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Telluride Ski Resort
Telluride Ski Resort is located in Telluride, Colorado, with air service into Telluride from Denver and Phoenix or Montrose Regional Airport (a beautiful hour and ten minute drive from Telluride) with service from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark and Salt Lake City.

Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek Ski Resort is located approximately 8 miles west of Vail, Colorado. Beaver Creek has 149 ski trails and 25 lifts. Beaver Creek's terrain is 19% beginner, 43% intermediate, and 38% advanced. With over 1800 acres of great skiing, Beaver Creek also offers two bowls, four terrain parks, and a half pipe.

Snowmass
Snowmass is located 9 miles from Aspen, Colorado, with 90 ski trails, served by 23 lifts. Snowmass has 3,128 acres of terrain and an average of 300 inches of snow. Snowmass' terrain is 6% beginner, 50% intermediate, 12% advanced, and 32% expert. Snowmass Ski Resort is renowned for its' wide, groomed cruisers and its' trails are often uncrowded.

Keystone Ski Resort
Keystone Ski Resort is located in Keystone, Colorado, with 135 ski trails served by 20 lifts.

Steamboat Ski Resort
Steamboat Ski Resort is located in Steamboat, Colorado. Steamboat has 165 ski trails served by 18 lifts, and offers 2,965 acres of prime skiing. Steamboat's terrain is 14% Beginner, 42% Intermediate, and 44% Advanced. Steamboat is known for dry and fluffy Champagne Powder™ snow, which is measured to have 70% less moisture than your average snow and is certainly a pleasure to ski.

Copper Mountain Ski Resort
Copper Mountain Ski Resort is located in Copper Mountain, Colorado, with 125 ski trails served by 22 lifts.

Buttermilk
Buttermilk is located in Aspen, Colorado, and is part of Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort. Buttermilk has 44 ski trails - 35% beginner, 39% intermediate, 26% advanced - served by 9 lifts. Buttermilk is known for its' long groomers and multiple terrain parks.

Aspen Highlands
Aspen Highlands is located in Aspen, Colorado, with 125 ski trails, served by 5 lifts. Aspen Highlands' terrain is 18% easiest, 30% intermediate, 16% most difficult, and 36% expert. Aspen Highlands offers over 1,000 acres of great skiing, including intermediate cruisers, challenging expert terrain, and great views.

Aspen Mountain
Aspen Mountain is located in Aspen, Colorado and is one of Aspen Snowmass's four ski areas. With 76 ski trails and 8 lifts, Aspen Mountain is 0% beginner, 48% intermediate, 26% advanced, and 26% expert. With a variety of advanced and expert runs, including double-black steeps and challenging glades, Aspen Mountain is a paradise for advanced skiers, but offers terrain for intermediates, too.

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, nicknamed "A-Basin," is located at Arapahoe Basin, in Dillon, Colorado. Arapahoe has the highest skiable terrain in North America, and come 2007/2008 will have 103 ski trails, served by 7 lifts. Of these 103 trails will be 10% beginner, 40% intermediate, 25% advanced, and 25% expert. One "Expert" run is the longest and steepest trail in Colorado.

Loveland Ski Area
Loveland Ski Area is located in Georgetown, Colorado, with 92 ski trails served by 10 lifts.

Powderhorn Resort
Powderhorn Resort is located in Mesa, Colorado, with 47 ski trails served by 4 lifts.

Monarch Mountain
Monarch Mountain is located in Monarch, Colorado, with 63 ski trails served by 7 lifts.

Ski Cooper
Ski Cooper is located in Leadville, Colorado, with 26 ski trails served by 4 lifts.

Eldora Mountain Resort
Eldora Mountain Resort is located in Nederland, Colorado, with 55 ski trails served by 12 lifts.

Wolf Creek Ski Area
Wolf Creek Ski Area is located in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, with 77 ski trails served by 7 lifts.

SolVista Basin
SolVista Basin is located in Granby, Colorado, with 35 ski trails served by 5 lifts

Durango Mountain Resort
Durango Mountain Resort is located in Durango, Colorado, with 85 ski trails served by 11 lifts.

Sunlight Mountain Resort
Sunlight Mountain Resort is located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, with 64 ski trails served by 4 lifts.

Winter Park Ski Resort
One of Colorado's biggest ski resorts, Winter Park is ideal for ski vacation for all ski levels. Be prepared for an "authentic" Colorado experiece complete with powder snow. With ridges, bowls, and ski trails, Winter Park can enterain everyone from the novice skier to the daring experts.

Silverton Mountain
Silverton Mountain is located in Silverton, Colorado, with guided and unguided open skiing served by 1 lift.

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