På gång i Breckenridge, United States under året

Mest folk — Intl Snow Sculpture Championships, Ski season

• Festival

  Intl Snow Sculpture Championships

  20 jan – 5 feb · vanligtvisIssäsongTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (7 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis)), Avalanche season (1 dec – 30 apr), Christmas to New Year ski peak (20 dec – 3 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Intl Snow Sculpture Championships

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Intl Snow Sculpture Championships (20 jan – 5 feb (vanligtvis)), Ski season (7 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis)), Avalanche season (1 dec – 30 apr)

Mest folk — Ski season, Spring break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (7 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis)), Avalanche season (1 dec – 30 apr)

Mycket folk — Ski season

• Säsong

  Spring mud season

  25 apr – 5 junStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (7 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis)), Avalanche season (1 dec – 30 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring mud season (25 apr – 5 jun)

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring mud season (25 apr – 5 jun)

Mest folk — Fourth of July in the mountains, Summer break i United States

• Helg

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3–5 julNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Mest folk — Breckenridge Film Festival, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Breckenridge Film Festival

  15–30 sep · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Autumn shoulder shutdown

  5 okt – 10 novStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  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.

Mest folk — Ski season, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Öppning

  Ski season

  7 nov – 25 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn shoulder shutdown (5 okt – 10 nov)

Mest folk — Ski season, Ullr Fest

• Risk

  Avalanche season

  1 dec – 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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Ullr Fest

  17–19 decStor festivalTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas to New Year ski peak

  20 dec – 3 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (7 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis))