CO help...

if you have avalanche gear and are comfortable with teh CO snowpack, hit up berthoud pass. im sure you can find some guys on TGR who would show you around for the day. word.

everything depends on what you want to ski. park? pow? just chill and cruise?

start out in Denver check out the city its amazingly clean beautiful and nice people, then head into the mountains and ski Copper, Brek, Keystone, Beaver Creek, and Vail, all are so close to each other. Its an amazing area and would make for a life remembering trip.

Hope that helps

Try to make it to Boulder and Fort Collins.  Both are college towns with great bars and great weed.  Denver is also cool to check out.  As for skiing, Summit County is all you really need.  Keystone for rails, Breck for jumps, Copper for a fun chill day.  If you want to go south check out crested butte for some badass inbounds.  Thats all I really got, I havent been around too much, but Ive lived in Fort Collins for 18 years, and I just moved to Breckenridge.  You should hit me up when you get out here and we can shred.

he summed it up pretty well there. This is my 4th year living in boulder and i have to agree with everything he said

hit up snowmass if you wana ski the best of everything but stay down valley to save some $.. keystone is also dope..

Best loop ever for a Colorado newbie, and my suggestion:

I am assume you will fly into DIA, or if you are driving from the East you will come through this are probably anyways. Check out Denver if you want. Then Head West on I-70.

First Stop should be Summit County. You definitely need to check out this area because Keystone and Breck have the best parks I have ever skied. The two areas are pretty close so you could easily check out both. If you don't like park, just drive a bit further to Vail. You have to ski vail. It is huge and trademark, and even if it isn't the gnarliest, there is some really good terrain, snow is decent and there is no way you could possibly not find something you are interested in. You could spend a whole season exploring Breck, Key and Vail, if not longer so spend some days here and warm things up.

Then keep heading West/SouthWest. If you are interested in big resorts then you can easily hit Aspen from here. If you are not interested in Aspen, skip it and head to Crested Butte/Telluride. Your choice. I recommend Telluride because it is closer to the final goal, but if you have to time to hit the butte, hit that butte hard. It has sick terrain, and last year they got shit all over with snow.

From Crested/Telluride keep heading south and set up shop in Durango. Now, from here you are going to ski Silverton Mtn a minimum of 1 time (make reservations in advance), as well as Wolf Creek. If you are really into big mountains steeps etc, Silverton is paradise. Slightly expensive, but you will understand when you get there, it has a vibe that is so unbelievably cool and the best terrain/snow of anywhere I have ever been. If they have unguided skiing, go for it. If not, be careful who you get grouped with, it sucks to get grouped with gapers/old people. Wolf creek is the funnest mountain ever. The get insane amounts of snow, the most in Colorado, and not lots of people there/zero base development(although Silverton makes it look like Deer Valley). The terrain is great up top, but flattens out somethin' considerable at the bottom which can be annoying. Just stick to the farthest over lift, and lap that shit. Keep your speed up and don't stop. Short hikes at the top score extra goods.

When you have had enough, go home.

I just gave you valuable information, use it wisely.

Drive to Breck, go to city liquors. Buy several cases of 99 cent mickey's tall boys. Go to your car and drink them so you don't have to spend $80+ a day on lift tickets.

thanks for the heads up guys are threre any places out there to stay for super cheep im planin on just campin in the back of my car since its a hatchback but i know op in vermont there places here and there to stay for about 20 bucks anything like that out there

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^Hostels. I don't think you'll find anything in colorado for under 60, except hostels

CRESTED BUTTE!

i'd suggest vail but its wicked expensive

if you want the most epic backcountry.......

red mountain pass, end of story

Nuff said.  Level 1 films up there a lot - anything on or near an old miner's building is on Red Mt. Pass.

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is it possible to fit red mountain pass into the loop the other guy i quoted described or is it too far off?

everything 8=D said about the southwest part of the state is golden information.  if you want to really ski, that's some of the best terrain/snow in the country.  i lived in dillon last winter and routinely made the 4+ hour drive down there to shred.  also, wolf creek is quite possibly the most fun resort to spend a pow day.  end of story.

just like marc_ said, from denver take I-70 west and you'll hit keystone and breck, then beaver creek and vail and go a bit further and you'll find aspen along with snowmass, buttermilk and aspen highlands... all sick places and i'm sure there's something for everyone on any of these resorts. if you are planning on doing alot of skiing make sure you bring along around 80 bucks a day for each skiing day, the down side is that colorado es hella expensive, but def worth it.

its cuz he snowblades and has a small penis

you want to have a boner contest?

Funny you should mention that.

If you follow my loop, you will probably drive over Red mtn. pass 1 or two times. It is quite close to Wolf Creek/Silverton/Durango that whole area. You get to it by driving through Ouray towards Silverton.

Red Mtn. Pass is gnar. It can be scary to drive, but it is absolutely beautiful and the terrain off Red Mtn. pass is considered the best backcountry skiing in the state by many people. However, although it is epic skiing, the San Juan mountains (where Red Mtn, wolfcreek, silverton are) have the most unstable snowpack in, well, arguably the world. If you are on top of your shit, go for it.

oh so it's an actual pass haha

somehow i got you wrong and i thought it's a resort, but maybe that's because i'm german

so i take it you just drive up the road and then ski down, and you RPS the poor fucker that has to drive the car down?

I'm definitely not an expert on Red Mtn  Pass. Technically I think there is a Red Mountain 1, and 2. it is just easy to access good terrain from the pass? I'm not sure, if you research a bit you could probably find out more than I know, but I am curious so I am looking into it now.