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Best place in Colorado for skiing

Posted on 4/16/19 at 10:40 am
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
51150 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 10:40 am
Haven’t been since I was 11 years old. This will be the first time we will go skiing. What is the best area to go to in everyone’s opinion. Looking for a nice lodge. Good drinks and good restaurants!! Probably going around December.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29509 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 11:37 am to
So many good choices.

Steamboat Springs
Telluride
Beaver Creek
Vail
Aspen/Snowmass
Created Butte
Breckenridge
Winter Park
Copper Mountain
Keystone

Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97638 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 11:40 am to
Budget?
Posted by Panny Crickets
Fort Worth, TX
Member since Sep 2008
5596 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:02 pm to
quote:

Budget?


This is VERY important.
Posted by RonFNSwanson
University of LSU
Member since Mar 2012
23169 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:08 pm to
Really can't go wrong, but my favorites are:

1 Vail
2 Breckenridge
3 Beaver Creek
4 Keystone
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
38982 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:09 pm to
Snowmass is probably best for you.
Posted by CHSTigersFan
Charleston, Arkansas
Member since Jan 2005
2738 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 12:30 pm to
It seemed affordable to me when we used to go to Crested Butte every year, my son goes to Aspen and Vail and from what he has said they were a lot more expensive than what I was paying at CB
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
51150 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 1:01 pm to
What’s gonna be expensive. The lodge? Food and drinks? Skiing?
Compared to each place
Posted by ColoradoAg03
Denver, CO
Member since Oct 2012
6158 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 3:44 pm to
All of the above.
Posted by NOFOX
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2014
9944 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 4:28 pm to
Telluride is my favorite.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97638 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 4:44 pm to
All of it
Posted by Hogwall Jackson
Denver
Member since Feb 2013
5055 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 4:47 pm to
It all varies. Lift passes at each resort vary across the board. Lodging varies across the board depending on where you stay. It’s not an evenly sliced pie.
Posted by martiallaw
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2008
1454 posts
Posted on 4/16/19 at 5:24 pm to
Are you bringing kids? Depending on the age different places could be more attractive if you have kids or if it is just an adult trip.

If you looking for best value, check the rates from around Dec7-14th. Rates jump drastically for lodging after the 14th. Sometimes you can get good snow other times not so much.

As said, budget is the main thing in determining where to go.
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
5646 posts
Posted on 4/17/19 at 5:41 pm to
quote:

1 Vail
2 Breckenridge
3 Beaver Creek
4 Keystone


All of these are great and on the Epic Pass (just got mine yesterday)
Posted by 8thyearsenior
Centennial, CO
Member since Mar 2006
4280 posts
Posted on 4/17/19 at 9:56 pm to
Vail and Aspen are steep if you are a beginner. The greens there are blues at Breckenridge and Keystone.
Posted by ColoradoAg03
Denver, CO
Member since Oct 2012
6158 posts
Posted on 4/18/19 at 7:48 am to
I think Keystone's blues have more pitch to them than Vail's.

Breck's lower half is far and away the flattest greens and blues in CO.
This post was edited on 4/18/19 at 7:49 am
Posted by Hogwall Jackson
Denver
Member since Feb 2013
5055 posts
Posted on 4/18/19 at 8:47 am to
I love keystone for beginners. You can Schoolmarm your heart out all day long.
Posted by El Mattadorr
Member since Mar 2019
2374 posts
Posted on 4/18/19 at 10:36 am to
No A-Basin? Wtf?
Posted by Hogwall Jackson
Denver
Member since Feb 2013
5055 posts
Posted on 4/18/19 at 1:18 pm to
I would not send anyone to A Basin that hasn’t skied in 11 years...
Posted by El Mattadorr
Member since Mar 2019
2374 posts
Posted on 4/18/19 at 2:18 pm to
I shouldn't have skimmed OP. Thought we were just talking about the best places.
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