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Colorado Skiing advice requested
You have few options.
Go to Eldora up Boulder canyon, definately the closest option and just stay in Longmont. It is a good area to learn to tele. Not as large as the other areas but not too important when learning. And the bonus is the nordic area is right there. The trails are tougher than the other areas, more narrow and few flats. They will be able to rent all your nordic needs. I would call ahead to confirm a tele package, but you can pick that up in numerous shops in Boulder. Summit County, about 2 hrs from Longmont, depending on traffic. Frisco Nordic center is located near to 4 downhill areas. Copper, Breckenridge, Keystone, and A-Basin. All of these are good tele areas. I would recommend Copper for first timers due to amount of beginner slopes and they keep you away from intermediates and experts. You can stay in Dillon or Frisco pretty cheap. Fraser Valley has two nordic areas, About 2 hrs from Longmont, traffic dependent. Snow Mtn Ranch and the beautiful Devil's Thumb Ranch. Both are located near Winter Park/Mary Jane and Solvista downhill areas. Find cheap lodging in Fraser or stay at snow mtn ranch for cheap no frills lodging. Great snow everywhere here in Colorado, at least in these areas. Andy wrote in message ... I will be going there in mid March. Want to try to tele skiing and xc (skate and classic). The friend I am meeting lives in Longmont (~30 minutes from Boulder). My friend will need to rent his XC stuff, so it needs to be a full center for that. I suck at Tele skiing, so I need easy intermediate trails. What is a good place for intermediate tele skiing, with a good XC place close by? Will most place be likely to have good conditions at that time of year? We will stay in a hotel, but probably want to stay in the same place for the whole trip (three full days of skiing). Thanks in advance, -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in rec.skiing.nordic...) |
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Hi - I have been to Snow Mountain, Devil's Thumb and Eldora recently
and concur with Andy on your choices, but it is no contest, with my personal order as follows: (1) Devil's Thumb Ranch (2) Snow Mountain Ranch .. .. .. (3) Eldora .. .. .. .. (4) Frisco I also recommend the lodging at Snow Mtn or the Pinnacle Lodge in Fraser. The trails, scenery and snow are absolutely phenomenal at the top two and you can easily try both. Plus you avoid the delays that can arise at the Eisenhower Tunnel on the way to Frisco, and can ski Winter Park if you wish. Cheers, Spero On 2006-01-18 06:02:01 -0700, said: andy writes: andy You have few options. andy Go to Eldora up Boulder canyon, definately the closest option and just stay andy in Longmont. It is a good area to learn to tele. Not as large as the other andy areas but not too important when learning. And the bonus is the nordic area andy is right there. The trails are tougher than the other areas, more narrow and andy few flats. They will be able to rent all your nordic needs. I would call andy ahead to confirm a tele package, but you can pick that up in numerous shops andy in Boulder. andy Summit County, about 2 hrs from Longmont, depending on traffic. andy Frisco Nordic center is located near to 4 downhill areas. Copper, andy Breckenridge, Keystone, and A-Basin. All of these are good tele areas. I andy would recommend Copper for first timers due to amount of beginner slopes and andy they keep you away from intermediates and experts. You can stay in Dillon or andy Frisco pretty cheap. andy Fraser Valley has two nordic areas, About 2 hrs from Longmont, traffic andy dependent. Snow Mtn Ranch and the beautiful Devil's Thumb Ranch. Both are andy located near Winter Park/Mary Jane and Solvista downhill areas. Find cheap andy lodging in Fraser or stay at snow mtn ranch for cheap no frills lodging. andy Great snow everywhere here in Colorado, at least in these areas. andy Andy Thank you very much. Frisco has a place in my heart, because we used to stop there for lunch in the 1960s. |
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