Which Resorts in CO are Best?

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FernandoGz

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I'm planning a week long trip to Colorado for next winter but I don't know much about the resorts there. I'm a developing park skier and I want to use this trip to learn lots of new tricks so I want to visit a resort(s) with terrain parks and facilities that are good for progression. So what are the best resorts for me? Should I stay at one or visit a few? is it better/cheaper to stay at the resort or in other nearby lodging? any thoughts are appreciated.
 
visit a bunch. loveland, keystone, breck and vail are all relatively close to each other. and don't be afraid to get out of the park to. even if theres no fresh snow there's a lot of fun terrain
 
Vail and beav parks are good for beginner park skiers because they mainly market it to rich tourists and keep their features small compared it breck, copper and keystone. But those resorts do have terrain parks for beginners and vail doesn't actually good a decent sized park open till january so...
 
I would recommend trying vail for a starter like you. The terrain park has a lot easier features than other colorado resorts. If your feeling confident after a few days breck or keystone both have great parks with harder features. I learned the basics of skiing park park at vail so that tells you something. Good Luck wherever you end up going!
 
Colorado has really big mountains, lots of choices, powder, good parks. You would love it.

But if you simply want a good park maybe do a couple of weekend trips to Granite peak in Wisconsin. Its cheaper and closer. You could get more trips in. Easily one of the top 5 park in the midwest if not the best. Afton Alps in MN supposedly got alot better since Vail corp bought them.

Just an idea if your main goal is to ski better parks.
 
vail is the easiest. but, do not waste your trip to CO in the park sure park can be fun but is is nothing compared to the mountain itself.
 
Steamboat best champagne powder. If you want to do park I would suggest Breckenridge, I have not been to their park I but I have heard great things about it.
 
13064754:Railersailer said:
Try northstar, stay near boreal (cheapest hotels), keystone is fun... It just depends on what you like to ski
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What the fuck? Northstar and Boreal are in Tahoe... Boreal is on donner summit and there are no hotels even close to it really. You have no fucking clue...
 
If you're going out to Colorado, use it to ski the mountain not just the parks. By developing park skier do you mean beginner or intermediate? If you mean beginner, then going out there won't really help. Beginner features are the same no matter where you are. Just because it's Colorado doesn't mean it's gonna be anymore beneficial. But if you're intermidate/ advanced then Breck's park would be a really cool experience for ya.

If I were you I would use the time out there to experience the mountains as a whole. Go to Breck and go to the top of peak 8. It's an experience all in itself. Ride the terrain that your mountain/ hill doesn't have. Things like that will help you get the most out of the trip.

With Vail resorts you can buy multiple day tickets and go to any resort. I'm not sure what the specifics are and I dont feel like looking it up but when I went there I bought a 3 day pass and was able go to vail, breck, keystone, and some other ones. It's a pretty good deal if you chose to do that.
 
Best money investment: keystone a basin pass. About $300 for unlimited riding. You can hit a bay during the day then hit key at night. They're 7 miles a part from each other and if you're feeling ambitious throw an extra $125 to add Breck to the pass and Breck is about 10 miles from key.
 
13065173:_yager_ said:
how the hell has no one mentioned copper/woodward @ copper??
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It's too expensign iMO. To ride the foam pit it's a $60 trinity class then you got pay like $20 per session.
 
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