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Nice review and all your points are pretty much spot on. However there are 2 bowls. One is Larkspur Bowl and the other is Rose Bowl which was named after George Gillette's wife Rose. George is an iconic figure here in the Vail/Beaver Creek area. He raised the customer service level significantly while he owned Vail Associates which later turned into Vail Resorts. Thanks for doing the review and I hope you come on back soon!
@@darwinmccutcheon2238 thanks for taking the time to check it out! I really appreciate it! That’s true they do have those, I actually rode them and enjoyed them. I guess in my mind I just think of bowls as these big massive bowls and the ones at beaver creek were still fun, just smaller and not the “traditional” bowl terrain I think of. Still excellent terrain though, and while I was there I never felt like I was missing them. That’s cool! I had no idea! With the last name Gillette I was thinking he had something to do with the razors 😂. That’s actually pretty awesome. I definitely want to come back to both Beaver and Vail. I absolutely loved both resorts and have been itching to come back ever since. Beaver is still one of my favorites I’ve been to. After this season I may switch back to Epic.
spot on. don't ruin it by making it too popular. 😂 i will say, getting to and from McCoy Park was a bit of a pain on a snowboard and I've been boarding a long, long time.
@@BoardsBikesAndHikes It is. I talked to a Ski Patrol guy who got stuck on the way over. Worse was I got lost getting out and took the longest cat track of my life back to the village. Figured out a better way the second time. Oh, and I almost fell in a creek that hadn't been marked. But that was kinda fun. Those aspens in McCoy are magical!
@@jplpagan ooooooo! Ya it took us a few tries to figure out the best ways to get there and get back haha. Definitely! There’s so many fun lines through there! Truly an epic experience. I wanted to hit it on a powder day so bad but we never got that lucky
@@DavidLee-vu2bc I wish I could send you a screenshot and i could almost draw our favorite route. We’d take Journey and then drop in between the tranquility and affinity area and then hit every patch of trees the whole way down
I'm an intermediate rider so the Grouse Mountain lift is a little intimidating since there are only black and double-black runs on it. Larkspur and Latigo are my favorite runs at Beaver Creek and I enjoy Centennial and President Ford. Should I be intimidated by Grouse Mountain?
We actually didn’t get to ride it when we were there. It wasn’t the best snow and a bit icy and tracked out on a lot of the main areas so we never went to it, so unfortunately can’t say. I think as long as the snow was good and you just take it slow at first you’d be alright 😁just start with the least difficult one
Taking my family(wife 23 and 21 years of age) we've NEVER skied before but debating between Vail and BC. Which do you suggest and which one is higher in cost overall?
Nice!!! Honestly both are wonderful and are going to give you the best first and full experience in terms of riding and just the ski village/mountain town. If I had to pick one though I would say Beaver creek simply because the mountain is a bit smaller, less steep and far less crowded so it makes it better and easier for learning I think. But you can’t go wrong with either. I think Vail would cost more to stay in the village than Beaver Creek, but it would be close. The cheapest route and what we did, was to stay in Edwards, it’s a really nice small town and take a shuttle or drive to Beaver which is about 4-5 minutes away or vail is about 15 minutes.
I mean the good thing about Beaver creek is the rest of the terrain is so good, you don’t really know it’s missing. But I did just feel it’s worth mentioning. The main thing you miss without that is the epic views and scenery like you mentioned as well as the natural wind created features from blown snow on the more exposed terrain. But by no means am I faulting beaver creek for not having it, it’s still one of my favorite resorts 😁
@@BoardsBikesAndHikes My same feeling as well. I mean, I personally do not value "high alpine bowl terrain" that much. I do have friends like Vail for the view of the bowls. For me, I like the variety of terrains like mellow groomers, trees, and steep moguls, where the techniques are very different from each other. High alpine bowls are just too similar to any steep black run, unless it's the Natural Selection style.
@@boleidi4936 I get that for sure. I’m in the same boat. The only time I’m really drawn to the high alpine bowls is on a powder day when everything’s nice and fresh. Then the wide open powder is just too much fun! But once it’s moguled out, I prefer other terrain😁
@@boleidi4936 hopefully! Out of everywhere we have been there’s nowhere I would like to get a powder day more. We unfortunately had bad snow there so hoping to go back at some point and get some pow🙏🏻
@@jamarvalondria2416 when we went we just compared the prices with how many of us were going. It came down to the rental car being cheaper if we all split it vs us all buying individual shuttle tickets. There’s quite a few shuttle options and we’ve used the shuttles to get to Breckenridge and Keystone, and it is nice but pricey. With 5 of us at the time the rental car saved us about $200.
@@jamarvalondria2416 renting cars we have used Alamo and budget at the Denver airport and it hasn’t been bad. Turo is also a really great option to cut down on cost as well. For shuttles the epic mountain express and summit express are the 2 I’ve used in the past. You do get a bit of a discount on the epic mountain express if you have any epic pass as well.
