FREE!ANDY'S &RIDE GUIDES

BRECKENRIDGE 2009/2010 SEASON

Every trail described & rated Hints for getting around Great for all skiers and riders Table Of Contents

T WHAT ARE ANDY’S SKI & RIDE GUIDES?...... 5. E N A A L M E G R E E N ANDY’S RATING SYSTEM...... 7. GLEN PLAKE BRAD HOLMES JEREMY BENSON MATTHIAS MAYR KEY TO USING THE GUIDE...... 8. CHRIS LAKER

PEAK 7 TRAILS AND LIFTS...... 10.

PEAK 8 TRAILS AND LIFTS...... 20.

PEAK 9 TRAILS AND LIFTS...... 52.

PEAK 10 TRAILS AND LIFTS...... 78.

HINTS ON GETTING AROUND & TOP 5...... 86.

TREE LINES ...... 87.

MAPS...... 88.

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE...... 92.

3 WHAT ARE ANDY’S SKI & RIDE GUIDES?

Welcome to the newest edition of Andy’s Ski and Ride Guides. This guide has been completely rewritten with all the new changes that have happened at Breckenridge. Formally Andy’s Handy Ski Guides, these little booklets open up the world of the Breckenridge Ski Area. You will now know what happens on every run, lift and nook and crannie at Breckenridge. It does not matter how you slide down the hill, whether on , , snowbike, , telemark or whatever, these guides will enhance your day. If you are new to my guides, the best way to enjoy them is to understand my rating system; it is an international rating system, not a ski area specific system like the green, blue and black rating ski areas we have in place. There is a big difference in the difficulty of a trail such as a double black diamond in West Virginia than at Taos, New Mexico! A green at A-Basin may be a black in Vermont. My system is based on the whole scope of snowriding in the world. Check out my system on the next page. It’s important that you understand my ratings are an average and can be completely different from day to day. Please read and understand my liability statement. Hope you have fun out on the slopes and please check out www.andysskiandrideguides.com for more information on this and other ski areas. Here at Breckenridge, the trails and lifts are divided into four sections; Peak 7, Peak 8, Peak 9 and Peak 10. Each trail is listed in alphabetical order. The lifts in each section follow that. Find out where you are in my rating system and you will know where to go to stay in your comfort zone, or to challenge yourself! Remember that conditions change minute to minute and my ratings are a normal average. Check out my website: www.andysskiandrideguides.com

Andy 5 ANDY’S RATING SYSTEM

The easiest of the greens. Great for learning, 1-10 perfect for your first day or two but probably boring to even the 2nd day skier or rider.

11-20 A nice, easy cruiser. Perfect for the advanced beginner, ANDY'S SKI&RIDE GUIDES or those who desire a nice run without much pitch. For those who are making the transition from Publisher 21- 3 0 advanced beginner to intermediate. Contains both Fresh Powder Media, LLC advanced beginner and intermediate pitches. Michael Slattery Andy Blumenthal 31- 4 0 Solid intermediate run with medium steepness. www.freshpowdermedia.com [email protected] 41- 5 0 Middle of the road terrain. Intermediates will be Creator/Writer challenged, advanced will feel comfortable. Andy Blumenthal 51- 6 0 Tough blues. Maybe a diamond for some pitches Art & Design but, on average, intermediate stuff. Kelly McFeely Single Diamond terrain. Steeper than the tough Cover Photo 61-70 blues, but not that hard for advanced intermediates. Mark Fox Solid advanced terrain. Advanced Intermediates 71- 80 should think twice. *The descriptions and ratings contained within Andy’s Ski & Ride Guides are based upon average weather and conditions. Varied conditions such as new snow, no snow, high winds, poor visibility, etc. can signifcantly change the character and diffculty of the slope. Skiers and riders are Steep terrain, any type of snow, moguls, etc. strongly encouraged to evaluate the conditions and determine if the slope is within their skill level. 81- 91 Challenging but not yet extreme. Should be a Please ski and ride with care. solid advanced skier. This guide is an independent publication of Fresh Powder Media, LLC who is solely responsible for its content. This guide is not reviewed, approved or in any way associated with Breckenridge. Experts only! Seriously. Anything in this category Special Thanks to: Robin Brown, Frances Hanna, Will MacElwee, Greg Voss, Jeff Diapallo, Carl 91-100 should not be skied or rode by anyone who has Anderson, Scott Meade, Kevin Campbell, Bob Vosar, Ellis Simon, My family, and ski bums worldwide... any apprehension.... © 2009 by Fresh Powder Media, LLC, , . All rights reserved under U.S. Copyright Laws. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Remember that Andy’s Rating is an average the publisher. Now go read the rest of the guide, it is boring here. and it will vary! 6 7 Key to using the guide:

(A) Bronc ANDY’S RATING (C) SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED (D) SNOWMOBILE (B) 72 Bronc is a black tangent off of Doublejack and has a steep pitch to it. It is steeper than the blue Doublejack RENTALS and is more of a challenge. Cut right here and get some steep powder turns before the very flat Flapjack and remember to keep your speed here. (E) Every trail starts with all these vital numbers for a quick look at what there is to fnd: (A) Trail Name: I only talk about named trails so you will not fnd any “secret stashes” in this guide. But there are plenty of named areas that I talk about... BEST RATES AROUND! (B) Rating: See Previous Page (C) Snowmaking: Either yes or no; good to know when low on Located in Frisco, CO snow, especially in the early season t)BMGEBZSFOUBMTBWBJMBCMF NPSOJOHPS BGUFSOPPO IPVSTPGBDUVBMSJEJOH (D) Groom: This has three different designations: t'VMMEBZSFOUBMTBWBJMBCMF IPVSTPGSJEJOH Groomed = Groomed almost every day; almost t"MMSFOUBMTBSFi6OHVJEFEw Occs. Groomed = Occasionally groomed; don’t count on it, t.BQTQSPWJEFEXJUIUSBJMTNBSLFE check grooming report FBTZ JOUFSNFEJBUFBOEBEWBODFE Never Groomed = Never groomed (E) Color: This is the green, blue, black system that is in place at the ski area. This is ski area specifc and only pertains to the trails and areas that Breckenridge has to offer. A blue here Call 970.406.1397 may not be the same as a blue elsewhere. (This is why my www.coloradobackcountryrentals.com rating system on the previous page is better than the current Snowmobile Season opens the day after Thanksgiving. rating system we have in place in this country.) Colorado Backcountry Rentals is an equal opportunity service provider. Colorado Backcountry Rentals is under special use permit by the White River National Forest. 8 Angels Rest C.J.’s

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Angels Rest is a great trail over in the Peak 7 For the advanced, C.J.’s is one of the best that PEAK 7 Independence lift section that starts off a little steeper but Breckenridge has to offer. You can get here by hiking then flattens out to be a groomed cruiser for all but thef rst from the traverse from the T-bar or traversing from the top day beginner. Some tree islands spice it up but this is truly of the Imperial Express SuperChair. You may still have a green run with a wide open feel and a flat meadow some hiking from there depending on your traversing type terrain. They call this a blue because the beginning skills. Be here frst on a powder day and you will most is a tad steeper. likely never forget this run as the powder shots are steep and long. There may be some rocks exposed depending on wind and snow conditions. Careful here i Angel’s Rest was a mining camp on Hoosier Pass. All Peak 7 names in the Independence Lift area are during a blowing stormy day as you may not be able all mining camps. to see very far in this treeless and very high up section. Awesome place for the advanced!

Art’s Bowle Claimjumper ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 85 ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED Art’s Bowle is the northern most flank of Peak 7 bowl 34 Claimjumper is the far south trail in Peak 7 or and is very steep. Come off a natural spine after going the farthest north of the Peak 8 trails. So I included it in down half of Peak 7 and you’ll get to Art’s Bowle. It’s steep both sections. Claimjumper is a wide open blue that is and wide open here with very few trees but some rock groomed almost every day and is a fun rolling interme- outcroppings to be careful of. It ends all too quickly but the diate run. This is the best way for the snow boarder to few turns here are great and sometimes powder can be get back to Peak 8 as it’s not as much of a traverse as found here when other places are tracked up since most Forget-me-not. Cruising’ fun can be found here. drop in earlier. Can get scraped off and icy but not often.

