Family Skiing Recommendations

Sounds like Breckenridge to me. I’d look for lodging on/around peak 8. Look into Main Street Station.

Vail
Beaver creek
Steamboat springs
Breckenridge
Winter Park

Are any of those are a home run

Steamboat and Beaver Creek are two good options

Yeah, if transportation convenience is important Colorado isn’t easier than Park City

Thanks for the thoughts. We were primarily thinking of fight time but will go back and include Park City / Deer Valley.

Crested Butte, hands down. My kids grew up skiing at CB (they are all over 29 now). I've skiied just about every mountain in Colorado and skiied CB over 20 times. Great mountain for kids and great mountain for advanced skiiers. Extreme skiing was invented in CB. Plus the crowds are significantly less in CB. Denver crowd has a hard time getting there. Denver crowd can get down I-70 to Keystone, Vail, Breckenridge, Copper, Beaver Creak, etc., in no time. Better snow in CB, better prices in CB, better restaurants in CB and a kid friendly mountain. Fly American, Delta or United into Gunnison or fly Southwest into Montrose. A little farther drive from Montrose, but only about 30 minutes from Gunnison. We take the shuttle from Gunnison airport to Mt Crested Butte and rarely rent a car. We also drove Spring Break from Waco and it is about a 13 hour drive (12 hours from Dallas). CB is also great during the summer. Let me know if you need more information. The I-70 ski resorts are too crowded. Steamboat is also an option, you fly into Yampa Valley Airport, about 30 minutes away. Steamboat is also hard to get to from Denver, hence less crowds. That is important with young skiiers.

Park City or Breck would be about even at the top of my family-trip list for travel convenience, skiing variety, and non-skiing activities. Both have real towns and plenty of lodging options for different price levels. Easy to get around and lots of families. Other places may be better for pure skiing, but with a family you need a more rounded destination.

I find flight prices to be a bit higher to Slc over Denver but it’s super convenient to be 20-30 min drive from your destination (Slc-park city).

On a budget I would go with Keystone, lift tickets are very affortable if you get Epic Day passes. I took my nieces there, their lift tickets were aournd $40 a day so if they only wanted to ski a few hours it wasn't a big deal. It is a really nice mountian for new skiers, advanced skiers not as much.

If budget isn't much of an option than I would go with Beaver Creek or Dear Valley. Beaver Creek has very light crowds, lots of good runs for new skiers and the mountain is easy to navigate. DV is very similar, easy to get to from SLC.