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Beaver Creek Ski Resort
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13 reviews for Beaver Creek Ski Resort
Strawberry Hill!
Parking sucks since it's like $36 or $26 for the day but you can't beat the fact that you are a whole 20 feet away from the lifts when you do park.
The staff that runs this mountain is fantastic!!
Love this place
The more I discover about Beaver Creek, the more I fall in love with it! After riding out the season here, everything I've written before is still true, only better.
This is still one of my favorite mountains in Colorado and those cookies are fantastically warm and melt in your mouth after a great day of riding! Just make sure you are at the base around 3, the cookies are free and go fast!
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1/18/2009
Fresh tracks in the morning, fresh tracks at lunch, AND fresh tracks last run of the day! How is… Read more »
TINGLES!
DAMN it is pretty up here!!!!!!! This is what Colorado is all about!
First tingle.... the bus ride! The seats were comfy and molded to my butt. People were soooo nice! The buss driver lady was nice and got us all involved with cheering and laughing!
Second tingle-Someone handed me a Kleenex... huh! That's ridiculous but I am a princess.... : ) They must have known.... ((Oh and the unnecessary escalators here and there.... ridiculous... Princess TIME!!!)
Third Tingle- falling in slush... lol SLUSH! and laughing cause I was at beaver creek! The first two runs were fun but by the last few I felt like i was water riding...
Last tingle... the best freaking cookies ever at 3 pm... Free.... and warm and gooey... I thought ray was going to have a heartattck when he saw them... he loves sugar!
I will be back when it snows more... : )
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The resort's tagline says "Beaver Creek. Not exactly roughing it." I would have to agree with it. And after 14 years without skiing, BC has been the perfect place to get back on the skis again!
Fresh powder, no lift lines, wide open mountain with plenty of intermediate runs to explore, a cute little village, plenty of restaurants and resorts to choose from... it's heaven!
The Ritz Carlton offers up hot chocolate, hot apple cider, fresh baked cookies, and marshmallows for roasting around 3pm every day - that in itself is incredible. Go, even if you're not staying there! Great way to end a fantastic day on the slopes!
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I love coming to the Beav. I feel important and love to be waited on hand and foot! It's a much smaller mountain than Vail to the East but still boasts some amazing trails. They groom 3 times a day! You have a great chance of riding fresh corduroy at any given time of the day. There are some great trees to pop in and out of as well (Grouse is my favorite!)
There are attendants handing out kleenex and waiting to take your trash at the lodges. Now that is what I call great service. And the best part...warm fresh cookies at the bottom of the Centennial lift at 3 pm sharp every day! It's a wonderful way to end a good day of riding.
Not exactly roughing it is right...and having escalators take you to the lift ain't too shabby either! I got some cute postcards at the end of my last visit and they even offer to mail them out, for FREE!
It's never as crowded as Vail so it would be a great alternative to get some good turns in.
Beaver Creek is a great mountain. Especially if you like the finer things in life.
As Vail's slightly-snooty sister mountain, Beaver offers a great mountain with lots of variety, fluffy snow, world-class grooming and mountain care, and FREE FRESH BAKED COOKIES (around 3pm at the base of the mountain) at a somewhat higher price tag. While the food is fairly typical "mountain food", it'll cost you a good 15% more than at the other Vail Co. mountains. The lift tix and other mountain-related charges are just a bit high, but most people don't mind that for the extra dough you get escalators and moving walkways, underground and heated parking, AND DID I MENTION THE COOKIES?!
All that being said, I still love Beaver. Lots of space to have a great day. Favorite intermediate areas include Strawberry Park, Bachelor's Gulch, and the Larkspur bowl is 1/2 decent too. Advanced favorite is, of course, Birds of Prey.
Spend a day at Beaver and check it out, at least once. It's worth the money, even if it's just a one time experience.
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I get a great feeling out of Beaver Creek. The service here is impeccable. They make you feel like a customer, and who does that these days??? The village is beautiful and tastefully done, and doesn't have the cheese factor that Vail Village has.
Pros: Best service in CO, beautiful village, free parking!
Cons: Lack of bowl skiing (Larkspur is weak), lift ticket $92 (rip off)
Vail offers the better skiing, obviously. But I'd take a day to ski here again when in the area.
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More of a local spot when Vail is too crowded. Scenery is on point, ski people were cool, being able to cut in and out of the Aspen trees was awesome. They have a few off course spots to go through trees, small jumps and some wicked drops. the weather coudln't figure out what to do though. Great snow at the top but slush at the base. (late in the season)
When you mention The Beav to most people who've never been, and possibly some who have been there, they immediately have the notion that this is a foo-foo hill that has only gained popularity due to it's luxurious village and it's proximity to Vail. Furthermore, many people simply feel that this resort is not worth the money or effort to spend an afternoon there. Good, shorter lines for the rest of us...
