Thanks!

Vail is the largest ski mountain in North America, You could ski there an entire week and never ski the same run twice. Beaver creek is just 10 minutes away. Between the two, it should give you plenty of variety.

Personally, I think your plan is not my idea of a fun vacation!! You are coming to ski, not spend hours on a highway looking at tail lights & possibly driving in very dangerous conditions. Too stressful in MY book!

^^ 10 minutes as the bird flies. From Vail central to BC lift area is abt 13 miles. At least 30 minutes, prob longer if you've got kids. Still worth the trip.

Thanks for the relies.

After looking at the online trail maps, I think we'll try to stay at Breckenridge. It looks like a huge mountain with plenty of advanced and intermediate terrain, which works for our group. I think lodging is less expensive too. Then we'll head to vail or BC one or two days to see something new, only an hour away.

Thanks again

"Vail is the largest ski mountain in North America"

Just a point of correction, you could almost fit two Vails into one Whistler. Vail is the largest ski resort in the continental United States and is roughly tied with Breckenridge as the most crowded ski resort in North America in terms of skier visits.

Skier visits mean little, it is skier per acre of open terrain that matters. At one time Breck won that category but it is hard to find stats these days.

That said Beaver Creek and Breckenridge are very different places. I find it odd you are thinking between the 2?

If you are wanting to try skiing different places I'd look at staying in Frisco. It is central to Copper, Breck, Keystone and Vail. Plus it has a cute little main street for dining and strolling about. There is a tubing hill and a great dinner sleigh-ride operation in Frisco too.

Agreed with alli. Frisco might be a good choice if you're wanting to go to several resorts.

If altitude sickness is an issue for y'all, I would highly recommend Beaver Creek or Vail since they are over 1000 ft lower altitude than Breck. Also, BC tends to be significantly less crowded