1 in Ski Magazine's annual reader poll and is among the most consistent and best ski resorts in the world.  Stretching 7 miles from east to west, Vail Mountain boasts three distinct areas of the mountain, each with their own features and fortes, including four terrain parks, seven bowls and is famous for its wide variety of trails for every type of skier or snowboarder.  Vail is legendary for its champagne powder, its dazzling 5,200+acres of ski terrain and of course, the Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin. 

 

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