Susan and I had a good trip over spring break into the Colorado Mountains. I've twice gone to Ski Cooper and have had a very good day there both times. This last time was in the middle of a snow storm. Susan and I did their snowshoe trail through the woods. It is a beautiful and peaceful place to be during a snow storm. We got to see their fanciful dining place out in the middle of woods up close and personal.
http://www.tennesseepass.com/cookhouse.htmWe had an opportunity to eat there and probably should have taken them up on it. We definitely plan to go back and take them up on it next time.
I spent two days skiing at Breckenridge on beautiful sunny 35 degree days. I was thinking about why Jason and Butch might list it as one of their worst places to go when I and MANY others list it as one of their best. I'd put it in the top 3 of the 21 places I've skied in my lifetime. A main reason I'd heard Butch and Jason list why they did not like it was due to a LOT of poling around to get places. I've not had to pole much if any during my visits. I know one of Butch's favorite places to ski is the blue runs above the Super Bee lift at Copper Mountain. If this is true he should LOVE Peak 7 at Breckenridge. It has 3 times the amount of blue runs EXACTLY like Copper's blue runs going to a fast non-crowded chair lift. There are 3 improvements at Breckenridge that were not there when Jason and Butch visited. One was the aforementioned Peak 7. The other 2 are a Gondola that goes from the parking lot to Peak 7 and Peak 8. The other is a fast connection
chair from Peak 9 to Peak 8.
I really want to find a way to take Jason and Butch back to Breckenridge someday. Jason may be a little bored with a lack of Black runs and tree runs but there is a ton of Blue and Blue-Black groomed runs. Enough to get a full and tired day.