Since being placed on the ski mags top ten list for the last five years, once being number one, I've seen the chair wait times increase over the years. The Beav was skiing's best kept secret for a long time, but that time is now gone. Oh well...
In my opinion the best thing about The Beav is the organization of the trails. This is one of the few resorts that is successful in segregating skiers to different areas hill - the beginners to the top of the mountain, the intermediates to Larkspur Bowl, Bachelor Gulch and Arrowhead and the experts to Grouse & Rose Bowl. There's obviously a considerable about of overlap but it's a very nice way to layout a mountain.
As far as challenge goes, The Beav has more than it's ever given credit for. I'm not talking about the World Cup run Golden Eagle (although if you catch this run right after it's been groomed it may be one of the best experiences on a groomed surface you'll ever have. Flying!!!) or the other steep bump runs either (Paragrine, Goshawk, Bald Eagle, Ripsaw, etc), everybody knows about them. The inbound tree runs are some of the best around. Royal Elk, Black Bear, Stone Creek, Coyote and Stickline are some of the best tree runs you can ask for. Surrounded by aspens and evergreens on a nice steep pitch is where I'm at! And if you're looking for an extra bit of challenge take the 45 min hike up from the top of the hill beyond the swinging gate to the snowfields or the bald spot, I'd recommend you bring a beacon though. That'll keep ya coming back...if you don't die.
I can take or leave the village. It is beautiful and the escalators are a great innovation compared to ski boots walking up stairs, but I can see how that's not for everybody. And as far as lift prices go, they are within $10 of every other resort it's size.
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Beaver Creek puts the Beaver in Creek and you will not be disappointed.
Honestly, the only time you will probably come to BC is when you are competing in a super pipe or a freestyle competition.
Honestly, Beaver Creek has the illest most super-est Super Pipe in Coly--this thing is huge! And so perfectly shaped. You can do no wrong inside.
I like BC because it is somehow refreshing, because who really comes here that often? Not-a me.
...because you know, if I'm going to go the extra miles from the Summit County resorts, I honestly prefer Vail on account of...Vastness.
BUT certainly, for a day of change check out this "alternative." Why is Beaver Creek not a more regular for Colorado regulars?
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I've been to The Fluffy Beave three times, and have never been disappointed. The first day, we got hit with 24 inches overnight and it snowed another 8 while we were skiing. I went again in December with about 12 on the ground and yesterday with 6 on top of 9 from the previous two days. And it was snowing as well.
The terrain is very diverse. There are the "barely get any speed" Green runs, and some wide-open Blues. The Black and Double Blacks are very solid. I will not tell you of our 'secret stash' because it's not that secret. But, we've hit it after lunch and there are hardly any tracks on it; a very untouched area out in the open.
As it's about 10 miles farther west than Vail, people never drive the extra. So what this means is you get a lot of destination skiers, and NOT I-70 locals; they just stick with Vail, it's gigantic area and ultra-lame Chair 5 to the back bowls. What you get at Beaver Creek is a very upscale resort, they serve fresh-baked fruit pie for lunch, and unbridled politeness for service. Yesterday I joked with a ski patrol guy about how he was "getting paid for a day like this." He laughed back and agreed, it's a great place to work. The people really do love working there.
The amenities at Beaver Creek are fantastic. At the top of Centenial Lift, for the early risers, you get hot chocolate and granola bars, "Hot Chocolate and Corduroy". For ski lesson (I've not taken, just seen), they will haul your skis around for you. However, the icing on the cake is at 3pm. The hot, fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies are heaven on earth. Grab a Starbuck's, about 150 feet from the lift line, and dive into a plate of cookies.
While you do pay for it, $30 to be exact...YIKES!!, the underground parking facilities are top notch. They are heated to 60-65 degrees or so [might be the car exhaust...8-( ], but you also have to walk about 300 feet to the lift line. Very worth it when it is snowing, and you are not changing off the back of your truck with towels on the snow. They will even valet park for you if you want.
I've not been to an Aspen or Park City, but they will have to be truly impressive for me to say the Beaver Creek is not my favorite place to rip some powder and get treated like a king.
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Great World Class Resort. Think luxury, I mean you will not walk 10 steps without seeing a woman sporting a sic fur coat. The terrain itself is not too challenging and this resort works best for beginners and intermendiate skiers. Don't forget to grab a free cookie at 3pm. The base is covered with faux bakers holding out silver trays of the freshly baked stuff.
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it has been over 20 years since i last skied here and a ton has changed. the sleep resort that i remember for steep terrain and great bumps has been replaced by a luxury mountain. once i got past the shock of the change and the longings of nostalgia i had a great time. the snow was ok but they had groomed all of the right spots making potential crunchy junk enjoyable. steep runs where as steep (and fun as i remember) and while the bumps are smaller 20 years of age on the knees probably didn't mind
