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Breckenridge - Home of an Award-winning Terrain Parks and a 22' Superpipe

Vail Resorts, established in the mid-1950s by a pair of visionary skiers, runs today several ski resorts across the US. The story began when Pete Seibert, a professional skier bivouacked on a mountain in Colorado and identified it as an ideal ski mountain. With an intention to open a ski resort like no other, together with Earl Eaton, they bought a ranch at the base of the mountain, further surveying land that would eventually become known as Vail Mountain. Today, Vail Resorts operates four resorts in Colorado: Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone and Breckenridge. Let's have a look at terrain park of the later. The Breckenridge park crew has combined over 50 years of park experience, including build for events like Dew Tour and X-Games. They’ve worked all over the country, and abroad, including in New Zealand. They’ve been a part of several magazine cover photo shoots and are annual invitees to Snowboarder magazine’s SuperPark event. Check it out.

28. 11. 2014

Breckenridge:

With five huge peaks, 2,908 acres (1,176 hectares), four terrain parks, a 22ft Superpipe (6.7 meters), 11 bowls, the highest chairlift in North America, family-friendly terrain and a world-class ski school, all situated above an authentic, hip mountain town with awe-inspiring views, there are good reasons why “Breck” is one of the most popular ski resorts in the Western Hemisphere.

The resort was one of the first to embrace snowboarding, and to host one of the initial major snowboard competitions in the industry, The World Snowboarding Championships, or “The World’s,” in 1986. Breck solidified its place as the very pinnacle of freestyle snowboarding and skiing with the addition of an Olympic-sized 22-foot superpipe in 2009 (6.7 meters), which anchors the resort’s award-winning Freeway Terrain Park on Peak 8. Breckenridge was also the first-ever resort to have a permanent halfpipe.

back in the days

and today

With four terrain parks, including the top-ranked Freeway Terrain Park and SuperPipe and the Park Lane Terrain Park, a park progression system for beginners and intermediates, Breckenridge remains on the forefront of the industry in both facilities and talent. A custom built fleet of more than 75 rails, boxes, wallrides, jibs, and bonks, all terrain parks offer an ever-changing variety of features for skiers and riders of all ability levels to get their grind on.

What to expect:

Freeway Terrain Park - where the pros ski and ride. Freeway Terrain park boasts four massive jumps, lots of rails and boxes, along with a 22’ superpipe. Check out below video of Shaun White tearing it up in the Freeway terrain park.

Lane Terrain Park - Park Lane has on triple jump line and enough rails, boxes, and jibs to keep you lapping all day.

Bonanza Park - an entry level terrain park. With small jumps, rails, and boxes, Bonanza is the perfect place for skiers and riders to work on spins and slides.

Trygve’s - a small park similar to Bonanza with a combination of moderate jumps and boxes to help skiers and riders get a foot in the door of terrain parks.

+ 14 jumps of various sizes on Peak 8

Backcountry:

Last season, Breckenridge Ski Resort added over 540 acres (218 hectares) to its famous landscape via the Peak 6 are just north of Peak 7. Peak 6 includes 400 acres (161 hectares) of lift-served terrain and 143 acres (58 hectares) of hike-to terrain, representing a 23 percent increase in resort’s skiable acres. This is one of the most notable ski area expansions in the past decade, and features high-alpine, intermediate bowl skiing – a rare find in North America. If there is enough powder, this place is like heaven.

Did you know?

"In 1898 it snowed for 79 days straight in Breck! People had to build snow tunnels to get around town (town of Vail)"

Peak 6 is the first ski terrain expansion on U.S. Forest Service land in Colorado since 2008 and the first at Breckenridge since the Peak 7 expansion in 2002

2014 Dew Tour Returns for the 7th Consecutive Year in Breck, Dec 11 – 14, 2014

The culmination of the 2014 Dew Tour, the world’s premier annual winter action sports event, will once again take place in Breckenridge, Colo. The event will feature many of the world’s best international snowboard and freeski athletes, including all eight superpipe and slopestyle gold medalists from the Sochi Olympics. With four days of snowboard and freeski competitions, as well as live concerts and the interactive Dew Tour Experience, featuring athlete meet and greets, games, and giveaways, this event is one of the highlights of the season. Don't miss it!