We spent the weekend in Breckenridge, once again.  Our friend Tracey flew into town Friday evening, and after picking her up from the airport we headed straight to Breckenridge.  Along the way we stopped for dinner at Tommyknocker Brewery in Idaho Springs.  After some good food and beers we continued on to Breck.  Upon our arrival we immediately checked into our hotel, Breckenridge Mountain Lodge, which was clean but lacked pretty much any amenity that we’d normally be accustomed to.  Not only were there no hot tubs or pools, the room didn’t have a coffee maker or even cups.  I’m not sure we’ll stay again, but if you need a really cheap place to stay, it has a good location and is clean.

Before retiring for the night, we walked next-door to one of my favorite spots in Breck, the Breckenridge Brewery.  I had a vanilla porter, which is such a great beer, and before long we all headed for bed.  We woke up fairly early Saturday, and after catching the shuttle bus we were on the slopes around nine.  It was a little cold, and there wasn’t really much fresh powder, but we had a number of friends on the slopes to make the day really enjoyable.  At one time we were roaming around with a total of nine skiers and boarders.  We made it all the way until three, and then we hit up happy hour at the Quandary Grille with most of the group.  My friend Rob also met up with us there after his day of fly-fishing.  We spent the rest of the evening at his in-laws condo before heading back to our hotel room once more.

Snow was falling throughout the day Saturday and really picked up overnight.  We woke up even earlier on Sunday to get a head start on the crowds and hopefully find some fresh powder.  Fortunately we found the powder, as Breckenridge got six inches of snow overnight, but unfortunately it was much colder and very windy.  We did one run just after 8:30, and then took a break.  We did another couple of runs, and then had to take yet another break.  We decided that we should call it an early day if Tracey was able to resell her lift ticket.  She was able to sell it for $40 pretty easily, after buying it for only $55 with our discount.  Normal tickets go for $92.  And with that we were back in the car and headed toward Denver.

The snow continued to fall and the trip back took about double what it normally does, but I read that it was much worse later in the day.  I’m glad we left when we did, and we still had a great time with Tracey.  She will be back in another month or so, and I’m hoping the slopes have much more snow than they do now.  I’m ready for another epic weekend.