Final Day in Breckenridge

Breck Connect Gondola

Walking to Town

 

Third Day of Skiing - Breckenridge

On our third day, Alex decided to hang with us and Will wanted to try some more adventurous runs. The trails were all groomed so they were moving faster than on Tuesday.  We found some fun greens that took us through some trees and Alex did some jumps in the terrain park.  Will cautiously skied a double black.  He managed to ski all five of their peaks.  It was the last day of skiing for the adults, but the kids were given free passes from our instructor so they still had one more day.  We went into town again and had great pizza at Giampietros.  

 

Second Day of Skiing - Breckenridge

The conditions were significantly different when we woke up on Tuesday.  It was cooler and was snowing.  There was 6-10” of fresh powder.  The boys went off by themselves in the morning and we made plans to meet at Ten Mile Station (top of Quick Silver lift) for lunch.  Phil and I started on a green run but it was pretty slow due to the powder.  So we took the Beaver Run lift up to Peak 9 to try some blue runs.  It was so pretty with all the snow.  We did Cashier run twice before meeting the boys.  They had ventured to several other peaks and got a lot of runs in.  After lunch, Alex stayed with us and Will went off on his own.  We took the Peak 8  Super Connect to the top of Peak 8 where we took a blue run down that connected back to a green.  Our legs and arms were getting tired so the three of us called it a day and went to the hot tubs and sauna.  Will stayed out until the lifts shut down at 4.  We walked into town to do some souvenir shopping and had dinner at Mi Casa.  

First Day of Skiing - Breckenridge

We had a private family lesson booked from our first day of skiing.  It was a beautiful day - sunny and high 30s/40s.  Our instructor was Sylvan Kline and he met us at the lifts near our condo. He was a former strength and conditioning coach for both an NHL team and an MLB team which was cool. He helped Phil and I get used to skiing again and gave us some things to work on once we were comfortable. He had the boys working on skiing backwards and turning on one leg. Once Phil and I were comfortable on the greens, he took the boys off to try some more challenging runs. We met up for lunch at the resort. In the afternoon, we did another run together so he could check on our progress. Then he took the boys off again. They ended up taking the Imperial Express lift which is the highest lift in North America (12,840 feet) and even did some blacks. After our day of skiing, we just picked up some food to eat back at the condo and then played pool and some games before calling it a night.

Heading out!

Frontier 

Top of Imperial Express

Beaver Run Resort - Breckenridge

We were able to check into our condo around 4pm on Sunday. Our room had a view of the Beaver Run lift and was at the base of Peak 9. There were four buildings and they were all connected with sky walks. Each building had their own pools and hot tubs. We liked the indoor/outdoor pool in building 3 and the small outdoor hot tubs. There was an area with a foosball table, pool table, and comfy chairs/couches. The boys played billiards each night and we also played card games there in the evenings. There were several restaurants, a ski shop, and a coffee shop/market. It was great location - we could ski right out to two lifts and were right by some easy runs which was great for the first day.  We walked into downtown Breckenridge the first night and had dinner at Tin Plate Pizza.  It was such a cute town!

First glimpse of Breckenridge

View from our room

Indoor/Outdoor Pool

1 of 10 Small Outdoor Hottubs

Georgetown and Frisco

On Sunday morning, we drove up into the mountains. It was very cool to see the elevation change and we could definitely feel the pressure change in our ears (and an unopened bag of chips popped open!). We had some time before we could pick up our rental skis and check in at the hotel so we stopped in Georgetown (elevation 8,520 feet). We went to the visitor's center and walked into the cute little downtown area to do some shopping. Then we went to the wildlife viewing area and a lake that is home to a huge pond hockey tournament in February. They said they had 24 rinks set up on the lake! As we were leaving Georgetown, we saw some big horn sheep on the side of the road. Our next stop was Frisco (elevation 9,026 feet). We had lunch a great sandwich/breakfast shop and wandered the town for a while. Then we picked up our rentals (Kristen and Phil only) from a shop in town.

Georgetown, CO

Georgetown, CO

Georgetown Lake

By the Georgetown Loop Railroad

Bighorn Sheep

The Rockies as we entered Frisco

Downtown Frisco

Downtown Frisco