I’m not 100% on the kids club but I found quite a few sites talking about different kid friendly aspects. While we were there, there was tons of family’s and little ones. The crowds are lower than most vail owned resorts, low crowds mean short lines, tons of beginner friendly areas and terrain, the village is very family friendly vibe and didn’t feel like some that are overly party crowds. We loved it. Plus free cookies for the family 🤣we will definitely come back with our son once he’s old enough. Also if you don’t want to stay in Beaver, Edward CO is 3 minutes down the road and cheaper
If you’re going to ski or snowboard, I believe they aren’t expected to open till November 23 this season so you might want to push it back a little bit 😊
It is pricey for sure but I think it’s worth the price tag. Buying a epic pass makes it a little cheaper and we stayed in Edwards Colorado which was about 3 minutes down the road and cut out cost back quite a bit. I do wish they had some high alpine terrain as well. But tree riding is my favorite and there plenty of that 😁
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Nice review and all your points are pretty much spot on. However there are 2 bowls. One is Larkspur Bowl and the other is Rose Bowl which was named after George Gillette's wife Rose. George is an iconic figure here in the Vail/Beaver Creek area. He raised the customer service level significantly while he owned Vail Associates which later turned into Vail Resorts. Thanks for doing the review and I hope you come on back soon!
@@darwinmccutcheon2238 thanks for taking the time to check it out! I really appreciate it! That’s true they do have those, I actually rode them and enjoyed them. I guess in my mind I just think of bowls as these big massive bowls and the ones at beaver creek were still fun, just smaller and not the “traditional” bowl terrain I think of. Still excellent terrain though, and while I was there I never felt like I was missing them. That’s cool! I had no idea! With the last name Gillette I was thinking he had something to do with the razors 😂. That’s actually pretty awesome. I definitely want to come back to both Beaver and Vail. I absolutely loved both resorts and have been itching to come back ever since. Beaver is still one of my favorites I’ve been to. After this season I may switch back to Epic.
thank you so much for the awesome video!
Thanks for checking it out 😁🙏🏻
IT IS EXPENSIVE BUT WORTH IT. NOT CROWDED, EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, AMAZING DINING, GREAT CONVENIENT LODGING, BEAVER CREEK EXPRESS SHUTTLE... ETC.
100%🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻worth every penny
Amazing dinning? Food is so terrible in BC that it is uneatable
I'm moving to beaver creek in 2 weeks for the winter. Big step up from my home "mountain" Paoli Peaks😂
Daaaaang! Yes it is! You’re going to have an incredible time!!! That’s awesome!!!! Paoli is about an hour and a half from me, I grew up riding there!
@@BoardsBikesAndHikes same I’ve been riding Paoli and Perfect north for years I’ve been ready to move to something bigger after a couple CO trips 😂
@@kaysen6763 definitely! We are in the same boat! My goal is Utah, Wyoming or Montana 🙌🏻 I hope you enjoy the heck out of it and ride every day
spot on. don't ruin it by making it too popular. 😂
i will say, getting to and from McCoy Park was a bit of a pain on a snowboard and I've been boarding a long, long time.
Haha hey I’m not making anymore videos on it🤣
Yes haha it is a long cat track to get down in there 🤣
@@BoardsBikesAndHikes It is. I talked to a Ski Patrol guy who got stuck on the way over. Worse was I got lost getting out and took the longest cat track of my life back to the village. Figured out a better way the second time. Oh, and I almost fell in a creek that hadn't been marked. But that was kinda fun. Those aspens in McCoy are magical!
@@jplpagan ooooooo! Ya it took us a few tries to figure out the best ways to get there and get back haha.
Definitely! There’s so many fun lines through there! Truly an epic experience. I wanted to hit it on a powder day so bad but we never got that lucky
Just got back. It was amazing!
Nice!!!! Get some good snow?!
Going in 2 weeks.....This McCoy Park seems interesting as I'm just getting into glade boarding. Thanks for the heads-up.
Oooo you’re gonna love it! One of my favorite resorts easily. Mccoy park is where it’s at! So many great spots to dip in and out of the trees 😁
Our favorite was getting off the lift and going far right and riding right on the edge of the boundary and dipping into the trees from there
@@BoardsBikesAndHikes Would you be talking about the Ridge Route or Journey?
@@DavidLee-vu2bc I wish I could send you a screenshot and i could almost draw our favorite route. We’d take Journey and then drop in between the tranquility and affinity area and then hit every patch of trees the whole way down
@@DavidLee-vu2bc we’d basically still sort of hug closer to the journey trail but be down coming through every tree patch all the way back to the lift
I just got back. This resort was so nice. The food is very pricey though. You’ll spend at least $100 for 3 people. It was $55 for 4 hot chocolates.
It’s definitely on the Bougie side for sure. Expensive but nice haha. That’s why I load up on the free cookies 🤣
@@BoardsBikesAndHikes - we were trying to ski until it closed, so we missed the cookies. Bummer!
@@lauriekubiak oooooo nooooo
You had me at cookie time
🤣 they’re soooooo good🤤
I'm an intermediate rider so the Grouse Mountain lift is a little intimidating since there are only black and double-black runs on it. Larkspur and Latigo are my favorite runs at Beaver Creek and I enjoy Centennial and President Ford. Should I be intimidated by Grouse Mountain?
