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#1 ·
Whats up everybody most of you have been very helpful in answering my questions and I thank you for that. Finally pulled the trigger and booked a trip to Breck in February with a bunch of my buddies. Unfortanetly no whistler for me this year due to passport issues with a few members of our group but maybe its better off not going to such a big mountain for my first trip out west. Anyone have any comments on breck or any tips for me?
 
#7 ·
Well the bad news is that Colorado isn't doing that well this year with snow. If it was possible to change your trip to Tahoe, Mammoth, or maybe the PNW you might be better off. However, if you can't, I"m sure you will still have a great time.

Now with that said, I've got about 16 days in so far this season I think. I haven't been to Breck yet, but I haven't heard great things about their conditions thus far. I've been to BC, Vail, ABasin, and Keystone so far this season. I only went to Abasin early season, so I can't comment on their conditions right now. BC and Vail are much better than Keystone though by far as conditions are concerned. I'm assuming they are probably better than Breck as well. I could be wrong though.

If you want to ride groomers, you can pretty much go anywhere and it will be ok. Otherwise, I would say stick to BC or Vail. If you want something a little smaller and more laid back, I would suggest ABasin or Loveland.
 
#20 ·
Snowboard at Keystone and Arapahoe Basin. It's easy to visit the other Summit mountains because there is a bus that goes from Breck, keystone, and Arapahoe Basin. Also Copper Mountain is not too far away. If you are renting a car, fill up at a shell station because they are offering 2 for ones at Copper. I think Saturday is blocked out. Keystone has much closer free parking and Arapahoe Basin has parking you can ride too.

In the Town of Breckenridge you will find many restaurants and shops, most are independent small businesses. Skip the Vail owned crap on the mountain and the bases, they suck and are very pricy. Ride the gondola into town you will find better quality restaurants and shops at walking distance.

Good places

:laugh: FOOD! DRINKS!

Clints (coffee)
The Crown (late night buzzed coffee)
Daylight Donuts (fatty grease breckfast and yummy donuts/coffee)
Geopedros(sp?) pizza and Italian food, they sell slices
Stella's Hungry Horse (food cart very close to Gondola in town, yummy!)
Empire Hamburger, bar (big fancy burgers)
Agree about those Crepes
Liquid Lounge (Breck crazy bar)
Motherloaded Tavern (tall cans! Trivia!)
Euro Deli, (they have perogies :yahoo:)

SHOPS

Mountain Wave, (best rentals most helpful shop)
Big Hit Snowboard Shop, (steezy good deals)
Peak a Boo Toys (great place for kids, lots of cool stuff)
Pets Sake Thrift Store, (good clean used stuff)

Walking down mainstreet at Breck is good people watching and is interesting.

Ofcourse there's more good shops and restaurants than the ones I listed.
 
#22 ·
You have to pay for parking at the bigger Vail Spots.....ie Breck and Vail. Breck has shuttle parking, but it is retardedly far away. Others may have better suggestions, but I've been there a few times and found nothing.
 
#24 ·
Anyone willing to offer a plan of attack as to which mountains to hit on which days?

We planned on getting a 6 out of 7 day pass from Vail (so we could go to any of their mountains) with the first day being Saturday and the last being Friday.

I was thinking BC Saturday, Key Sunday, Vail Monday (maybe Key at night), Day off Tuesday, Breck Wednesday, Vail Thursday, Breck Friday.

Would a second day at Breck be a waste? I have read the lift lines can be an hour plus at times. Would it be better spent as a third day at Vail or a second day at BC or Keystone?

Suggestions?
 
#27 ·
I have a similar trip planned towards the beginning of Feb. We bought a 4 of 6 day pass.

I'm curious if I could ride breck during the day, and goto keystone for night session without using my next day. Does anyone know if this is possible?? I'm staying in a ski-in/out at breck, and want to ride as much as I can so I'm willing to drive to keystone for night sessions. As you can see from my location, New Orleans, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO RIDE AT ALL!!
 
#26 ·
Two days at Breck is completely understandable, and probably necessary. There is a lot of friggin terrain to cover! Personally, I like Breck better than Beaver Creek, but that is assuming there is snow. Without snow, it doesn't matter which Mtn you hit. The snow gods need to awaken ASAP, please!

Breck and Vail are busiest, obviously, on the weekends. Lift lines can be crazy at the get-go, but once you get up from the access lines, you should be a lot better. Get away from the pack and the lines will be much smaller.
 
#36 ·
If your planning on riding breck, wax your board for the flat spots :laugh: Don't get me wrong there is some awesome terrain, but breck's greens are like bunny hills, and there cat walks are ridiculous (vails catwalks are worse). When I first started snowboarding, I rarely waxed my board and was always peddling through the flats. Now I cruise by the other peddlers :D
 
#37 ·
I haven't ridden anywhere with longer flats than Vail. My skier friends have told me that Alta is worse, but they don't allow snowboarders there anyway!
 
#39 ·
I did Breck for two days, one day at Vail and one day at BC last week and it was cold cold cold.

Breck - didn't think the catwalks were that bad, made it from peak 7 to 9 with no problems. The top of the peak 8(?), where the access is to the T-bar and 6 chair, was rough going with the wind conditions and overall lack of snow.

Vail - i thought they were a little worse, but worth it for sure to get to the bowls. Sometimes, it was my fault because I didn't know the area well enough. Definately not the worse I've seen (Heavenly IMO).
 
#41 ·
The back bowls at Vail are a must do; do not go to Vail and skip the back bowls because you heard it took too long to get to; I've only been to Vail twice, and we pretty much spent our entire time in the bowls; still haven't seen the front side of the mountain, but that was kind of the idea to avoid the lines.
 
#43 ·
I second the notion of "do not skip the backbowls at Vail". They are great. I was just up there last weekend and despite the lack of snow recently there was still plenty of untracked pow to be had. I have a feeling a lot of people think the back bowls are too far out of the way, which is fine by me, keeps em fresh.
 
#48 ·
Also my advice applies to Vail and parking in the garage. If you want to try for free parking, I would suggest getting there earlier as you have to ride a shuttle. The same applies for BC even though free parking is easier there.

I've tried the vail garage ticket trick and it didn't work for me :(
 
#68 ·
This is the first year but vail is enormous so even on the busiest days it's not horrible. I spent the last four days in copper for my sons comps and I now fucking hate copper. Gaper galor and lines that are insane. Vails lines move fast overall and it's rare that you have to wait when it isn't a holiday. Most people will stick to the golden peak side or vail village area. The backsides and Blue skys outer areas, lions head and steeper blues and black runs are pretty empty generally.

Busiest lines are the gondolas, chair 4..... I have never waited more than 20 minutes on the busiest days in the group line cause I had family here. Usually I just hit the singles line and might wait 2-5 minutes when it's packed.
 
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