BEAVER CREEK RESORT

'Beaver Creek Resort' is a major U.S. ski resort near Avon, Colorado, run by Vail Resorts. The resort is comprised of three villages, the main Beaver Creek Village, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead to the west. It is the sister resort of Vail, Colorado. Beaver Creek is a regular host of Alpine skiing World Cup events.
Beaver Creek Resort was first invisioned by Peter Seibert, co-founder and former owner of Vail Resort. In the 1970s, Seibert tried to convince the Denver Organization Committee to hold the 1976 Winter Olympics Games' alpine events at the yet to built ski resort. However, when Denver backed out from holding the Olympics Winter Games, his plans of building the resort collapsed. When Vail Associates was purchased by Harry Bass, oil tycoon of Golaid Oil, he continued with Seibert's dream of building Beaver Creek and during the 1980-1981 ski season, Beaver Creek opened. Bass invested heavily in the resort by building a very costly state of the art European village. However, he didn't calculate the effect that most of the condos that were built would remain empty during the ski season as their new owners didn't need the income of renting them out, causing merchants to back out from opening up new shops. In 1985, Bass sold Beaver Creek and Vail Associates filed for bankruptcy a few years later. Dick Bass' brother Dick Bass was experiencing similar problems around the same time with his new ski resort, Snowbird.
The resort is known for its upscale family-oriented accommodations and great terrain. The town hires extensively from the East Coast, Australia, South America, and Argentina to fill its large seasonal employee rosters. Vail Resorts (formerly Vail Associates) is the corporation that owns Beaver Creek mountain, as well as Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly, and Vail Mountain.

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Statistics

Elevation

Trails

Lifts

External links

Statistics

Elevation

★ Base: 7,400 ft / 2,255 m

★ Summit: 11,440 ft / 3,488 m

★ Vertical Rise: 4,040 ft / 1,231 m

Trails

★ Skiable Area: 1,625 acres

★ Trails: 146 total (34% beginner, 39% intermediate, 27% expert/advanced)

★ Longest Run: Centennial - 2.75 miles / 4.4 km

★ Terrain Parks: 3

★ Half-pipes: 1

★ Average Snowfall: 310 inches / 787 cm annually

Lifts

★ 16 total

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★ 10 high-speed quads

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★ 2 triple chairs

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★ 3 double chairs

External links

★ Beaver Creek official website – Winter version, Summer version

★ The Vail Resorts Homepage (some subsites use or require Macromedia Flash)

★ 3dSkiMap of Beaver Creek Ski Resort
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★ Beaver Creek Lodging Deals

★ Vail Valley Partnership - The Chamber & Tourism Bureau