Advantages: Great Skiing - totally different to Europe Disadvantages: Cost - Length of flight - Altitude sickness
We stayed in Breckenridge last year (Jan 06) and as far as holidays go it was a mixed bag - Of which Altitude Sickness and Bronchitus did not help. The title in itself is a bit of a red herring as the town of Breckenridge Is not a purpose built ski resort although there is accommodation in town itself most of the skiing facilities are across the main road -Which is a nightmare to cross during a weekday - especially when you are carrying skis, boards, ... ...stress before you have even got to the chairlifts or ski schools. To be honest most of the decent accommodation is all slope side, which makes the whole thing so much easier not to say convenient.
A BIT ABOUT THE TOWN
Breckenridge was founded in 1859 it was created to service the booming silver and gold mining explorations moving up from Colorado. It is a quaint town (If you like that sort of thing) very Norman Rockwell. The guidebooks all say ...
kent-ledger28 02.11.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Breckenridge, Ski Resort
Advantages: Great snow, wide range of terrain, great town, wide range of other activities Disadvantages: busy on weekends, altitude.
With the weak dollar it's never been a better time to head across the atlantic to indulge yourself in some powder skiing, tree skiing or if you feel really fancy...heli skiing! This resort has it all! four mountains to choose from, all of which offer something special! Head to peak 10 if you fancy a bit of tree action, or take advantage of the bowls on all peaks. For the intermediate skier there's plenty of blues, and groomed blacks to improve your ... ...the quicksilver super 6 chairlift has a number of nice wide and easy greens that never seem to be too crowded, and with the 6 man chair lift getting back up is easy! The town of Breckenridge itself is a lovely place to spend an afternoon or a full day. The buildings are charming and colourful, theres a wide selection of shops, and theres accomodation for any budget. Restaurants and bars can be found everywhere you look and any type from Thai to classic ...
mark280285 18.01.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Breckenridge, Ski Resort
Advantages: Good for families, good snow, good lifts, skiing is fantastic, instructors are excellent Disadvantages: Expensive
Breckenridge is a fantastic ski resort, especially for families. I went skiing with my family two Christmas’ ago and it was brilliant. The resort has skiing for all levels, from never done it before to super advanced, you must be joking if I’m going down that, level.
In typical US fashion, the queues moved very quickly, because there were a huge number of ski lifts. The views you got from the peak and the lifts were amazing. The snow was great, ... ...fresh powder, and apparently that was a bad Christmas for snow!
The only problem with Breckenridge was that it is a very expensive ski resort. The accommodation was very nice, but very expensive together with just about everything else. However, the ski lessons were brilliant. The instructors were great and well organised. Overall, this is a really good ski resort, if expensive and is especially good for families. ...
chrisc559 24.08.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Breckenridge, Ski Resort
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