Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
2255–3487 m
Vertical drop
1,232 m
Pistes advertised
2,082 acres
Pistes mapped on OSM
176.6 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
17 · 88% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
$299
Passes
Epic
Avg snowfall (mid)
8.0 m / season
Nearest airport
EGE · 30 min
Snow & weather
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The last three winters at 2871 m
Avg snowfall / season
8.0 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
0
Snowy days
72
Avg temp at base
-3.7°
Average snowfall by month · best: Mar
Nov
108
Dec
130
Jan
125
Feb
129
Mar
179
Apr
131
By season: 2022/23: 8.7 m · 0 powder days2023/24: 8.2 m · 0 powder days2024/25: 7.2 m · 0 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Dec
130 cm
~1.6 min
~3.2 min
Jan
125 cm
~2 min
~5.9 min
Feb
129 cm
~2.4 min
~4.6 min
Mar
179 cm
~2.5 min
~4.8 min
SWEET SPOT
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Nov 21. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~4 min, worst 8 min.
Weekend: locals are out
Simulate:
🪑 Elkhorn Lift
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,800 p/h · 1,590 m
8 minpredicted
🪑 Highlands Lift
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,200 p/h · 353 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 Haymeadow Express
Gondola · 8-seater · 2,000 p/h · 532 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 Centennial Express Lift
Chair-gondola · 6-seater · 3,400 p/h · 2,314 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 Riverfront Express Gondola
Gondola · 8-seater · 1,200 p/h · 661 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Strawberry Park Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,800 p/h · 2,009 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Lower Beaver Creek Mountain Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,938 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Reunion Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,800 p/h · 868 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Birds of Prey Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,600 p/h · 1,862 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Larkspur Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,600 p/h · 1,637 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Rose Bowl Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,451 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Grouse Mountain Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,800 p/h · 1,529 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Mccoy Park Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,200 p/h · 1,835 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Bachelor Gulch Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,800 p/h · 1,848 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Red Buffalo Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,370 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Upper Beaver Creek Mountain Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,600 p/h · 2,601 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Cinch Express Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,800 p/h · 1,820 m
2 minpredicted
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ under 2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 7-11 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Bootfitters
Shops other skiers recommend for boot fitting (custom footbeds, shell work, liners). Go on your first day: painful boots end more trips than bad snow.
Nearest major airport: EGE, about 30 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Beaver Creek Resort is an alpine ski resort in the western United States, near Avon, Colorado. The resort comprises three villages, the main Beaver Creek Village, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead to the west. The resort is owned and operated by Vail Resorts which operates multiple additional resorts. Beaver Creek is a regular host of World Cup events, usually in early December. Wikipedia