New at Beaver Creek

Family Snowshoe Tour in McCoy Park in winter

Guest Service Leaders

Beaver Creek Resort was recognized for a record fourth consecutive year with top honors for the National Ski Areas Association’s Best Overall Gust Service Award. A world class experience exists behind the tagline “Not Exactly Roughing It”. Discerning skiers and snowboarders find expectations met visit after visit. Guest Service Ambassadors are spread throughout the resort and are on hand ready to anticipate guests’ needs. Pamper yourself and let us show you the highest level of guest service in the industry. And don’t forget to treat yourself with a fresh chocolate chip cookie served daily and share your memorable day on the slopes with friends; send them a Beaver Creek collector post card anywhere in the world, free of charge. If you missed them this past season, take note of new initiatives that complement existing customer service programs. These include distribution of new adaptive ski maps; embracing a new “hands free” award-winning radio frequency ski pass scan system; additions to free nightly family programming; creation of “BC/EX” flags to designate expert terrain openings closer to the base; and new comprehensive resort signage to better identify groomed terrain and open areas.

Safety on the Slopes

Safety on the slopes is top of mind for families and it’s a top priority at Beaver Creek. The resort was recently awarded its second consecutive Best Overall Safety Award from the National Ski Areas Association and it’s the seventh safety award presented to Beaver Creek. Capturing not only locals through comprehensive in-school education programs with elementary schools, the Yellow Jacket Safety Team furthered its outreach efforts through the Safety By Numbers campaign which reached guests from domestic and international locales through a variety of mediums. Each season the Safety Team ups the ante and develops new educational programs that meet the needs of current industry trends. Last winter for example, with abundant snowfall and an unstable snow pack in the back country which saw increasing popularity, the Beaver Creek Ski Patrol focused on offering free Back Country and Safety Awareness classes incorporating their veteran Avalanche Rescue Dogs, Blu and Dixie, to demonstrate proper planning and preparation and perform mock rescues. The visibility of Beaver Creek’s Avalanche Rescue Dogs who can be seen working on the slopes daily, also raises general safety awareness and sparks valuable conversations with kids and adults.

Children's Mountain Attractions

Beaver Creek’s 13 mountain attractions offer fun family adventures for the young and young at heart. From Jack Rabbit Alley to Buckaroo Bowl and the Okee Dokee Korral, explore your child’s favorite runs- they may not be on your trail map. New for 2009-2010 the resort is adding more gladed tree- skiing trails in the attractions in Bachelor Gulch and other areas. Ripperoo’s Retreat located on the main mountain will house the resort’s mascot and offer a ski-to dog cabin where our smaller guests can stop by and visit with Ripperoo, the Kids’ Ski School mascot. His handler will share information about the daily ske-cology environmental message, safety tips and more. The Ranch, the state-of-the-art kids ski school facility for ages 7-14 at the top of the Buckaroo Express Gondola also will celebrate its second season. The center features healthy lunch options for kids’ ski school participants and flat screens for constructive video playback while refueling. Its location sits among customized beginner terrain that’s invaluable for teaching adults and kids. From the Ranch, kids can easily navigate their way to Buckaroo Bowl or the Okee Dokee Korral on the way down to the base area where mom and dad can see their progress.

The Other Side of Beaver Creek

Beavercreekextreme.com launched last winter and the new micro site highlights the mountain’s vast variety of adventurous and most challenging terrain including “EX” designated extreme terrain in Stone Creek Chutes, steep tree runs in Royal Elk Glade, 13 black and double black diamond runs that encompass Talon’s Challenge and the resort’s top-to-bottom progressive terrain park system including The Rodeo, Beaver Creek’s expert park. Be on the lookout for BC/EX flags that fly at the top of the Centennial Express Lift to let expert skiers and riders know when Stone Creek Chutes and Royal Elk Glade are open prior to reaching the gates. This is the other side of Beaver Creek that locals love.

Ski with a Ranger

If you’ve ever wondered what type of animal tracks grace the snow under a chairlift, or why a porcupine chews on tree bark, you’re the perfect candidate for Beaver Creek’s Ski with a Ranger program. Led by a US Forest Service volunteer, these environmental education tours lead interested skiers and snowboarders of all ages and ability levels through a journey of the mountain’s ecology, wildlife (including birds of prey), area history and forest management in the White River National Forest. Open to all ages, the on snow tours meet at the interactive Environmental Learning Center on the mountain and explore a different theme every week. A lift ticket is required to participate.

Tubing Headed to New Heights

Known for its diverse and abundant family activities, Beaver Creek Resort is taking its tubing program to new heights. For the 2009-2010 season there will be a new, lift-served four lane tubing hill operating in the prime afternoon activity hours. The tubing lanes run 300 feet in length and will be located just below The Ranch, our on-mountain children’s ski school center. Pricing for the new tubing activity will be announced in the fall. Nightly family activities will continue six of seven afternoons throughout the season including family snowshoe tours, ice skating, rail jams, and Thursday Night Lights.

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