10 11 End (the) Lincoln Meadows

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Jim Morrison would be proud they named a trail after Lincoln Meadows is a good name for this area PEAK 7 his song. I always start singing this when this steep as this is a very open and flat meadow for you to work and ungroomed trail in middle of Peak 7 bowl. This is the on your turns. It starts off with a little steepness as all the end of the ski area in fact and this has a pretty steep pitch trails over here do, but after that it’s a wide open and to it. Only the advanced and up will enjoy this. Along the not very steep area. Beginners will be challenged at rope line there are rock outcropping so be careful when the beginning but will be fne after the frst two pitches low on snow or when they frst open it. It can have rocks and will have lots of room to work on the skills necessary throughout the season if it’s windy over here. Ends with to improve. some tree glades to play in before hitting the very flat Monte Cristo for the ride to the bottom.

Fort Mary B Lower Forget-Me-Not

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 22 22 Fort Mary B is a tangent off of the bottom of the Lower Forget-Me-Not is one of the ways from Pioneer Run in the Peak 7 Independence Lift area. It’s pretty the top of the Independence SuperChair to get back to flat and really should be a green but the top getting here is Peak 8. Snowboarders and those who do not like to blue so they kept it that way. Wide open and turning to the traverse will not like this and should take Claimjumper left, Fort Mary B is a great place to make groomed turns in instead. This open area can be windblown and have a very open area. Ends quickly at the bottom of Peak 7. exposed rocks and tree clumps. This is the only way to get to the T-Bar though so if that’s what you need to do, then take this.

12 13 Magic Carpet Ore Bucket

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Magic Carpet is one of the steepest sections of Ore Bucket is the hardest area in the Peak 7 PEAK 7 Breckenridge and can be found on the far northern side of lower mountain trails. If you are with your family Peak 7. Typical open bowl stuff here, with a good steep and bored, tell them you’ll meet them at the bottom of pitch, some rock bands and usually some small moguls. Peak 7 and go here. This is a gladed, never groomed You’ll fnd great powder here after it as long as area that has some short steep pitches, lots of trees, the snow didn’t slide after the patrol hits this with their powder, moguls and other obstacles to keep you avalanche bombs. This can be windblown after a blustery turning. It ends relatively quick though, back on Monte day. The advanced rider or skier will absolutely love this Cristo but it’s a fun alternative to the other easier trails and the strong intermediate will be very challenged. There in this section of Breckenridge. may be some hiking to get here.

Monte Cristo Peak 7 Bowl

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 27 85 From the top of the Independence chair at Peak 7 Peak 7 bowl is what advanced skiing or riding is and on the far north (skier’s left) side is Monte Cristo. all about. This massive section includes huge and steep This starts off a little steeper and then flattens out for the snow felds with no trees and some rocks. The deeper remainder of the trail. Very wide with a few tree islands, the snow the less rocks. You can get here in two ways; and lots of rolls make this a fun run for most. Practice your hike up from the traverse from the top of the T-bar or turns here as they groom this almost every day, and enjoy traverse from the top of the Imperial Express SuperChair. the rolls especially if you stick to the left side. It gets really This is very steep and if you fall you may end up at the flat at the end except for one very short steep section bottom if your arresting skills are not up to par. Great nearing the view of the chair lift. Fun for all! place for powder and steep terrain practice. Can get windblown but most of the time this is great for the advanced and up. 14 15 Pioneer Swan City

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Pioneer is one of the main runs in the Peak 7 area and Swan City really could be called Flat City as it is PEAK 7 is a great blue cruiser. From the top of the Independence a tangent off of Pioneer that is really flat and easy. Wide chair, this starts off a little tighter and steeper but very open like all the trails in this area, this will be easy soon opens up to a wide rolly groomed journey. Midway for the intermediate. The last pitch before it returns to through there is another steeper pitch. They leave some Pioneer is a little steeper but really short. moguls on the skier’s left side sometimes for those who want to try bumps. This is a great groomed cruiser for Tele most with a fun bunch of rolls and terrain changes. Careful ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED because there may be many people travelling along with 80 you. Make your best turns for the audience riding the chair. Tele is on the south side of Art’s Bowle which Just a fun blue for your skiing and riding pleasure. is the skier’s left side of Peak 7 bowl. Great steep terrain can be found here as you come over a natural spine. You’ll wish it lasted longer though as this area Sadie is just a quick section which ends too soon and gets ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED quite flat. This is a great place for powder. Named 83 after an avy dog.. Sadie is the middle of Art’s Bowle, an area in the Peak 7 Bowl. Named after an avalanche dog, this is a very Wirepatch steep but short pitch with an open feel to it. Make great ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED steep turns here and you’ll feel the adrenaline pumping! 27 Too bad it’s so short. This is great when there is ample Wirepatch starts off with a medium steeper pitch coverage but conversely when low on snow this can have for a blue with lots of trees and berms and moguls. This lots of rocks. Careful! only lasts for a hundred yards and then it’s a flat and wide open meadow that a beginner would enjoy. The top however will be diffcult for a beginner and is more for the intermediate. Lot’s of places for a little air here; exciting for those who like that. 16 17 VERTICAL Vertigo Independence Superchair™ 1320' RISE ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED RATING AVERAGE: 17-69 82 TIME: 6.5 MIN

Vertigo comes off the beginning of the traverse up PEAK 7 from the T-Bar up to the Peak 7 summit. The higher you The Independence SuperChair is a great quad that is fast and traverse up, the longer the run. You can also get here by serves a lot of great blue terrain. This is a lot less busy than the traversing from the top of the Imperial Express SuperChair. other chairs at the bottom of Peaks 8 and 9 and offers a little The deeper the base the better this trail is as there are respite from the masses. This can get busy sometimes, especially plenty of rock outcropping that can pop their evil little in the morning or around lunch time. This is a great area to bring heads out when low on snow. It also can get windblown the intermediate as there is great terrain here to work on the skills in this area blowing away the good snow. When it’s good for advancement. There are easy blues and harder blues to keep though, its real good, especially for the advanced skier you entertained. Take the BreckConnect to get here and get off or rider. This will be diffcult for better intermediates as it’s at the second stop. Or you can ski over from the top any of the never groomed and the powder can be diffcult because chairs on Peak 9 traversing to the skier’s left on Columbine. of the wind. Get here on a good day and it’s awesome! BreckConnect™ Y-Chute

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 85 Y-chute is the beef of the Peak 7 bowl and is open The BreckConnect is a great lift that goes from the bottom of the bowl skiing or riding at it’s best. Of course the more snow Town of Breckenridge and has three stops. The frst is the Shock the better as there are rock bands that get exposed when Hill station for those staying at the Shock Hill condos or residences. low on snow or windy. Nice long and steep turns are The next stop is a short ffty foot walk to the Independence found here, and the advanced will be challenged. Access SuperChair and Peak 7. The fnal stop is at the bottom of Peak 8 this either halfway down and a traverse from the top of the and all that it has to offer. I park in the Miners or Tailing parking Imperial Express or hike up; your choice... lots (it was $5/10 last year) and it’s an easy way to access the slopes without riding shuttle buses. At the end of the day you can ski right to the car via Four O’Clock and the Skyway Skiway and a small tunnel. Many use this to go to town for lunch or to get to your condo or house. 18 19 Adios Boundary Chute

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 73 74 Adios is a great trail in the 6-Chair area that has Boundary Chute is one of the blacks off of the great open areas and great tree lines. The pitch is pretty T-bar off to the north. This open area has a varied pitch steep and this is a great place for powder for the and lot of little trees, rocks and berms that make this a advanced intermediate and up. You’ll fnd varied terrain fun challenge for the advanced intermediate and up. here and it gets flatter as it comes under the chair for the This can get windblown and you’ll want to stay away fnal open, but not as steep, section. from here when it’s nasty out, as it is very exposed.

