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Ski at Colorado‘s hippest resorts this winter
By: Cindy B

Winter provides vacationers and sport lovers with excellent opportunities to pursue some of best adventure activities. If you are planning a Skiing trip to US, then don‘t miss a chance to ski at the Rocky Mountain State of Colorado. Blessed with over 54 peaks, over 14,000 meters and nearly 25 ski resorts, Colorado mountain is unarguably the top Ski destination in North America. Skiing, snowboarding, sledding, tubing, guided llama and trekking, Colorado has all you can ask for a perfect winter vacation. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced member, Colorado offers the best slopes for skiers of all levels.

Aspen, Vail, Beaver Creek, Copper mountain, Water Park, Telluride; you can easily find a resort that suits your budget and taste. Aspen is America‘s top luxury resorts that offers excellent skiing conditions. Aspen is filled with steeps and bumps in hundreds of acres of terrain off the backside of four mountains. Aspen Mountain (Ajax), Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, and Snowmass, each mountain offers excellent choices for all ability levels. However, if you are planning a family vacation, then there is no better place than Vail, Colorado. It is one of the largest ski area in North America with seven bowls stretching over six miles. Moreover, there‘s is a Front side consisting of 127 trails alongwith four terrain parks to offer you a variety of trails.

Located at a short distance of 15 miles from Aspen, is Snowmass, that offers plenty of skiing opportunities for intermediate and advanced skiers and have a couple of slopes reserved for beginners as well. Not just for skiers, Snowmass is one of the few resorts in the U.S. to offer plentiful mountainboarding terrain and the only Colorado resort to offer two 18-hole disc golf courses. There are several locations for speed skiing and various types of racing events.

First time skiers and snowboarders have no better place to learn skiing than the Telluride Ski Resort - the home to Lift 10, which has some of the gentle beginner terrain in entire Colorado. The Ski and Snowboarding school here offers a unique and easy to learn three day course that helps you to develop your skills. Unlike the other skiing resorts, Telluride sees a lesser crowd enabling you to hassle free Ski vacation. In addition to its compact size, the peaceful ambiance will de-stress your entire ski experience.

For all those intermediate and expert skiers, Winter Park boasts of some of the best moguls on the continent. Winter Park consists of three interconnected peaks Winter Park, Mary Jane, and Vasquez Ridge, making it Colorado‘s largest resort. The chutes, glades and steep moguls on Mary Jane mountain and extreme skiing on Vasquez Cirque is sure to give all the advanced skiers a heart-throbbing experience. Compared to more advanced offerings, Winter park has relatively less number of trails for the beginners. Winter Park is often referred to as the locals‘ favorite ski resort. One can easily reach here taking a 90 minutes drive from the Denver International Airport.

Colorado‘s Ski resorts offer unlimited opportunities for Skiers of every level. Besides skiing, visitors can also spend time touring the historic landmarks, art galleries and other interesting sightseeing options as well.

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Cindy B is a travel writer for www.OneTravel.com and writes articles with special focus on finding low cost airline tickets, car rentals and discount vacation packages online. Cindy finds great pleasures in visiting new places and learning about them.

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