Skiing in Colorado before Christmas?

Question

I am looking to book a ski holiday in Colorado and buy the Epic pass to ski Vail, A-Basin, Beaver Creek etc. As I only have the opportunity to ski commencing the second week of december, I am wondering what the historical averages are when it relates to:
1 Weather and the average amount of snow on the ground for these areas.
2 Amount of available ski terrain that could be open during this time frame.
I do understand that a lot of what I am asking is related to snow conditions but any perspective on these questions are appreciated.

Answer 1

The Colorado Pass is definitely a better price but it isn't sold online since the resort parent company probably wants people coming from out of state to pony up for the more expensive Epic Pass which IS sold online.



However I bought my CO Pass last month in person at a sporting goods store here and the ready-to-use pass was issued to me on the spot.



Here's a list of retail locations which sell the CO Pass

http://www.snow.com/passsales/default.aspx

Answer 2

Second week of december is historically awesome skiing. Great snow, all of the mountains are almost completely open, and it usually dumps around the first or second week of that month. It's already been a good pre-season, last year there wasn't an inch of snow on the peaks throughout November, and I was skiing powder December 1st. This year it's looked like the middle of winter in the mountains since Oct 15th.



Temperatures are in the teens and twenties F, it's a good time to ski. There will be areas of the mountains --especially Vail and BC because of their lower elevations -- that are not open.





you don't need the epic pass if you're just skiing a week. That's 100 extra bucks for unlimited skiing at BC/Vail, while the $440 Colorado Pass offers the same thing, just 10 days at BC/Vail

Answer 3

snowboarding is exciting. Ski cities are exciting places whether you're no longer snowboarding. while you're with a good team of pals, you have exciting in any ski city. As novices, fairly lots each mountain in Colorado might have extra beneficial than sufficient terrain to evaluation on. besides the shown fact that, in case you will possibly desire to %. one, Aspen is the ideal decision - there are 4 ski factors interior the valley, with a lot of extra handy terrain for brand spanking new skiers. The airport is nice there. There are warm springs close by. the genuine gem nonetheless is the city of Aspen. it is nice on the backside of a substantial ski mountain, in a alluring valley. It has background, a worldly inhabitants, superb eating places, raging nightlife and positively one of those non-snowboarding activities. Breckenridge is extra social gathering-centric. Vail is extra modern-day and larger. Telluride is closer to its mining city roots. Steamboat has extra cowboys. Wolf Creek gets extra snow. wintry climate Park is a shortercontinual from Denver. besides the shown fact that, Aspen is close on all of those factors. Taken as an entire, it has the main to furnish. That being suggested, snowboarding in Colorado is rather high priced - Aspen particularly. raise tickets are coming near $one hundred/day at Aspen and Vail. lodging, transportation, nutrition and beer are all priced at a top classification. The time good formerly Christmas is likewise very busy. something else to contemplate: Utah only approximately consistently has extra beneficial snow circumstances. there's a substantial airport in Salt Lake city that's extra cost-effective to fly into than a ski city. lodging in SLC are additionally below in a ski city, whether the snowboarding adventure may well be greater very much via being walking distance from the ski lifts and nightlife. additionally, there are a pair lesser-uncomplicated ski mountains good outdoors of SLC that are only approximately by no ability crowded, even in the process the trip trips. the optimum draw back is their weird and wonderful alcohol regulations. different issues to contemplate: South Lake Tahoe - Casinos/bars open 24/7 Whistler/Blackcomb is the ideal of all.