As I mentioned at the end of last week, Kim and I spent the weekend up in the mountains, specifically in Breckenridge. We drove up after work on Friday with no problems at all, and arrived at Breck Inn, only to be told they were oversold and that we had been upgraded to the Great Divide Lodge. We didn’t get to see much of the Breck Inn, so I’m not sure how much of an upgrade the accommodations were, but there location of Great Divide was well worth it. Although it’s not ski in/out, it is approximately 50 yards from a couple of different lifts and the Beaver Run Village.

Our Friday evening was fairly boring, we pretty much just stayed in the hotel and rested up for the next morning. When I woke on Saturday, I peaked out the window to see snow falling! And the snow never stopped. In fact, it was coming down so hard later in the afternoon that visibility was pretty low, so we decided to call it a day around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Besides, it was starting to get a little crowded, especially in the lift lines. When they only 4 lifts open, crowds should be expected. Later in the evening we watched the lighting of the Breckenridge Christmas tree and then headed to Breckenridge Brewery for a few beers and some food.

The snow slowly stopped on Sunday morning, and Breckenridge was left with close to a foot of new snow! Even though this sounds like a ton, other resorts in Colorado got over three feet during the same time period. Anyway, we got back out on the slopes early Sunday morning and enjoyed the great conditions. As the day went on, they slowly opened more and more runs, many of them complete with untouched conditions. There’s nothing like sinking into a foot of snow or more. Again, it got very crowded as the day went on, but it was still a great day! Many thanks to Grand Timber Lodge for paying for our hotel for the weekend. All we had to do was meet with a salesperson for a couple of hours on Sunday as they tried to sell us a timeshare. Score!