Beaver Creek Colorado (US)

Beaver Creek consists of 3 peaks: the main summit (mix of beginner to advanced), Grouse Mountain (advanced) and Bachelor Gulch Mountain (almost all easy).

Beginners and Intermediates:

Beaver Creek has a plethora of wide open easy trails. They are spacious, not crowded and you can cruise unobstructed.

Expert Runs:

Don't let Beaver Creek's high society, luxury village environment fool you into thinking that the mountain is fluffy and easy, there is plenty of advanced terrain here. Beaver Creek's famous Olympic downhill race course run is "Birds of Prey". While it is a groomed smooth run, it is steep in sections and you can achieve a high velocity just like the Olympic downhill competitors. Just remember that if you are not going for the gold, make sure you can stop at any time.

Moguls:

Beaver Creek has plenty of well formed mogul runs. As with most resorts these days, boarders roam the entire mountain but at Beaver Creek they seem to leave the mogul runs alone, allowing them to maintain their optimum shape. "Peregrine" is one of their signature bump runs with solid bumps top to bottom. "Peregrine" follows the lift so remember that you may have an audience.

Runs on Grouse Mountain are predominantly mogul runs. If you love moguls, you can spend the entire day skiing off of the Grouse Mountain Express Lift.

Chutes:

"Stone Creek Chutes" can be found at the far left hand side of the trail map (skiers far right off of lift 5, Drink of Water lift and half way down.) Also read our "Out of Bounds" notes for a gate off of Larkspur Express lift.
Sorry, I don't have any photos as the lifts closed before I could get over there. Maybe next season.

Trees:

If it's a powder day at Beaver Creek, be sure to take Grouse Mountain Express Lift to the top and exit right to "Royal Elk Glades" to ski the pines. You will also find "Black Bear Glades" on this side of Grouse Mountain.

Out of Bounds:

Back country access is available through the gate off the top of Cinch Express lift to get to some open bowls. An open gate can also be found at the top of Larkspur Express lift which leads to an avalanche-prone area known as the Y Chutes. There are also two exit gates off of Grouse Mountain.
Check avalanche conditions at http://avalanche.state.co.us

Start small with "Park 101". Move up to rails and trick at "Zoom Room". Graduate at "Lumber Yard" for rails, "Moonshine Terrain Park" for tabletops and the half pipe. Class dismissed.