Keystone is a great place to learn and yes TAKE A LESSON. Breck has a nice village, but is $$$$$ and crowded (imho). Stay in Keystone and ski in Keystone to save $'s for better skiing and lodging, and drive 20 mins to breck for the nightlife (which is only at the Snake River Saloon in Keystone).

www.skyruncondos.com has great specials on lodging and lift tickets. i like www.mountainviewsports.com for renting ski gear if you need that (vs. renting from the resort).

We go nearly every year to Steamboat Springs the last week in March and haven't been disappointed yet. We've been doing this for the past few years.

During this time of year the crowds are lower, the temperatures are warmer, but there has been plenty of snow to keep us happy.

Good luck and enjoy regardless of where you decide to go. Have fun.

I was wrong! ;) April turned out to be the snowiest month. Skied this weekend at A-Basin, looked more like Jan than May.

This from the Local Paper

BOB BERWYN
summit daily news
Summit County, CO Colorado
May 4, 2007


SUMMIT COUNTY - April ended up being the snowiest month of the winter season, according to weather watcher Rick Bly, who tallies snowfall stats for the National Weather Service at his backyard weather station.

Bly measured 38.5 inches of the white stuff last month (average, 24.7 inches), just inching out October, which saw 36.8 inches of snow.

"We had bookends to the winter," Bly said. The snow melted down to 3.32 inches of water, also well above the average April precipitation of 2.1 inches. In fact, the April 2007 amount was more than the combined 2006 April to June total of 2.61 inches.

For the winter (Oct.- April), Bly measured 192 inches of snow, 42 inches above the historic average based on records going back more than 100 years.

In average May, Breckenridge can expect 11 inches of snow. As recently as 1995, the month brought dumps totaling 25 inches, but the record dates way back to 1895, with 43.9 inches.

At the second National Weather Service site in Summit County, Denver Water officials recorded 22 inches of snow (average 18.2 inches.
Temperatures at the Dillon site were slightly above the historic average based on records dating back to 1909. That continues a month to month and year to year trend of warmer temperatures at the station near Dillon Reservoir.

The average April high, combining daily high temps, was 48.2 degrees (normal 47.7 degrees) and the average minimum temperature was 19.6 degrees (normal 18.2 degrees).