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The Tiehack Express, built in 2011, services advanced and intermediate terrain on the west face of Buttermilk Mountain. Buttermilk is known as one of the best beginner mountains in North America, to learn ski or snowboard. Its base includes The Hideout — an integrated play-and-learning area for children in ski school ages 2 ½ to 6 years old. [2]
Hesperus Ski Area; Hoedown Hill; Howelsen Hill; Kendall Mountain; Keystone; Lake City Ski Hill [citation needed] [3] Lee's Ski Hill; Loveland; Monarch Mountain; Powderhorn Resort; Purgatory Resort (name changed back from Durango Mountain Resort in 2015) [4] Silverton Mountain; Ski Cooper; Ski Granby Ranch (formerly SolVista Basin and Silver ...
5 300 March 2020 [2] Aspen Mountain: Aspen: 675 11,212 7,945 3,267 76 8 300 March 2020 [3] Beaver Creek: Beaver Creek: 1,832 11,440 8,100 3,340 150 23 325 March 2020 [4] Breckenridge: Breckenridge: 2,908 12,998 9,600 3,398 187 34 282 March 2020 [5] Buttermilk: Aspen: 470 9,900 7,870 2,030 44 8 200 March 2020 [6] Ski Cooper: Leadville: 470 ...
These resorts offer everything from advanced challenges to beginner fun
The ski area is designed to have minimal impact on the environment. Based purely on skiing and not on development Silverton Mountain has no plans of building condos or high-speed chairlifts. [5] In 2006 it was voted "Best of the West: Skiing in Colorado, Utah, California and Nevada for Extreme Terrain" by USA Today. [6]
3.5 miles (5.6 km) Lift system: 35 total (1 gondola, 5 high-speed six-packs, 8 high-speed quads, 1 fixed-grip quad, 1 triple chairlift, 4 double chairlifts, 3 surface lifts, 11 carpet lifts) Terrain parks: 25 acres (10 ha) Snowfall: 355 in (900 cm) per year: Snowmaking: 600 acres (2.4 km 2) Night skiing: none: Website: breckenridge.com
Beaver Creek Resort was envisioned in the 1950s by Earl Eaton, [3] [4] but it was not until the early 1970s that Pete Seibert tried to convince the Denver Organizing Committee to hold the 1976 Winter Olympics alpine events at the yet to be built ski resort. However, when Denver backed out from holding the Olympic Winter Games in November 1972 ...
680 acres (2.8 km 2) Trails: 53 total – 20% easiest – 50% more difficult – 30% most difficult: Longest run: 3 miles (5 km) Lift system: 7 chairlifts – 1 detachable six – 2 quad – 1 triple – 3 double 2 surface lifts: Terrain parks: 4: Snowfall: 300 inches (25 ft; 7.6 m) Snowmaking: Yes: Night skiing: No: Website: eldora.com