What is the minimum number of days you would go to CO to ski?
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Anonymous
| Title says it all. Relative lives there and wants us to come. We've never been in winter and will need to pull the teens from school, even if we choose a long weekend. Trying to decide if this is even possible for next winter. I'm put off by the long flight followed by a 2+ hour drive to the Vail area. Is Wed-Sun too short? Assuming Wed and Sun will be strictly travel days, leaving just Thu, Fri, Sat? |
Anonymous
| 3 days for skiing would be fine. We have a house out there and the minimum we go is for 4 nights. |
Anonymous
From a traffic perspective, driving to/from DEN, are there certain days to avoid the driving part. Since we are pulling from school we have some flexibility with days of the week. Would coming home on a non-holiday Monday be easier? |
Anonymous
| If in FCPS there's that 4.5 day weekend at the end of January. I would leave that Wednesday (half day) and return Monday so would really only miss 1.5 days of school and traveling on off peak days. |
Anonymous
Yes try to avoid driving when everyone from Denver is driving. So don’t drive Fri night, Sat morning or Sun afternoon. I think it is worth it for three days of skiing. In Utah, where airport is closer to skiing, I’ve done two day trips and not regretted it. |
Anonymous
OP here. Not in FCPS. We have just a 3 day weekend for end of quarter that is not tied to MLK or President's Day. (It's the weekend after MLK, which may be the same as the FCPS weekend though.) |
Anonymous
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Will it be ok if you don't ski? Still a good trip?
Say there's an activity I really want to do, minimally for one day. It's the reason I'm choosing a particular travel destination. If it's conceivable the experience wouldn't happen if the weather isn't right, I always allow 3 days in a travel schedule. Just in case. |
Anonymous
| We did 2 1/2 ski days in in Vail last year and it was perfect. We are not experts who do the back bowl so it was plenty of time for our family for a quick getaway. |
Anonymous
| 3 days is fine. You didn’t say specifically, but I assume you will all be skiing or snowboarding. If you had 4 days and were not used to skiing all day, you would want to take a rest day, anyway. Hydrate like crazy the day before and the day of travel and refrain from alcohol the first day. That’s what I used to do when I traveled for short trips to altitude. Now I live here full time, so I see lots of visitors struggle with altitude sickness. |
Anonymous
| Agree 3 full days is worth it. |
Anonymous
| I agree, worth it. My DC went to Utah last year and skied 3 days. Said it was totally worth it. |
Anonymous
| 3 weeks. |
Anonymous
| If you are not regular skiers or it’s your first time of the season, 3 days on the slopes is plenty. The runs are LONG and can be exhausting depending on you conditioning and/or how much you fall (yeah, talking about myself on that one). Get an early flight on departure day and try a 3pm return. |
Anonymous
| If by yourself or just 1 other adult, and love to ski, 2 days is even enough- fly in night before, ski next day and and red-eye out that same day. If little kids, add at least a day (or 2) for each little kid based on how well they travel. So if 1 toddler who is great traveler, go for at least 3-5 days and plan 1 day, day 1/2 skiing. Also remember altitude can impact little kids differently so prepare for that. |
Anonymous
| I go to CO or SLC for 3-4 days. You can probably squeeze a half day in there on the back end if you want, I’ve done it. Also look at flying to Eagle as it avoids the chance of hitting bad traffic. |