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Beaver Creek Ski Resort

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Beaver Creek Mountain Ski Resort is a popular ski destination located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, near the town of Avon. The resort is located approximately 1 hour from the city of Vail and about 2 hours from Denver, making it an easy day trip or weekend getaway for skiers and snowboarders in the region.

Beaver Creek has average snowfall for the area, averaging over 300 inches per season. As is typical in this part of Colorado, the snow at Beaver Creek is typically dry and powdery during the peak of the ski season. The ski season at Beaver Creek typically runs from mid-November to mid-April, and the resort offers over 1,800 acres of skiable terrain for all levels of skiers and snowboarders to enjoy. Beaver Creek also has a couple terrain parks featuring a variety of jumps, rails, and other features.

We recently ranked all of Colorado's ski resorts, so you can see where Beaver Creek stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Beaver Creek is a part of the Epic Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one season pass, and ski at most of the Vail owned and operated slopes with it throughout the year. There are a handful of types of Epic lift ticket passes available, ranging from 3-7 days, to season-long.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Beaver Creek around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Beaver Creek Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Beaver Creek has a total of 150 ski trails, which are serviced by 24 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 1,832 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 741 hectares, 2.9 square miles, or 7.4 square kilometers.

Beaver Creek's slopes see on average 325 inches (9.9 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 27 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
150
Ski Lift
Lifts
24
Skier
Skiable Acres
1,832(7 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
325"(9,906 cm)

Beaver Creek Ski Resort Elevation

Beaver Creek Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 11,440 feet, or 3,487 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 8,100 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 3,340 feet (1,018 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

The summit of 11,440 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
11,440'(3,487 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
3,340'(1,018 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
8,100'(2,469 m)

Beaver Creek Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
62.2out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Beaver Creek's difficulty level of 62.2 is above average. 62% of its trails rated as either intermediate or expert-level, which doesn't leave much for the beginners.

 DID YOU KNOW?

At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.

Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Beaver Creek has 1,832 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Beaver Creek's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 30% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 32% as expert.
Green Circle
Beginner
38%(696 acres)

Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.

Blue Square
Intermediate
30%(550 acres)

Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.

Black Diamond
Expert
32%(586 acres)

Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.

Is Beaver Creek Ski Resort good for beginners?

Beaver Creek is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 68% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.

Beaver Creek Ski Resort Location

Beaver Creek Ski Resort is located in the state of Colorado, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Beaver Creek, CO.

Address:
Beaver Creek, CO 81620 USA
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Website:
beavercreek.com

GPS Coordinates:
39.61000, -106.53000

Getting to Beaver Creek Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Beaver Creek Ski Resort), its coordinates of 39.61000, -106.53000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Beaver Creek, CO to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Beaver Creek Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Denver International AirportDENDenver, CO100 mi

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Beaver Creek.

NameCodeCityDistance
Eagle County Regional AirportEGEEagle, CO21 mi
Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy FieldASEAspen, CO32 mi
Grand Junction Regional AirportGJTGrand Junction, CO112 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Beaver Creek Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Beaver Creek Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
VailVail, CO11,570 ft77%9 mi
Ski CooperLeadville, CO11,700 ft42%21 mi
Copper MountainFrisco, CO12,313 ft66%22 mi
BreckenridgeBreckenridge, CO12,998 ft82%28 mi
KeystoneDillon, CO12,408 ft69%31 mi
Aspen Mountain Ski ResortAspen, CO11,212 ft79%33 mi
Aspen Highlands Ski ResortAspen, CO11,675 ft93%34 mi
Loveland Ski AreaDillon, CO13,010 ft63%34 mi
Aspen SnowmassSnowmass Village, CO12,510 ft86%37 mi
Ski Granby RanchGranby, CO9,202 ft30%45 mi
Winter Park ResortWinter Park, CO12,060 ft72%45 mi
SunlightGlenwood Springs, CO9,895 ft51%46 mi
Echo Mountain ResortIdaho Springs, CO10,650 ft27%54 mi
EldoraNederland, CO10,800 ft48%56 mi
Crested ButteCrested Butte, CO12,162 ft74%57 mi
Howelsen Hill Ski AreaSeamboat Springs, CO7,136 ft44%62 mi
MonarchSalida, CO11,952 ft51%75 mi
SteamboatClark, CO10,568 ft77%85 mi
Powderhorn Ski ResortPowderhorn, CO9,850 ft58%97 mi

Beaver Creek Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation11,440 ft
Base Elevation8,100 ft
Vertical Drop3,340 ft
Trails150
(38% Beginner,  30% Intermediate,  32% Expert)
Lifts24
Skiable Acres1,832
Avg. Annual Snowfall325 inches
Beaver Creek Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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