AMEN Callie’s Alley PEAK 8 ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING OCCS . GROOMED 77 68 Amen is another of the great trails in the 6-Chair area Callie’s is a quick black coming off the top of the that all will fnd challenging and many will be over their Colorado SuperChair and comes around and meets heads. This steep black has all sorts of different terrain to the easier Spruce. This is steeper than most of the trails keep you on your toes. You’ll fnd moguls, berms, trees and in this area but still doable for the strong intermediate. more here with usually pretty good moguls as good bump This is harder when ungroomed. people enjoy this area. Always good on a powder day... Claimjumper

Boreas ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 34 58 Claimjumper is the far south trail in Peak 7 or the Boreas is a tangent off of Rounders that has lots of Northeast of the Peak 8 trails. So I included it in both terrain changes and has some steep areas. The two steeper sections. Claimjumper is a wide open blue that is groomed pitches are narrow and moguled and will be diffcult for almost every day and is a fun rolling intermediate run. many. Lots of trees add to the excitement. No grooming This is the best way for the snow boarder to get back to machine has ever been here that I know of. Peak 8 as it’s not as much of a traverse as Forget-me-not. Cruising’ fun can be found here. 20 21 Columbine Cucumber Bowl

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 27 83 Columbine is the upper traverse that takes you from Cucumber Bowl is the skier’s left flank of Horseshoe the top of Peak 8 and either Superchairs over to the T-Bar bowl and has a nice steep pitch to it. Too bad it’s not and beyond. This is very flat except for one pitch near the top longer. The snow rolls into here on and the open of the Rocky Mountain SuperChair. It almost goes uphill at shots are wonderful. Head left and get some sparse one point so those not great on a snowboard may hate this. trees and a couple of hits to jump off. Watch out for the run out to the left as it goes uphill. Great area for Contest Bowl fnding powder and steeps. ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED Double Barrel 83 PEAK 8 Contest Bowl is the skier’s right flank of Horseshoe ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 76 Bowl and is steep and a little more technical that Horseshoe Double Barrel is the farthest right you can go out Bowl itself. There are several chutes between rock bands off the top of 6-Chair. You’ll fnd lots of varied terrain and a few trees to keep you on your toes. Not as long as here most of it easier and not as steep as the others Horseshoe but a tad steeper, this will be very enjoyable to around here. This is more of the way out for many as it advanced riders. Can get windblown and crusty and the goes back all the way to 6-Chair. rocks can be more exposed depending on the snow year. Duke’s Run Crescendo ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED 58 38 Dukes is two trails in one. On the skier’s right of Crescendo is a great blue that wraps around from the snow guns, it’s usually groomed and has a nice even the top of the Colorado SuperChair and ends at the bottom. blue pitch to it. The frst pitch is steeper then it flattens It starts out steeper and becomes a pretty consistent blue out. Usually crowded, you’ll need to watch out for others and then when it goes under the chair it eases up to a here. On the left of the snow guns is a gully and it’s a green. Can get crowded here. little steeper, and has walls and moguls. Again, watch out when going in or out. 22 23 Dyersville Four O’Clock

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 15 19 Dyersville is one of the two trails in the Rip’s Ride Four O’Clock starts from the top of Peak 8 at lift learning area that is very flat and would be boring to the Vista house and goes all the way to the bottom all but the newest beginners. This is a great place to learn and the town of Breckenridge. It starts off as a blue though, as not many others will be whizzing by you in but then becomes pretty flat and work road type after this controlled speed area. This is a great place to teach that. Beginners won’t like the top but the rest is easy. someone the fner nuances of snow sliding. It is always crowded and you need to watch out for people here. The patrol may be out enforcing speed East Snowbird here also. This is a great way to see lots of rich peoples houses and condos, or maybe to get back

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED PEAK 8 71 to yours if you’re that lucky. Great way to get to the East Snowbird is a wide open trail in the 6-Chair lower pay parking lots, or the BreckConnect Gondola area that is probably the easiest in this area. This is not as via Skyway Skiway. steep or treed as most of the trails here. It is still advanced terrain here so be careful. Try this one frst before venturing to the others to see if you can hang...if so you can Frosty’s Freeway graduate up to the others... ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 71 Forget-Me-Not Frosty’s Freeway is a feeder trail that takes you from the top of Peak 9 down to the bottom of E-Chair. ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 76 This has some varied terrain and is going to be Forget-Me-Not is a fun open black to the skier’s left challenging for the intermediate as you will have of the T-Bar. You almost get to the footpack up Peak 7 here berms, trees, ‘hits’, moguls and steeper areas. You can and many go down here as they don’t want to climb up. access a few trails off this such as Tiger, Rendezvous, You’ll fnd nice snow here if it has not been windy, and Southern Cross and Lower Psychopath. You can also many rolls, small trees, and rocks that keep you on your use this to gain access to Tunnel to take you down toes. The last pitch is steeper, so be prepared. Great when towards the bottom. not windblown. 24 25 George’s Thumb Hombre

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 86 73 George’s Thumb is an open section from the top of the Hombre is another of the great advanced trails Imperial Express SuperChair that heads off to the skier’s left. in the 6-Chair area. Ask a local, and they will tell you This has open powder turns with new snow, or usually good this section of Breckenridge is one of the best for the hard pack turns as the snow blows in here over the ridge line. good skier or rider. Hombre specifcally has lots of This is pretty steep, challenging the advanced intermediate moguls, steeps, drop-offs, rocks and open snow felds and up. There can be some moguls and also rocks. to keep you on your toes. This is great for those who like lots of variety and challenge. Watch out for others Goodbye Girl on the fast run out at the bottom. PEAK 8 ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 75 Horseshoe Bowl Goodbye Girl is a steep mogul pitch off of Four ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED O’Clock that goes down towards the midway load of the 84 Peak 8 Superconnect. Make good turns here for the lift Horseshoe Bowl is one of Breckenridge’s riders as you go down this steeper bump run. This faces crown jewels for the advanced snow rider. This huge southeast so it can get great when there is sunshine, and playground of steeps, powder and fun is great. You’ll not so great when there is not, especially in the spring. fnd moguls and drop-offs, small tree glades and large rock piles in this great bowl. Face shot after face shot High Anxiety can be found on a powder day, with an nice semi-steep and consistent pitch. The middle is almost tree free, ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 61 so watch out when the wind is blowing for vertigo, High Anxiety is a multi-pitched run between the two and also watch out for large rock bands when the snow big chairs in the main Peak 8 area. These pitches usually base is lower. Check out the outer flanks (cucumber have lots of moguls and offer many different terrain and contest bowls) for blown in snow and more snow changes. This has a couple short steep pitches but most when this gets skied out. Can get windblown also.... is just somewhat steep. There are many double fall lines which add to the diffculty. 26 27 Imperial Bowl Little Johnny

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 84 48 Imperial Bowl used to be a long climb that rewarded Little Johnny is a black run coming off of Columbine the hardy local with open powder turns. Now, with the that has a very short, steeper black pitch, then a flat Imperial Express SuperChair, we can enjoy this area without section and then it rolls around underneath the Rocky the walk. This means many more people will be here to Mountain SuperChair. That pitch has a couple of different take those great medium steep powder lines, and moguls fall lines and usually lots of big moguls. This ends quickly form after many have gone down. This is still a great place though and flattens out for the journey to the bottom. for the advanced intermediate to be over their heads and all others that are better to really enjoy the terrain here. Lobo PEAK 8 ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 71 Lobo is another of the great trails in the 6-Chair area that is super for the advanced. You’ll fnd no Lake Chutes snowmaking, usually little crowds, and terrain that is ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED challenging. This is great on a powder day with steep 89 rolling terrain, moguls and ledges; providing the The Lake Chutes are some of the most intimidating seasoned skier or rider with plenty to enjoy. runs at Breckenridge. After climbing up the 291 stair steps to the ridge line (yes, I counted) go to the skier’s right and you have many choices along a ridge with a cornice. This Lower Boneyard cornice can build up quite high because of wind and snow ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED conditions. That means your frst turn requires a drop off this 73 The Lower Boneyard is a short and mildly steep cornice, and that can be scary for most. The terrain here is area below the bottom of 6-Chair headed for E-Chair or steep and rocky with open areas and tight chutes. For most, the traversing Tunnel trail. This has moguls and several the frst turn will be the toughest, and the steep turns different cants and sometimes they groom a stripe or will be great! This is pretty short though, and flattens out to two. This can be a diffcult area for intermediates as an easier black quickly. Views are the best at Breckenridge. the terrain is quite varied. 28 29 Mach 1 No Name

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 82 72 Mach 1 is a ripping black in the Chair 4 area that No Name is a great run in the 6-Chair area is steep and wide. This has what the advanced person that gives the advanced skier or boarder ample wants, a consistent fall line and usually good bumps. On opportunities for air, face-shots and moguls. The locals a powder day you’ll swallow plenty of snow here! In the love 6-Chair, for it has much of what they want; spring this can have great slush bumps. But after it freezes powder and challenge without the huge crowds. it can get dangerous. This goes right below the chair so listen for hoots above you! North Bowl

