Breckenridge

Breckenridge offers two base areas with interconnecting lifts. Peak 8 has two high-speed quads, accessible from the base, that connect with other lifts servicing higher terrain. These are the Colorado SuperChair and the Rocky Mountain SuperChair. Beginner lifts are chair 7 and chair 5 starting from the base area on Peak 8. These are double chairs. Peak 9 has the Beaver Run Super Chair at the base of Beaver Run, which accesses intermediate terrain. The QuickSilver Super6 passenger chair leaves from The Village area at the base of Peak 9 and serves beginner terrain. It also accesses several other on-mountain lifts including the more advanced Peak 10 Falcon Lift.

Breckenridge now boasts the highest lift in North America, reaching up a massive 12,840 feet (3,914 m). The Imperial Express Chairlift accesses 400 acres (162 hectares) of advanced and expert terrain. The QuickSilver SuperChair on Peak 9 was upgraded to a six-passenger chair for the 2000/01 ski season and it accesses beginner terrain. There will also be a new gondola, whose base area begins in the town and whisks skiers and riders to the base of Peak 7, and continues to the base of Peak 8 for easier access to the mountain.

Breckenridge transfer lifts
Simplifying the transfer between mountains is the new Peak 8 SuperConnect high-speed quad that replaces the old Chair 4. While skiers and riders will not be able to access the chair from the base area of Peak 9, a quick ride up the Beaver Run SuperChair or QuickSilver Super6 accesses the new lift and whisks riders to Peak 8, terminating near the (recently renovated) Vista Haus restaurant. The two-lift ride now takes 13 minutes instead of the former 30-minute, three-lift ride.

The SnowFlake Lift also takes skiers and riders from Four O’Clock road on Peak 9 to Peak 8. Additionally, the new high-speed six-passenger Independence SuperChair on Peak 7 will take skiers from bottom to top in seven minutes and opens up 165 acres (66 ha) of intermediate terrain (that is to say, 30 percent more) including seven new trails and the famous Peak 7 glades.

Lift passes
Lift tickets are interchangeable between Keystone and Arapahoe Basin, and one day out of a three-day pass is good at Vail. Expect to pay around US$75 a day for a lift pass, and US$35 a day for children aged 5–12. Lift passes can be bought at all lift ticket windows located at the base of Peaks 8 and 9, if you buy your tickets online at www.breckenridge.com you will get a reduction.

Rush hour on the lift lines is usually 10:30 am and 1:30 pm but you can beat the lines by starting first thing in the morning at 8:30 am, and at lunch time, at around 12:00 noon. Intermediates can use the Beaver Run Chair on Peak 9 and the Rocky Mountain Chair on Peak 8, which are usually less crowded.