We actually didn’t get to ride it when we were there. It wasn’t the best snow and a bit icy and tracked out on a lot of the main areas so we never went to it, so unfortunately can’t say. I think as long as the snow was good and you just take it slow at first you’d be alright 😁just start with the least difficult one
Taking my family(wife 23 and 21 years of age) we've NEVER skied before but debating between Vail and BC. Which do you suggest and which one is higher in cost overall?
Nice!!! Honestly both are wonderful and are going to give you the best first and full experience in terms of riding and just the ski village/mountain town. If I had to pick one though I would say Beaver creek simply because the mountain is a bit smaller, less steep and far less crowded so it makes it better and easier for learning I think. But you can’t go wrong with either. I think Vail would cost more to stay in the village than Beaver Creek, but it would be close. The cheapest route and what we did, was to stay in Edwards, it’s a really nice small town and take a shuttle or drive to Beaver which is about 4-5 minutes away or vail is about 15 minutes.
Plus free cookies 😂
What’s special about “high alpine bowl terrain”? What different experience does it bring except for the different view?
I mean the good thing about Beaver creek is the rest of the terrain is so good, you don’t really know it’s missing. But I did just feel it’s worth mentioning. The main thing you miss without that is the epic views and scenery like you mentioned as well as the natural wind created features from blown snow on the more exposed terrain. But by no means am I faulting beaver creek for not having it, it’s still one of my favorite resorts 😁
@@BoardsBikesAndHikes My same feeling as well. I mean, I personally do not value "high alpine bowl terrain" that much. I do have friends like Vail for the view of the bowls. For me, I like the variety of terrains like mellow groomers, trees, and steep moguls, where the techniques are very different from each other. High alpine bowls are just too similar to any steep black run, unless it's the Natural Selection style.
@@boleidi4936 I get that for sure. I’m in the same boat. The only time I’m really drawn to the high alpine bowls is on a powder day when everything’s nice and fresh. Then the wide open powder is just too much fun! But once it’s moguled out, I prefer other terrain😁
@@BoardsBikesAndHikes fingers crossed for a powder day at Vail!
@@boleidi4936 hopefully! Out of everywhere we have been there’s nowhere I would like to get a powder day more. We unfortunately had bad snow there so hoping to go back at some point and get some pow🙏🏻
next time check out the stone creek chutes
Holy cow! I didn’t know they had something like that! I’m watching videos of that area on a powder day and it looks incredible!!!
Definitely hitting that next time
Any tips on shuttle vs rental car & parking, flying into Denver.
@@jamarvalondria2416 when we went we just compared the prices with how many of us were going. It came down to the rental car being cheaper if we all split it vs us all buying individual shuttle tickets. There’s quite a few shuttle options and we’ve used the shuttles to get to Breckenridge and Keystone, and it is nice but pricey. With 5 of us at the time the rental car saved us about $200.
@@jamarvalondria2416 renting cars we have used Alamo and budget at the Denver airport and it hasn’t been bad. Turo is also a really great option to cut down on cost as well. For shuttles the epic mountain express and summit express are the 2 I’ve used in the past. You do get a bit of a discount on the epic mountain express if you have any epic pass as well.
Is it family friendly for a 4 year old? Kids club etc?
I’m not 100% on the kids club but I found quite a few sites talking about different kid friendly aspects. While we were there, there was tons of family’s and little ones. The crowds are lower than most vail owned resorts, low crowds mean short lines, tons of beginner friendly areas and terrain, the village is very family friendly vibe and didn’t feel like some that are overly party crowds. We loved it. Plus free cookies for the family 🤣we will definitely come back with our son once he’s old enough. Also if you don’t want to stay in Beaver, Edward CO is 3 minutes down the road and cheaper
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@@BoardsBikesAndHikes thank you soo much for the great info. I appreciate it!
No problem!🙂 hopefully I was able to help!
Im planning on going on November 15 you think it’s a good date ?
If you’re going to ski or snowboard, I believe they aren’t expected to open till November 23 this season so you might want to push it back a little bit 😊
WONT BE MUCH IF ANY SNOW
I live 30 min from bever creek
Ooooo that’s sick! I’m jealous !
Do they rent ski equipment there?
Yes they do!
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@@mannylopez15986 no problem!
Employee and family member get lost
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Mountain food is in this “luxury Resort” is so bad that it’s basically uneatable.
We had the crepes, pizza and the cookies 🍪 and it was good. my wife and friends wife ate lunch here twice and liked it🤷🏻♂️
Beaver is great but expensive as Hell as well as 0 above Treeline runs
It is pricey for sure but I think it’s worth the price tag. Buying a epic pass makes it a little cheaper and we stayed in Edwards Colorado which was about 3 minutes down the road and cut out cost back quite a bit. I do wish they had some high alpine terrain as well. But tree riding is my favorite and there plenty of that 😁
How’s the price compared to tellu