When most people think it would be a ski vacation in Colorado, Vail and Aspen think. If you are a millionaire, a great time in Aspen! For all other Vail is usually the first choice. But before you mindlessly follow the herd in Vail, you should know that's not all there is to be broken. In fact, Breckenridge has a lot of advantages compared to Vail. Here are five reasons why Breckenridge is a better choice for your ski holiday:
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Breckenridge, Colorado, has everything you are looking for a ski resort: high-end restaurants, diving clubs, discos and casual hang-out; accommodations for every budget, boutiques and, of course, awesome skiing! And it's all in a place so different from Vail, with its dizzying bus, you can walk from your apartment to the shops and restaurants. Vail is so large and presumptuous that the charm of a quaint mountain town is lost, Breckenridgemaintains. Founded as a mining town in the years after 1800, Breckenridge has preserved Victorian buildings and the charm that makes it more than just a good ski mountain. Tip: Instead of paying a premium ski-in/ski-out lodging search of an apartment on the main street where you can get to all bars, restaurants and shops on foot. The shuttle will take you to the chairlift, so that really do not need to pay high prices, sleeping next to the tracks. You will have more fun and saving you money in thethe city.
# 4 Cheaper (and free parking!)
Breckenridge is owned by Vail Resorts, so you only save a few dollars on lift ticket itself. The price for a day pass in high season at Breckenridge is $ 86, which is about $ 6 less than what you pay for it in Vail. However, if you consider the price differences in housing, meals, equipment rental and instruction, it starts adding up to a fairly large discrepancy. Also, do not forget the great difference in the parking lotbetween the two locations. In Vail, like you are lucky if you wake up early enough to pay $ 20 to park all day in a crowd where commuters to the ski lifts. But the unfortunate, the range of a few times too many people are pressured to pay just to park along a street, and then walk to the skiers cute (snowboarders do not believe that you are not wearing the equipment looks equally embarrassing) for the shuttle, before they finally do stop on the runway. However, in Breckenridge, there arereally such a thing as free parking! Tip: Park in the lot Gold Rush - in the south (there are two Gold Rush a lot, but in the park, which is further south). Parking is free and simply walk in North Park Avenue, Lot sterile foot, where you can jump on the gondola. The alternative is to pay $ 10 to park in Lot sterile, too, or you wait for a shuttle at the base of Peak 8 or 9 instead of peak. Do not pay $ 10 to park in Lot Miners - there is not much closer to the gondolathat in the very south of the Gold Rush.
# 3 Closer to Denver
Whether you fly a Denver, Denver International Airport or you are in other states, you have no choice, as the herds of the SUV version Subscribe ski slowly make their way to I-70. And less time spent on the ice, uphill, highway packed, the better. That's why Breckenridge is closer to Denver makes # 3 in the Top 5 reasons why it's better than Vail: Get off I-70 a good 30-40Minutes before, when coming from Denver. Tip: If you are outside the state, trying to flights arriving in Colorado Springs instead of Denver International Airport. You can get a cheaper flight, and then you can go to Breckenridge on Highway 285, take I-70. Although portions of the road have only one lane, is a scenic road with some good restaurants on the way in Bailey and Fairplay (aka South Park - yes, the one and only). But in estimating the cameraSmall cities Alma and Fairplay. When they say 30 mph, they mean 25!
# 2 For families
Vail skier as he pulls the pilot / that is intermediate or slightly above, Breckenridge offers something for everyone. He has performed more green for beginners and Texas - but it also has the highest chairlift in North America and one of the steepest mogul runs in North America (sorry Texans we love you!): Devil's Pass. For the adrenaline junky has 9 Breckenridge Terrain Parksfor 25 acres. However, I am not completely biased, I must admit that Vail back bowls are sweet. For a few glorious minutes you can see through the dust without float another skier or snowboarder in the wide open bowls. But all good things must end and the way to the lifts can be long and shallow, trawling has been particularly brutal on the ankle (this is about "Snowboarder" knights'). Tip: Plan allows you to operate for at least a day trip if you do not ski, and take the children onCarter Park Your body will thank you for the day, and your kids will love the fast lane toboggan slope, which is a long race to the bottom. If you brought Fido, you can bring it to Carter Park, as well, since there is a fenced dog park. Carter Park is located near the elementary school, south of High Street.
# 1 Highest chairlift in North America
The No. 2 reason is better than Breckenridge, Vail, Breckenridge has said that Ihighest chairlift in North America. But this is such an important point that not only deserves a paragraph, but in reality is the # 1 reason to visit Vail, Breckenridge, instead! The Imperial Express will leave SuperCar oxygen-thin altitude of 12 840 meters above sea level. The tracks here are not for the faint of heart! I will warn you that the wind at that height with kicks, but if that scares you away, you handled the force is not likely to testicularthese races anyway. Sun Put on your helmet and get ready for a certain speed because of the highest lift in North America, there is only one way to go: down. Once executed, the Imperial Express Super Chair, everything else is like the hills of North Carolina appears and you have earned bragging rights when it conquers your vacation to return home. Tip: the imperial presidency Super SuperCar expressed from the tip of Rocky Mountain, take the T-bar (not as scary asit seems) will follow, and is the mother or the path to the Lone Wolf Imperial Express Super Chair. If you started from Peak 9, Peak 8 Super Connect take. Icy Freeway to Chair 6 descent to come. From the summit of Peak 8, just ski on Chair 6.
