We spent our first full day in Colorado buying lift tickets, renting equipment and walking Main Street in Breckenridge (it was 50 degrees and sunny that day too!). We found that the further you were from the slopes, the cheaper the equipment and Wal-Mart in Frisco sells cheaper lift tickets!
Our first full day of skiing Bob and I took 1/2 day ski lessons in the morning, but in different groups. We spent the afternoon skiing together (sorta!). Bob mostly plowed and fell down the mountain..he was all about going FAST! The 2nd day of skiing I drug Bob to a blue run which was a bad idea. It was too tough for someone who had only skied a day and a half so we had to walk most of the blue...it was not our finest moment. We went home exhausted after that and decided to take the next day off.
That next day we went to Keystone and stopped at some scenic overlooks. We intended to ice skate in Keystone, but the Zamboni fell in 3 feet of uniced water!!! So ice skating was closed. Below are some of the pictures!! It was COLD and snowy that day!
Our 3rd day skiing was in Keystone, it was our favoritre day! The greens at Keystone are much longer and less crowded. On our 3rd day Bob decided he LOVED skiing and really got the hang of it. Below are pictures of us skiing in Keystone.
A few things we want to remember if we get to go on another ski trip
*Condo was great-but possibly stay in a lodge with that has a common area
*3 days of skiing is plenty, 4 days total in CO during the winter is plenty of time
*You cannot get from Breckenridge to Salina on 1 tank of gas (we almost found this out the hard way).
*Breckenridge is best for lodging becuase there is a lot more shopping, bars, restaurants, but Keystone has the best skiing and it's free to park at Keystone.
*The wheat beer at Breckenridge Brewery is the best
Looks like lots of fun!!
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