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71 PEAK 8 North Bowl is right above the T-Bar and is accessed off of the Imperial Express SuperChair. This is wide open and steep, offering open powder and Middle Snowbird windblown areas with no trees or anything else; just nice steep skiing or riding. An occasional rock pops up ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 71 but this is mostly windblown carvable snow, with some Middle Snowbird is a great run on a powder day moguls every once in a while. and almost always great for the advanced. If you want variety, including rocks to jump off, moguls, and cants, Northstar along with terrain that does not see a snow groomer; this ANDY’S RATING OCCS . GROOMED is the place for you. You won’t be alone long though, as 45 the locals consider this their favorite area. Be here early Northstar is a wide open blue with trees on each when it snows. side with the last pitch being very flat. They groom this every day so it should be perfect for most who can stop and turn both ways. The only problem is that it’s a very popular run as it’s the most convenient way out from the top of Peak 7 over to Peak 8. 30 31 Pathfinder Psychopath

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 27 72 Pathfnder is a traverse type trail that takes you from Psychopath is a wild ride that starts from the the top of Peak 8 and the Colorado SuperChair and brings top of 6-Chair and ends all the way at the bottom of you around to many different choices and eventually ends E-Chair. The top half of Psychopath is steeper with neat at Northstar. This will be better than Columbine for the bad terrain changes and a widely varied pitch. This is always traverser unless you need to get to the T-bar. fun for the advanced skier or boarder, with lots of chances to get air, powder and challenging terrain. Pika Then it flattens out and the second half of Psychopath is a natural half-pipe style gully that goes from the bottom ANDY’S RATING OCCS . GROOMED of 6-Chair and ends at the bottom of E chair. Come 66 PEAK 8 Pika is the easiest of the trails to the north or skier’s here on a powder day and you will be hooting and left of the T-Bar. But that does not mean it’s easy. The terrain hollering! In the springtime, this is solid in the morning, is rolling, and has lots of character. Plus, it’s usually but as things soften up the terrain will get nicer. Expect windblown which adds to it’s diffculty. This is a good more moguls in the springtime also. place to bring the intermediate before bringing them into Horseshoe bowl, as to see if they can handle it. On a Ptarmigan powder day this run shines unless it’s really windy... ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 69 Powerline Ptarmigan is a wide open black off of the T-Bar that can be great or bad depending on wind. This gets ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 23 windblown and can make it’s snow hard to negotiate; Powerline is an easy green under the slow 5-Chair or it can be perfect... Kind of hit or miss here. This is that’s a good place for beginners to work on their stopping not that steep for a black but has sparse tree, moguls and turning skills. This is a little hidden compared to other and rolls that keep you on your toes. trails in the area and you should not have fast people whipping by; most of the time..

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Quandry Rounder’s

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING OCCS . GROOMED 72 61 Quandry is the mountain that some say is the easiest Rounder’s is the longest trail between The Peak 8 14er to climb; one of the 54 14,000 footers in Colorado. Superchairs. This has a rolling pitch with a couple steeper The trail itself is a super run off 6-Chair that keeps the pitches and usually lots of moguls. This is totally different advanced skier or rider challenged, with terrain that is if they groom it. Personally I think it’s a lot better when always changing. Rocks, moguls, and more will keep you groomed as the moguls tend to be non rhythmic as there happy here. This is especially nice on a powder day but I is a canted face and not good skiers or riders here. guarantee that you wont be the only one who knows this! Snow White PEAK 8 ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 85 Snow White is a huge snowfeld that faces southeast that you have to climb to get to from the top Rendezvous of the Imperial SuperChair. Then you traverse past the ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED Lake Chutes to get to Snow White. This is steep at frst 70 and only for the advanced and up. You can fnd great Rendezvous comes off the middle off Tiger and untouched powder here, or if it been a while since new heads over to Southern Cross. This has a nice black snow; crud or sun baked snow. pitch to it and is not as steep as some of the other in this area. It is still a black and will be tough for intermediates. On a powder day, you’ll be impressed with the terrain Solitude here and when the springtime bumps come, this is one of ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED the best places to go if you like that sort of thing. But let 77 Solitude is a great bump run in the 6-Chair area. the snow soften in the spring because it sets up pretty hard This is pretty steep and usually has big moguls. Great each night. on a powder day, not so good when there hasn’t been any snow lately. You can do this over and over with the not usually crowded 6-Chair... 36 37 Southern Cross Spruce

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED 78 41 Southern Cross is a great black off of the top of Spruce is a medium blue that has some rolling Peak 8 SuperConnect or the Colorado SuperChair. pitches and a pretty wide feel. It is very busy however, Head to the right off of either and you’ll fnd this steep so that feel can be different on crowded days. Keep and wide trail that is usually loaded with moguls and your eyes open for others and you’ll be fne. Many berms and a nice consistent pitch. The fnal pitch is steeper people like this trail as it’s a fun open blue that you can and more challenging. This will be very hard for the see the chair; and many feel safer that they are not intermediate but above that it will be a nice test of mogul going in the wrong way if they can follow it. and steepness skills. PEAK 8

Springmeier Swinger

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 32 24 Springmeier is a wide open blue from the top of Swinger is an easier green coming as one of the Peak 8 that gets groomed every day and intermediates options off of Springmeier. This is wide and short and will love it’s consistent pitch. The only drawback is that it’s joins up with Crescendo for the flat and crowded trip to very crowded. Watch out for the beginner who made the the bottom. This is usually groomed and intermediates mistake of coming here... will have no problems here. Really the only thing is that it’s busy around here so keep your head up looking for the many snow sliders here. i Make sure you read and understand the disclaimer on page 6 and be safe out there on the slopes... and the parking lot!

38 39 Tiger Twister

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 79 19 Tiger is a wide open black coming off the top of Twister is a short and fun green for the beginner the Peak 8 Superconnect chair. Always full of moguls, this that doesn’t want much of a challenge. The bump run can be seen by the chair so make the riders uses this a lot so you’ll see lots of serpentine snakes of happy by ripping a good line! This has a left hand cant to lessons. This is flat and wide and has lots of room to it which makes for some unrhythmic moguls sometimes. On work on your turns. Hopefully you’ll learn fast enough a powder day this is great for those who like bumps and to get to more exciting and longer terrain. faceshots. Watch out in the springtime as this gets lots of sun; hard in the morning and soft in the afternoon... Vertigo PEAK 8 ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED Too Much 82 Vertigo comes off the beginning of the traverse ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 74 up from the T-Bar up to the Peak 7 summit. The higher Too Much is a great trail in the 6-Chair area that has you traverse up, the longer the run. You can also get lots of different terrain including bumps, trees and open here by traversing from the top of the Imperial Express powder felds. The intermediate will be over the head here SuperChair. The deeper the base the better this trail is so keep it for the advanced and up. Locals love it here so as there are plenty of rock outcropping that can pop get here early to be rewarded. their evil little heads out when low on snow. It also can get windblown in this area blowing away the good Tunnel snow. When it’s good though, its real good, especially for the advanced skier or rider. This will be diffcult ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED 41 for better intermediates as it’s never groomed and the Tunnel is the trail between the bottom of the E-Chair powder can be diffcult because of the wind. Get here and the midway load of the Peak 8 Superconnect. This is on a good day and it’s awesome! relatively flat and can get a tad crowded as people come off multiple trails onto this.

40 41 Way Out Whale’s Tail

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 83 83 Way out is in the 6-Chair area and has lots of Whale’s Tail is a huge open area from the top of personality. It has open felds, moguls, trees and lots of the Imperial Express chair that heads down to the Peak terrain changes to keep you on your toes. The locals love it 7 bowl area. This large expanse of open powder felds over here, and you’ll fnd great powder shots in the morning offers the powder skier or rider many lines of long and of a powder day. This gets tracked out fast but can be still somewhat steep terrain. There are several fall lines and worth it later in the day. Some people will come through this can have some moguls. This gets a lot of wind so it here after doing Snow White (a hike to area from the top can be windswept for sure. This can be great because of the Imperial Express SuperChair). the wind will dump snow in from the other side and this can be velvety good! Watch out for vertigo on a snowy PEAK 8 day though, since there are no trees or other objects to give you reference. Great for powder turns during or after a good snow for the advanced skier or rider. West Snowbird ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED White Crown 72 West Snowbird is a great advanced trail that ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 70 varies in its conditions and terrain. Off the top of 6-Chair, White Crown is a wide open area to the skier’s this area has a wide open feel with lots of trees, moguls, left of the T-Bar that has a consistent pitch and some berms and rolls that make this a fun run. On a powder fun terrain for the upper intermediate and up. There are day, you’ll fnd some of the best open terrain for getting tree islands and berms for air, and an open type feel. a myriad of face-shots, but conversely, on low snow Sometimes you need to watch here as it’s so open the years, this can get a little nasty. Let things soften up before wind can mess with the terrain. Most of the time it’s a coming here in the spring. Most of the time this is epic fun black that’s not too diffcult for most. Breckenridge skiing or . Lots of locals like this area, so it can get crowded and skied off fast. Get here early on a powder day. 42 43 VERTICAL BreckConnect™ 6-Chair 990' RISE

