Open bowls are high in the clouds at 13,000 feet, and the vast resort landscape is evenly divided between gentle, groomed slopes for beginners and intermediates, with challenging runs for advanced and expert skiers. A bonus is the efficient transportation system. Leave your car at home and enjoy the free trolley buses that run throughout the town, stopping at Beaver Run Resort, Peak 8 and The Village, a slope-side hotel complex at the south end of town. They work like beavers on 20-ton blocks of snow, carving dramatic designs and works of art. The mood is festive.
Flags are flying, the music is joyful and party time is on-going in six or more languages.
If skiing at Breckenridge, you can hop on a free shuttle bus and ride 20 or so miles to the Keystone Resort and the Arapahoe Basin in the heart of the Snake River Valley where lift tickets are interchangeable and a large ice-skating rink awaits. At the summit of Keystone's North Peak you can see the Continental Divide and experience the remote backcountry on powdery, north facing trails. The steep runs are leg-burning, Black Diamond beauties that will challenge the most skilled. The front-side trails are freshly prepared to a nice finish for night skiing. These include extensive backcountry skiing paths to old mining ghost towns set in a wilderness you won't forget.