Was ist los in Breckenridge, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Intl Snow Sculpture Championships, Ski season

• Festival

  Intl Snow Sculpture Championships

  20. Jan. – 5. Feb. · meistEissaisonVoll

  Teams carve twenty-five-ton blocks by hand over five days, then the finished pieces stand on Main Street for a week until they slump. Free, and best walked after dark when they are lit. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ski season (7. Nov. – 25. Apr. (meist)), Avalanche season (1. Dez. – 30. Apr.), Christmas to New Year ski peak (20. Dez. – 3. Jan. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – laut Reisenden Hochsaison, Intl Snow Sculpture Championships

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Intl Snow Sculpture Championships (20. Jan. – 5. Feb. (meist)), Ski season (7. Nov. – 25. Apr. (meist)), Avalanche season (1. Dez. – 30. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Ski season, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Ski season (7. Nov. – 25. Apr. (meist)), Avalanche season (1. Dez. – 30. Apr.)

Viel los – Ski season

• Saison

  Spring mud season

  25. Apr. – 5. JuniSaisonpauseSchließungen

  The lifts stop and half of Main Street shuts for six weeks while the trails are still under snow or under mud. Rooms are at their cheapest all year and there is genuinely not much to do.

Läuft noch: Ski season (7. Nov. – 25. Apr. (meist)), Avalanche season (1. Dez. – 30. Apr.)

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Spring mud season (25. Apr. – 5. Juni)

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Juni beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Spring mud season (25. Apr. – 5. Juni)

Hochbetrieb – Fourth of July in the mountains, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollFrüh buchen

  The Fourth of July weekend is one of the busiest of the mountain summer: lodging and campsites book out and roads into town are slow. Fireworks are often cancelled or replaced by drone shows when wildfire danger runs high. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Breckenridge Film Festival, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Breckenridge Film Festival

  15.–30. Sep. · meistVoll

  Four days of independent screenings in late September, timed to the aspens turning on the Boreas Pass road. A small festival with filmmakers who actually stay for the questions. Quelle ↗

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

• Saison

  Autumn shoulder shutdown

  5. Okt. – 10. Nov.SaisonpauseSchließungen

  The aspens are down, the lifts are not yet running and the town takes its second holiday of the year. Restaurants close for a fortnight at a stretch, so check before driving up for dinner.

Hochbetrieb – Ski season, Thanksgiving break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Eröffnung

  Ski season

  7. Nov. – 25. Apr. · meistVoll

  Snowmaking usually gets the first runs open in the second week of November and the top bowls hold into late April, which is a longer season than almost anywhere in the Rockies. Peak 6 and the alpine terrain open on snowpack, not on a date. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Autumn shoulder shutdown (5. Okt. – 10. Nov.)

Hochbetrieb – Ski season, Ullr Fest

• Risiko

  Avalanche season

  1. Dez. – 30. Apr.

  Colorado's continental snowpack builds weak layers early and keeps them all winter, which is why the state leads the country for avalanche deaths. Read the Colorado Avalanche Information Center forecast before anything outside the ropes, including the pass roads. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Ullr Fest

  17.–19. Dez.Großes FestivalVollSchließungen

  Three days of ritual snow-begging to the Norse god of winter, built round a deliberately silly Main Street parade and a record attempt at the world's longest shotski. It runs the week before the Christmas rates kick in. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Christmas to New Year ski peak

  20. Dez. – 3. Jan. · meistWeihnachten & NeujahrVollFrüh buchen

  The week from Christmas to New Year is the busiest of the ski season: lodging and lift-ticket prices reach their highs, ski school and rentals book out and lift lines are longest. Book months ahead, and early-season snow cover varies year to year. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ski season (7. Nov. – 25. Apr. (meist))