Skiing in Colorado

Winter Park will probably be more crowded than Vail! Go to Vail and if the
crowd bothers you, just take the shuttle to Beaver Creek! It will not be
crowded! You can ski both!
Have fun,
Rob

"Dave Stallard" wrote in message
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Eric Segal wrote:

Hi -- I am from Boston and will be making a stopover this winter in
Denver,
courtesy of United Air Lines. I'll be with two of my kids, and we would
like
to do some skiing. We have never skiied in the West before.

The problem is that we will be there in between Christmas and New
Years -
unavoidable. Can anyone recommend one or two resorts that are good for
intermediate skiing, within a couple of hours drive of Denver, and might
(perhaps) be a little less than totally jammed at Christmas time?

What about Winter Park? The theory would be that it's less of a
destination resort and more of a Denver local area than a real
destination resort like Vail, and thus less likely to get the Christmas
jamming. This is probably offbase; I'm just throwing it out for
Coloradoans to comment on.

The other problem you're going to run into in that time slot is price;
specifically, the price of a hotel room. Understand that this is the
time of MAXIMUM overcharging for a hotel room at ski resorts. You will
not believe the prices you're going to see quoted to you. Prepare to be
amazed.

Dave

I second Beaver Creek. Of the resorts within a two-hour drive of Denver, BC
will be the least crowded. It's also huge, with an interesting mix of
terrain, village-to-village skiing, great tree skiing and the chance to
explore a heinous wicked world class downhill racecourse.

Big question is whether *anything* is really a two-hour drive over the
holidays. Best bet would be to drive up and stay in cheap digs in Eagle.

Seth
http://skiinghistory.org


"Robert Scott" wrote in message
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Winter Park will probably be more crowded than Vail! Go to Vail and if the
crowd bothers you, just take the shuttle to Beaver Creek! It will not be
crowded! You can ski both!
Have fun,
Rob

"Dave Stallard" wrote in message
...
Eric Segal wrote:

Hi -- I am from Boston and will be making a stopover this winter in
Denver,
courtesy of United Air Lines. I'll be with two of my kids, and we
would
like
to do some skiing. We have never skiied in the West before.

The problem is that we will be there in between Christmas and New
Years -
unavoidable. Can anyone recommend one or two resorts that are good for
intermediate skiing, within a couple of hours drive of Denver, and
might
(perhaps) be a little less than totally jammed at Christmas time?

What about Winter Park? The theory would be that it's less of a
destination resort and more of a Denver local area than a real
destination resort like Vail, and thus less likely to get the Christmas
jamming. This is probably offbase; I'm just throwing it out for
Coloradoans to comment on.

The other problem you're going to run into in that time slot is price;
specifically, the price of a hotel room. Understand that this is the
time of MAXIMUM overcharging for a hotel room at ski resorts. You will
not believe the prices you're going to see quoted to you. Prepare to be
amazed.

Dave