RATING AVERAGE: 25-83 TIME: 8 MIN

The BreckConnect is a great lift that goes from the bottom of the Town 6-Chair is the Breckenridge locals favorite, and it has some great of Breckenridge and has three stops. The frst is the Shock Hill station terrain for the advanced skier or rider. The chair itself is a slow for those staying at the Shock Hill condos or residences. The next stop two-person lift, but most of the time you enjoy the rest to catch your is a short ffty foot walk to the Independence SuperChair and Peak breath from the advanced terrain below. Lots of different type of 7. The fnal stop is at the bottom of Peak 8 and all that it has to offer. terrain can be found here, including powder, crud, moguls, berms, I park in the Miners or Tailing parking lots (it was $5/10 last year) jumps, trees gullies and more. This is where you bring the person and it’s an easy way to access the slopes without riding shuttle buses. that wants a non-groomed experience. During a snowstorm, At the end of the day you can ski right to the car via Four O’Clock 6-Chair can get a little windy up top, but when you get into the and the Skyway Skiway and a small tunnel. Many use this to go to trees it’s less exposed and warmer. 6-Chair is defnitely one of the PEAK 8 best places at Breckenridge for the advanced. town for lunch or to get to your condo or house.

VERTICAL VERTICAL Rip’s Ride 301' RISE 5-ChaiR 7 11' RISE

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5-Chair is a two person center pole chair that does not go very Rip’s Ride is a great place to bring the beginner to work on the fast. This goes from the bottom of Peak 8 to the middle of the Four very basic skills necessary to advance up to harder terrain. This slow two-person chair on Peak 8 is perfect for the beginner that O’Clock ski run. From here you can get to some nice greens on Peak wants to stay away from the much congested area on Peak 9 8, traverse over to the bottom of Peak 9 or get to one of the large where all the beginner trails are located. Peak 9 is a madhouse terrain parks/half pipe in this area. The latter is why this gets the most and can be intimidating to the frst or second day beginner. Bring use. Most of the time I’d rather take the Colorado SuperChair to get them here to teach them turning and stopping skills, and they a longer run in a shorter time but that can be busy. This is a better will progress faster because they are not worried about being way to get to the Four O’clock run at the end of the day or when the run into. This is not to say that this doesn’t get crowded, but it weather is not cooperating at the top. seems to be less crowded. You don’t have the advanced skiers and riders in this area because there is absolutely no reason for them to be here. 44 45 VERTICAL VERTICAL Colorado Superchair™ 1325' RISE Peak 8 Superconnect™ 1424' RISE

RATING AVERAGE: 19-78 RATING AVERAGE: 19-69 TIME: 8 MIN TIME: 8.5 MIN

The Colorado SuperChair is a great four person detachable quad The Peak 8 SuperConnect is a great four person high speed quad that gets you from the bottom of Peak 8 to the point where you can that moves you around the mountain in a much more effcient get to anywhere on Peak 8, as well as being able to access any of manner than in the past. You don’t have to go down to the busy the other three peaks. This is the most crowded chair on Peak 8 and bottom of Peak 9 to take a chair to traverse over to Peak 8. This one of the busiest at Breckenridge. When this is really busy, the lines takes you right to the top of Peak 8. In the past it was a pain to get long but go pretty fast because this is a fast chair. I’d stay away move around between peaks but this has solved that problem. You when the line is full but great when not busy. can access all that Peak 8 has to offer from here as well as get to Peak 7, or 6-Chair to get you to the Imperial Express SuperChair. This also has a midway load which helps in getting you up without PEAK 8 ™ VERTICAL Imperial Express Superchair 939' RISE having to go down a huge boring connector trail. The unique construction is also interesting for those with engineering skills. RATING AVERAGE: 71-89 TIME: 2.7 MIN ™ VERTICAL Rocky Mountain Superchair 1248' RISE The Imperial Express SuperChair is the highest quad in the world. Topping off at 12,840 feet, this offers many options for the advanced RATING AVERAGE: 17-69 intermediate and up. Climb the 291 stair steps to the ridge line and TIME: 7 MIN experience one of the best views in all of ski country. From here you can do Snow White, Lake Chutes or George’s Thumb. If you don’t The Rocky Mountain SuperChair is one of the two quads at the want to make the climb (you should at least once if you are a strong bottom of Peak 8. This gives you easy access to most of the skier or rider); You can go down Imperial bowl or Whale’s Tail for northern Peak 8 trails, the T-Bar and gets you to the middle great open terrain. See each individual trails for more information. of Peak 7 via Columbine. This can get busy but it’s a high-speed quad that moves people out quickly. You have many choices below this chair, from easy blacks to hard and medium blues. The beginner probably should stay away from here.

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The Snowflake lift offers some neat alternatives. This goes from the bottom of between Peak 9 and Peak 8 and delivers you up to an We have an extensive easy green section of Peak 8. This is a good way to get to the Four O’clock run that takes people to their condos. This lift is very unique selection of wines, as it had a large turn in it. This doesn’t usually happen on a chair lift fine wines and but Breckenridge has three lifts that do this. They needed a team of rare vintage wines engineers to fgure out how they were going to make this work. This is the biggest angle of a turn anywhere in the world. Check it out! to choose from .

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RATING AVERAGE: 51-89 Mention this advertisement TIME: 7 MIN and receive a 10% discount on liquor The T-bar has some of the best advanced terrain at Breckenridge and 5% discount on beer.* off of it. There are no greens and blues so obviously you should *Non-sale items only. be an advanced intermediate and up. This is one way to access Also receive a the Imperial Express SuperChair or some of the many Breckenridge 10% discount on wine. bowls. Two people at a time, this old time t-bar is hard for some that are not used to this type of lift. There are a couple of hard parts too, Frisco Liquors, Inc . especially the last pitch which is fairly steep. You’ll fnd many of the 416 Main St . locals here on a powder day because of the many different lines to Frisco, Colorado 80443 be had off this. Don’t sit on it, let it pull you up... If two of you are Fax: 970 .668 .5543 fghting it, lean in not out and you’ll be fne... Phone: 970 .668 .3232 Email: abacus@vail .net 50 American Briar Rose

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 51 44 American is the widest trail at Breckenridge and a Briar Rose is another of the Breckenridge Peak 9 great cruiser that will make the intermediate and up very cruisers that is wide and groomed and enjoyable happy. This starts at the top of the Beaver Run SuperChair for most intermediates and up. You’ll fnd a fun pitch and it has a great wide open feel. Sometimes they leave here, and although usually crowded, it is open enough bumps on the side but most of the time the middle is to share with others. This has lots of terrain and is a groomed nice. Don’t go so fast that you are out of control, great run to work on the skills to make you better. Ends but you can let it rip here, within reason... The patrol will towards the bottom of Peak 10. “pull you over” if you are going too fast as this is usually pretty crowded. The pitch itself is nice and consistent until it flattens at the end and cuts over on to the easy Lower American trail for the trip to the bottom.

Bonanza broadway ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 38 83 Bonanza is your typical Breckenridge blue run with Broadway is a hike to trail from the top of the a wide open feel and a nice intermediate pitch. Even Mercury SuperChair that rewards your effort with PEAK 9 early intermediates will enjoy this groomed daily pitch, powder and a steep gully like pitch. This is the widest with gentle rolls and lots of room to turn. This can get very of the trails in this area and most don’t get back here crowded though, so watch out for others and be consistent so you should have nice powder turns. I think most in your actions. Practice your skills here so you can venture can get here in less than twenty minutes depending on beyond this crowded area. your ftness. After the open part there are some trees with steeper pitches and then flat tight trees. Please bring a partner when doing this area.

