Avon, Colorado · United States · ski area
Beaver Creek ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Beaver Creek is a ski area in Avon, Colorado, United States with 167 km of mapped downhill runs and 24 lifts, between 2,258 m and 3,483 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 167 km
- Lifts
- 24
- Top elevation
- 3,483 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,225 m
- Nearest airport
- EGE · 33 km
Slopes by difficulty
242 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 15 Chairlifts
- 6 Magic carpets
- 2 Gondolas
- 1 Combined lifts
Beaver Creek is a ski area in Avon, Colorado, the United States. Its 242 mapped downhill runs add up to 167 km, which ranks it #5 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 1.7% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 691 m long.
Slopes at Beaver Creek
About 53% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 26% intermediate and 21% advanced or expert, which makes Beaver Creek a good choice for beginners and families.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 24 lifts: 15 chairlifts, 6 magic carpets, 2 gondolas, 1 combined lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,258 m up to 3,483 m, a vertical drop of 1,225 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Beaver Creek
The nearest airport is Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE), about 33 km away in a straight line — roughly 43 minutes by car; Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE) is 52 km away. Nearby ski areas include Vail (215.2 km), Tennessee Pass, Copper Mountain (115.0 km) and Ski Cooper (32.4 km), which together add 474 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Beaver Creek
- 1Eagle County Regional AirportEGE33 kmstraight lineEagle, United States
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- 2Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)ASE52 kmstraight lineAspen, United States
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- 3 HDN113 kmstraight line
- 4 GUC125 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Beaver Creek
- 15 kmVail215 km of slopes · 32 lifts · up to 3,525 m
- 35 kmTennessee Passup to 3,298 m
- 35 kmCopper Mountain115 km of slopes · 23 lifts · up to 3,755 m
- 36 kmSki Cooper32 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 3,579 m
- 40 kmFrisco Nordic Centerup to 2,850 m
- 43 kmBreckenridge111 km of slopes · 35 lifts · up to 3,910 m
- 44 kmMount Massive Golf Courseup to 2,968 m
- 45 kmGold Run Nordic Centerup to 3,107 m
- 46 kmDutch Henry Ski Hill0.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 3,056 m
- 47 kmLeadville Town Trailsup to 3,235 m
- 52 kmKeystone116 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 3,742 m
- 54 kmLoveland Basin Ski Area48 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 3,866 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.