Talons Challenge Day-Of Information
Saturday, January 23
Parking & Transportation: Limited pay parking is available in Beaver Creek Village. Free parking is offered at the base of Beaver Creek Mountain with complimentary shuttles to the village. Arrive early to get your spot and get to the event quickly.
8:00am: Registration opens at the base of Centennial Chair #6 in Beaver Creek Village. Please bring your completed TALONS RELEASE FORM to speed up the process. You’ll be given a Talons Credential and lanyard.
8:30am: The lifts open along with Red Tail Camp Registration – the event headquarters. If you want to bypass the registration at the base of Centennial Chair #6, head on up to Red Tail Camp to register. You must have your own lift ticket or ski pass to access the event.
Once you have your Talons Credential, you are ready to start checking runs off the list. All 13 runs are accessed from the 3 lifts based out of the Red Tail Camp area (Birds of Prey Chair #9, Grouse Mtn Chair #10 and Larkspur Chair #11). After each run, we’ll have “Punchers” waiting in the lift lines. Let them know what run you just completed and they’ll punch it off on your credential.
Brat and Bud Light/Drink: Don’t forget, after noon your Talons Credential gets you a complimentary Brat and Bud Light or drink at Red Tail Camp.
There are no double punch runs. For example, you cannot ski Screech Owl and Ptarmigan in one run. You’ll need to take a lift 13 times to complete the Talons Challenge and the glorious 24,000+ vertical feet.
Once you have finished all 13 runs, go to the main Red Tail Camp Registration to pick up your rewards – a custom Talons hat and your place on the Talons Wall-of-Fame, which is a digital kiosk located inside Red Tail Camp. Names of participants who complete the Challenge will be added to the kiosk later this winter.
Talons Après Party: Hang around all day until 4pm at Red Tail Camp. We have tons of great t-shirts and raffle prizes to give away. The main raffles will be from 3:30-4pm. Restaurant gift certificates, spa packages, rafting trips, skis, bindings and much more - Your credential number is your raffle number and you must be present to win, so stick around and enjoy the party!
The Talons Challenge Map
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The 13 Talons Runs
Goshawk
Peregrine
Golden Eagle
Lupine
Shooting Star
Loco
Screech Owl
Raven Ridge
Ptarmigan
Ruffed Grouse
Bald Eagle
Falcon Park
Osprey