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ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 30 82 Cashier is another of the many Peak 9 blue cruisers This is one of the most famous of Breckenridges ski that make Breckenridge a very popular place. They groom trails and one of the best names. This is diffcult but not this every night so you can have a fresh carpet of groomed as hard as the name would have you believe. This is a snow every day. You’ll fnd lots of people here though, so funnel type of trail that is steep and has several fall lines. be careful of others. This trail has many intersections with There are many moguls, which is good if you fall, as they people coming from all ways, so keep your head up! will slow your fall! This can be very intimidating for the early advanced skier or rider but when there is good Columbia snow here (often) this can be a fun test of your skills. Keep turning and you’ll be fne if you do have the skills. ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 38 Columbia’s diffculty is from the crowds not the pitch. Frontier This is a great intermediate area that is usually groomed ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED and fairly wide open. But since the two Superchairs are 19 on either side, you will fnd many people skiing and riding Frontier is a easy green and less crowded than here. You must enjoy this trail with your head up looking for many of the other greens in this area. This is found off others. Try to be consistent so others won’t run into you... of Red Rover and is wide and flat and a great place to practice your turns and stops. This rejoins Silverthorne PEAK 9 Crosscut for the last pitch to the bottom.

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 19 Gold King Crosscut is exactly what it sounds like. It takes you ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED from the top of 5-Chair, joins Four O’Clock for a narrow 45 but flat ride down to the middle of the Snowflake lift. Then Gold King is another of the many blues off of Crosscut bears right to go to the bottom of the C Chair. Peak 9 that are fun cruisers for the intermediate. Enjoy Watch out for beginners! the intermediate terrain and wide open groomed turns on this middle of the road blue. 56 57 Hades King’s Way

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 82 14 For word buffs this is a great double entendre. Hades Kings Way is just a cut though trail that brings (next to Devil Crotch) means god of the underworld but you from Silverthorne over to the bottom of Bonanza so also is the incline of a mine shaft. The trail itself is devilishly you can get up the Beaver Run SuperChair. Not really steep that will challenge almost anyone. This is located a trail, it’s a cut over but the marketing department can in the hidden and diffcult E-Chair area. You’ll fnd many count this as another trail. moguls, different pitches and steep terrain. Great for the advanced and up who want to get the heart beating. Little Burn Super when frst on a powder day, but conversely this can ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED be treacherous when low on snow or in the spring after a 28 sunny day has beat down on this trail. Little Burn is a short tangent off the top of E-Chair that is flat with a few trees. A good warm-up pitch but it ends very quick onto the more diffcult runs off the Inferno E-Chair. The intermediate could handle this but would be over their head if continuing on. Bear right to get ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 83 back to more manageable stuff. Inferno is a very steep and not very wide chute that requires the advanced skier or rider to be able to control Lower American speed while making frequent turns getting around this tricky ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED PEAK 9 pitch. Trees and weird cants make the moguls less rhythmic, 15 Lower American is a pretty flat traverse that take but at least they are they to slow you down. If you have you from the bottom of American, and takes you across bad habits, they will shine here. Conquer this and you can most of Peak 9 to the Silverthorne trail. This is very flat handle almost anything Breckenridge can throw at you. so you’ll need to keep your speed if you want to make This can get tough on a spring day after a warm one the it without poling or taking a foot out... But be careful day before. Watch for thin snow at the top... because you cut across many trails with fast people coming down, beginners everywhere and general chaos on a crowded day! 58 59 Lower Lehman Mine Shaft

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 14 86 Lower Lehman is a flat trail that is the farthest south Mine Shaft is a steep and moguled trail that can be green on Peak 9. This starts from the bottom of the Falcon very fun if you like that kind of trail, or very dangerous SuperChair about halfway down Peak 9. This is very easy depending on the conditions. This is located off the and flat and is a great place to work on your stopping and top of Peak 9. When it just snowed and you’re one turning skills. I like this better than many of the other trails of the frst, you will get a great steep pitch and many in the area as it’s kind of hidden compared to many of the face shots. But it deteriorates as the day goes on and others. There will be less people on this trail which makes gets harder. If it was hot yesterday and got cold at the apprehensive beginner feel more at home. This ends at night (frequently in the spring) this can get rock hard the pretty crowded QuickSilver Super6. and treacherous. Most of the time this is fun for the advanced bumper.

Lower Sawmill Peerless

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • NEVER GROOMED 11 58 Lower Sawmill goes from the bottom of the C Chair Peerless is a ripping blue trail that is almost and brings you over to the bottom of the Beaver Run always bumped up with huge moguls and some very SuperChair. You can also access the Snowflake run from large man-made jumps. This is because most of the PEAK 9 here to take you to many condos and the bottom of the mogul contests, including the World Cup, pro events Snowflake lift. This is very flat and boring and sometimes and amateur bump series are held here. Warren even goes uphill. You will need to keep your speed here, Miller shot a great bump scene here in the movie, use your poles or unstrap if you are a snow boarder. This SnowRiders.™ The bumps are usually very good since is more of a feeder than a ski run. all the good mogul people come here, and there is usually a “zipper line” or two right down the fall line. Throw some hospital air off the huge jumps and you’ll be a hero; or taken down in a sled! 60 61 Red Rover Satan’s

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 15 80 Red Rover is basically a traverse from the bottom of Satan’s is another trail in the “hellish” area off the Peak 9 over to the Beaver Run SuperChair. This is very flat top of Peak 9. You’ll fnd steep and narrow chutes, all and more of a way to get from here to there than a trail. Be of which usually have big moguls. It’s good there are careful though, because this area has many beginners just moguls though, as they will slow you down during a learning the fner basics and are scared of anyone going big free fall if you mess up! You’ll need to make many fast. Also, because this traverses Silverthorne, El Dorado turns here, controlling your speed or it will be a painful Terrain Park and eventually joins the masses on the trip to trip down to the bottom. The spring is usually a great the bottom, you’ll encounter many people wanting to run time to come here when everything has softened up. into you.

Sawmill

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 16 Sawmill is a very flat traverse from the midway load of the Peak 8 SuperConnect. This goes to the bottom of C Chair and continues on to Lower Sawmill PEAK 9 to the bottom of the Beaver Run SuperChair. This is very easy and is more of a connector than a trail. This follows the valley bottom between Peak 8 and Peak 9. Many trails feed out on this traverse so you won’t be To find current news and events as well as additional information on ski areas not included in our printed alone in most cases. The section from the bottom of guides, visit our website at: C Chair is almost uphill so keep your speed while www.andysskiandrideguides.com watching out for others.

62 63 Shock Sizzler

ANDY’S RATING OCCS . GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 68 61 Shock is a quick steeper pitch off of Volunteer Sizzler is a quick black coming off the top that takes you over to the midway load of the Peak 8 of Peak 9 and is an alternative to the boring Upper SuperConnect lift. This has a consistent black pitch and Lehman for the better skier or rider. The intermediate sometimes has many moguls on it. They do groom this and up should be able to handle the many moguls and every so often, making it a lot easier to negotiate than fun rolls that make Sizzler interesting. This is especially when it’s fstfuls of bumps. This can also take you to Sawmill, fun on a powder day, but then again, what isn’t? down to the bottom of Peak 9. Fun on powder days, but I know there are some of you out there that don’t love not when there is no new snow. powder but you will when you get better.

Silverthorne Snowflake

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 17 14 Silverthorne is a long and flat trail that runs basically Snowflake is a trail that takes you from the very from the bottom of Peak 10 to the bottom of Peak 9. Since flat Sawmill down to the bottom of the Snowflake lift. all trails from the skier’s left of the Falcon SuperChair and You can access many condos and residences in this PEAK 9 all trails to the skier’s right of the Beaver Run SuperChair all area and you can avoid the bottom of Peak 8 when flter down to Silverthorne, this can become very crowded. crowded to get you over to Peak 9. This is a nice The trail itself is flat and easy and a great place to learn but green with lots of open flat pitches that are great for because it’s so busy, this can be a hindrance to learning. the beginner to work on turning and stopping. It is so flat that it’s hard to get too much speed though which keeps the danger factor down.

64 65 Sundown The Back 9

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 45 85 Sundown starts as a nice, wide open blue that The Back 9 requires at least a ten minute walk crosses under the Beaver Run SuperChair. The pitch is nice from the top of The Mercury SuperChair and is a big for the intermediate and the advanced beginner will be open feld of snow above the Windows. This has challenged. Then, unfortunately the pitch disappears and nothing to do with the back 9 at Breckenridge’s Jack is pretty much flat and very green. This continues to the Nicklaus Golf Course, which is the states second most bottom while joining many other trails which means this diffcult. This is diffcult because you are tired after the can be quite busy. Be careful of the many beginners here hike but it’s open and has nice lines, especially on a and you’ll be fne. powder day. When you get to the Windows though, it gets tighter and harder.

Tom’s Baby

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED Sundown Access 83 ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED Tom’s Baby is the farthest left of the trails at 25 E-Chair and is steep and challenging. Intermediates Sundown Access is a option off of Peerless that gets will get their butt kicked here, while the advanced will you over to the Beaver Run SuperChair or the Village. If enjoy the challenge. Big moguls, steep pitches and you continue on Peerless it takes you to the Midway load various snow conditions keep this run diffcult. Great PEAK 9 of the Snowflake chair or the super flat Lower Sawmill to when frst on a powder day, and also good when it the bottom as an option also. softens up in the spring. This can get diffcult when those parameters aren’t met. When this gets icy or refreezes in the spring, this can be very diffcult.

i Tom’s Baby was the largest gold nugget found in Colorado. Tom Groves found it on July 23, 1887 and carried it into town wrapped in a blanket, cradling it like a baby. 66 67 Twin Chutes Upper Peak 8 Transfer

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED 81 42 Twin Chutes is a great area that requires a long hike Upper Peak 8 transfer gives you a trail to get to get to. Some might be able to make it here in 15 minutes to Peak 8 without having to take multiple chairs to get but some might take a whole lot longer than that. Access there when you are in the upper reaches of Peak 9. Take the gate that takes you here from the top of the Mercury this from American, Peerless, Gold King or Volunteer SuperChair. After hiking past the Windows, the Back 9 and it cuts across the mountain to get you to the midway and Broadway, you’ll be at the top of the climb. Look to load of the Peak 8 SuperConnect. Watch out for others the skier’s left and you’ll see the Twin Chutes. The right one as you make your way across as they might not be is more of gully type and the left one is more open. Both expecting you coming from the side. are wide and not that steep but defnitely have a back country feel. You’ll most likely be rewarded for your efforts with untouched powder stashes and great fun. Warning: The woods after are pretty tight. Volunteer Upper Lehman ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 48 ANDY’S RATING OCCS . GROOMED Volunteer is a nice blue off the top of Peak 9 that 41 Upper Lehman is an easy and long blue coming off winds around and is a nice test for the intermediate. PEAK 9 the Mercury SuperChair on the skier’s right flank of Peak 9. When groomed this is a great cruiser and when not This is wide open and is a pretty easy cruiser when it’s groomed in a while this can get some weird bumps. groomed. It can get some moguls on powder days, but For a challenge, take the short Shock off of this to see most of the time it’s nicely groomed. This runs into Lehman if you can handle black terrain. It’s short enough that if for a long and flat trip to the bottom with stops at the you’re over your head, it ends quickly. bottom of Peak 10 and then all the way at the bottom of Peak 9.

68 69 Wellington

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 20 Wellington is an easy green that goes from the middle of Cashier over to the top of the QuickSilver Super6 and the under the A Chair until it meets Silverthorne for the flat ride down to the bottom. This is easy and wide and you’ll have no problems except for the frst or second day beginner. Watch out for others in this very busy section of Breckenridge.

Windows

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 84 The Windows are a great section of Breckenridge that require a hike from the top of the Mercury SuperChair. You will fnd tight and steep trees here with small open sections and great corridors for the advanced and up. Please ski or ride with a partner as this is very dangerous and diffcult to get a patrol sled to this area. The hike can only be ten minutes if you are in shape or more if not. The run out at the end is tight and diffcult but it’s all worth it for great powder and challenging tree chutes.

70 VERTICAL VERTICAL A-CHAIR 620' RISE C-Chair 1253' RISE

RATING AVERAGE: 19-27 RATING AVERAGE: 38-86 TIME: 14 MIN TIME: 13 MIN

A Chair is a seldom used triple that goes from no where to no C Chair is a very slow two person center pole chair that can where. O.K. that’s not true but it’s a short lift made for the beginner keep you away from the madness of the bottom of Peak 9. But it who wants to practice turning and stopping and wants to avoid the doesn’t go far, can be cold and kind of boring. There are some crowded mess at the bottom. Most will get bored of this quickly but fun blues and harder trails under here and this keeps you away this is a good place to bring the apprehensive beginner. from the boring flats at the bottom half of Peak 9.

NOT VERTICAL VERTICAL CAMELBACK PLATTER MUCH' RISE Beaver Run Superchair™ 1591' RISE RATING AVERAGE: 5 RATING AVERAGE: 38-89 TIME: 2 MIN TIME: 11 MIN The Camelback Platter is a short Poma lift. This is a disc on the

The Beaver Run SuperChair is a very crowded four person chair that PEAK 9 bottom of the pole that you put between your legs and let it pull bring you from the bottom of Peak 9 to near the top in just 9 minutes. you up. Do Not Sit Down! This very short lift is for the frst day Sometimes the lines can get long here since this is one of the major beginner to get them up the hill on this very flat area designed to starting, lunch and ending areas. This quad serves up some great be very easy. Most will quickly bore of this ultra flat terrain. cruising blues and accesses some great blacks. Strong beginners could handle Upper Lehman, but most beginners should wait until you have acquired the skills to handle easier blues.

72 73 VERTICAL VERTICAL E-CHAIR 967' RISE Mercury Superchair™ 1466' RISE

RATING AVERAGE: 38-86 RATING AVERAGE: 20-86 TIME: 7 MIN TIME: 7 MIN

E-Chair is a great two person lift for the advanced that takes you to The Mercury SuperChair is a high speed quad designed to ease a section of the mountain that is very diffcult. Or it can take you to some of the crowding in the Peak 9 area. The bottom of Peak 9 is many of the fun blues on Peak 9. This chair is not very fast and some very flat and very crowded on most days, so this give you another times the lines can get long, yet, sometimes there are no lines at all. alternative than going all the way down. From the top of Peak 9 People coming off some of the others chairs in this area get fltered where this goes, you have a myriad of choices, mostly blues and down here so that’s why it gets busy. You can do the thigh burning blacks and some hikable terrain. trails below this chair over and over, which will make your day short- er because there are many steeps and bumps here. This is great for VERTICAL the advanced on a powder day! Careful as these trails change a lot Peak 8 Superconnect™ 1424' RISE with the freeze thaw of the springtime or when low on new snow. RATING AVERAGE: 19-78 TIME: 8.5 MIN NOT VERTICAL Eldorado Platter MUCH RISE The Peak 8 SuperConnect is a great four person high speed quad RATING AVERAGE: 12-24 that moves you around the mountain in a much more effcient TIME: 5 MIN manner than in the past. You don’t have to go down to the busy bottom of Peak 9 to take a chair to traverse over to Peak 8.

This is a short learning area mostly for ski school but open to the This takes you right to the top of Peak 8. In the past it was a PEAK 9 public. This is for the second day beginner working on skills, probably pain to move around between peaks but this has solved that boring to most because it’s so short. problem. You can access all that Peak 8 has to offer from here as well as get to Peak 7, or 6-Chair to get you to the Imperial Express SuperChair. This also has a midway load which helps in getting you up without having to go down a huge boring connector trail. The unique construction is also interesting for those with engineering skills.

74 75 VERTICAL Quicksilver Super 6™ 632' RISE

RATING AVERAGE: 17-27 TIME: 6.5 MIN

The QuickSilver Super6 is a double loading six person high speed lift that starts at the bottom of Peak 9, where the Maggie Restaurant and the Village at Breckenridge is located, and takes you up midway Service x Experience x Results on Peak 9. This is great for beginners and intermediates and gives all others access to the other lifts to take you up the mountain. This No pressure sales is always crowded but the double loading lift eases some of that. This really doesn’t take you that far up and can be quite congested so I think as your ability progresses, you should head out elsewhere. Free 24 hour access to MLS listings in Great for the beginner to keep working on those skills necessary to Summit County, Colorado go beyond. www.SummitCounty4Sale.com

NOT VERTICAL Ski and Ride Carpet MUCH RISE

RATING AVERAGE: 12-24 TIME: 4 MIN

This is a super short carpet ride that is for the frst day beginner looking to get up the hill about 100 yards (not even) and it’s so flat you can hardly get any speed. This is more for the frst hour beginner as most will graduate up from here very quickly.

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76 Blackhawk Centennial

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED 77 56 Blackhawk is one of the super trails on the backside Centennial is one of the main trails in the Peak of Peak 10. You’ll fnd a variety of conditions here so be 10 area and it’s usually groomed and is a great forewarned. In the winter, the snow blows around and makes intermediate run. Sometimes crowded though, this is for some great powder skiing. In the spring, this gets softer a popular run in this area. It has a wide open feel during the day and freezes at night. The pitch is pretty steep, and has a nice consistent pitch. There are tree islands, usually with bumps. Remember the run out is not fun! fences and sometimes small mogul areas for you to negotiate. Have fun here and try Cimarron next. Bronc

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 72 Bronc is a black tangent off of Doublejack and has a steep pitch to it. It is steeper than the blue Doublejack and is more of a challenge. Cut right here and get some Cimarron steep powder turns before the very flat Flapjack and ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED remember to keep your speed here. 72 Cimarron is usually a great cruiser for the intermediate and up. It twists around from the top and Burn (the) has lots of rolls and flats and a wide open feel. They ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED don’t groom this every day but they do groom it a 84 lot. This is one of the places they run bigger races so The Burn is one of Breckenridge’s best tree glades. sometimes it’s closed to the public. I always bring my Located on Peak 10, this faces a tad north so it holds snow out of town friends here and they always love it. Keep better than elsewhere. Moguls and trees, with a steep your speed at the end to negotiate Flapjack but watch advanced pitch can be found here. This is tighter left so if out for people! too tight, go right. This can have crazy bumps sometimes if bad mogul people are here and also double fall lines don’t help. 10 PEAK 78 79 Corsair Dark Rider

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 73 82 Corsair is a great long bump run off of the top of Dark Rider is an area in the south Peak 10 trails Peak 10, which usually has big moguls at the beginning that faces south and has lots of bumps. Hopefully they that gradually get bigger as it gets steeper. You can do are soft because there is new snow or the sun is hitting many laps in this area with the less crowded Falcon it. When either of those two factors are not the case SuperChair coupling Corsair with the usually groomed you may fnd icy or very hard moguls. There is no easy Upper Lehman. This will certainly shorten your day unless way out and this is pretty steep. Only the advanced you are an accomplished mogul skier or rider as this is and up will enjoy it here but as all the trails in this area pretty long and challenging for a mogul run. end up on Flapjack, speed is your friend in the end. Careful though!

Doublejack

ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED Crystal 57 ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • OCCS. GROOMED Doublejack is a super wide trail in the Peak 10 52 area that offers the advanced intermediate and up Crystal is one of the main runs in the Peak 10 area a great cruiser. You can make many runs in a row here and runs almost entirely under the Falcon SuperChair. It since this is directly off the Falcon SuperChair. This ego has a nice consistent blue/black pitch with a mellow start boosting pitch is pretty consistent all the way down but then the same pitch almost until the end. This is great and the parallel skier or good snow boarder will be when it’s not crowded but sometimes this can be very busy. smiling from ear to ear when this is groomed. Those They let some bumps form on the sides so you can dip in who like powder will be getting big face shots on a and out of them. When not crowded this is great and can powder day. This is a great run and not as crowded be done repeatedly with the fast quad. Careful of fences as many on peak 9. That is not to say this doesn’t get and other man made objects that can be in the way and crowded though, as this is probably the busiest of the watch out for others when busy (actually always). Peak 10 trails. PEAK 10 PEAK 80 81 Elan Mustang

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 78 87 Elan is a quick and steep black and is the pitch off Mustang is a fun steeper pitch usually riddled of the middle of Trinity. This is short and takes you over to with moguls far on the rope line of Peak 10. This has the flat Flapjack. Most will forgo this quick and diffcult trail a steep pitch to it and will get the adrenaline flowing. as it brings you the wrong way so this is why the snow can This is pretty quick though, and there is a long run out be better here. that gets incredibly flat... watch out snow boarders! Careful as this faces south and can get icy in the spring Flapjack or when there has been a warm up period. There are some forest boundary gates here but you should only ANDY’S RATING SNOWMAKING • GROOMED 7 go out there if you’re 100% percent sure you know Flapjack is the run out and traverse back to the Falcon what you are doing, have avalanche safety gear and SuperChair. It is so flat that there are parts that are uphill. knowledge how to use them. If your unprepared I would Skiers will have to pole hard and most snow boarders not suggest it at all. with have to take a foot out. Keep your speed as you hit this trail to try to shorten the walk. But be careful of others Quiver when going fast. ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 80 Grits Quiver has a great steep pitch to it and most of the time fairly good moguls. It faces south so the sun ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 68 helps soften it up but that also can make it hard and Grits is a fun and short tangent off of Crystal in icy. Powder days are when it’s best. This is super short the Peak 10 area. This is usually littered with moguls though and one retraction is the fact that at the end you and sometimes they have a great rhythm. Sometimes have to go fast to help shorten the super flat Flapjack. they don’t. It’s short enough though that you’ll get out of Obviously snow boarders are not going to like the run there quick if they are bad. It’s a little steeper than Crystal out. Fun run and worth it but not always. so keep that in mind. Ends quickly on Lehman near the Falcon SuperChair. 10 PEAK 82 83 VERTICAL Spitfire Falcon Superchair™ 1404' RISE ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 79 RATING AVERAGE: 52-81 Spitfre is a great bump run that gets progressively TIME: 7 MIN steeper the farther you go. This makes the moguls get The Falcon SuperChair is a great quad that brings you from the bigger and bigger. Most of the time the lines are pretty good bottom of Peak 10 right back to the top of Peak 10. This is a very with quality mogul people coming through here making fast chair and the lines are usually not that bad. Sometimes, but good rhythmic lines. Sometimes this can get very solid, not all the time! One can get a lot of vertical here, very fast. This especially in the spring when the freeze-thaw process is in is for the solid intermediate and up. There are long, wide cruisers full effect. The trees in this area are great for the expert. here, and many challenging bump areas. Powder is found off to the south almost always and there are great tree sections also. Consult the rest of this guide for specifcs on each trail, as there are lots of different terrain choices here.

Trinity

ANDY’S RATING NEVER GROOMED 76 Trinity is the easier run out from the southern Peak 10 trails that takes you traversing from the far rope line back to Flapjack to get back to the bottom of Peak 10. There are small steeper sections and moguls and even some air possibilities in this easier (as opposed to Elan) way out of Peak 10 south side trails.

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1. Always take the singles’ line if available. You ride to the ski area There are many great tree lines in Breckenridge. Please note that tree together, you eat together, you live together, why ride the lift skiing is very dangerous and should not be attempted by those who are not together? Meeting other people doing the sport you both love makes good enough. You should be an advanced intermediate or above, and for a fun and different chair ride. Singles’ lines are great. have good confdence. You should always ski or board with a partner. 2. When busy, stay away from the bottom of Peak 8 and Peak 9. Stay 1. THE BURN: RATING: 89 at any of the other chairs and do the runs off it repeatedly. The thing The Burn has some great tree lines that will keep the advanced skier about Breck is that there are many traverses that can be a pain, or boarder happy, especially on a powder day. Coming off the top and time consuming. You should fnd a section and spend a couple of Peak 10, The Burn has both tight lines and more open lines in of hours there. the middle. Depending on your profciency, you will enjoy the nice consistent pitch and the open tree lines. When there hasn’t been a lot 3. Do not eat lunch between 11:00am and 1:00pm, when everyone of snow lately, this can get hard and dangerous so be aware! This else is. Go skiing during that time and fnd shorter lift lines. happens in the spring when it gets hot and then cold at night. 4. When is the best month to ski Breckenridge? Come in the springtime 2. NO NAME: RATING: 72 after March. April is the best month since the crowds are extremely No Name has some nice open trees as well as some tighter lines that light, the mountain is 100 percent open and the weather is amazing. the advanced person will enjoy. If it’s too much, you can always go back to the more open parts of this trail. On a powder day, these are great, TOP 5 but you should know that you won’t be the only one who knows this. 3. ORE BUCKET: RATING: 83 TOP 5 BEST TRAILS EVERYONE SHOULD SKI WHEN These are not very steep, but there are many trees with nice and COMING TO BRECKENRIDGE: easy lines for the advanced intermediate and up. This area is not BEGINNER very busy so the snow usually stays very nice in this section. There Dyersville • Park Lane • Freeway • Powerline • Four O’clock are many small trees in this area, so the beginner tree person might feel more comfortable here. INTERMEDIATE Volunteer • Centennial • Bonanza • Crescendo • Duke’s Run 4. PTARMIGAN: RATING: 69 Ptarmigan has lots of little tree shots that will be good for the ADVANCED advanced intermediate and up to get the feel for getting near trees Pika • Cimarron • The Burn • Psychopath • Spitfire but not in a forest. There really aren’t many trees in this area, but as EXPERT I said, this is a good place to teach varied terrain with small tree Contest Bowl • Horseshoe Bowl • CJ’s • Imperial Bowl • Lake Chutes pockets you can go in and out of. 86 87 PEAK 8 & PEAK 7

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