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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Johnny Wichita on July 15, 2015, 10:55:28 AM
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Things to do, places to eat - go! TIA
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Things to do, places to eat - go! TIA
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Things to do, places to eat - go! TIA
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How dare you.
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i think you ride bicycles down the ski slopes
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since i can see you guys feel weird about giving J-W advice, you can PM it to me instead as i also need pro-tips
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places to eat
Same ones as in the winter
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places to eat
Same ones as in the winter
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Well, probs gotta go to Breckenridge Brewery (whatever the restaurant is called).
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F-Y.
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Alpine Slide?
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Quandary Peak
Lots of great restaurants, walk around look at menus and pick some
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Well, probs gotta go to Breckenridge Brewery (whatever the restaurant is called).
Yes, this is in the plan. But their main brewery is now in Denver.
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F-Y.
That's very un-1cat of you, Trim.
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Summer there is 10x better than winter
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Pork Wings at Breck Brewery. Post pics because they are the greatest thing since bread slicing became popular.
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F-Y.
That's very un-1cat of you, Trim.
E.O.E.
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Go rent a boat on lake Dillon. Rent a 4x4 and hit the trails above the tree line (If you don't know how to ride, Camp Hale has guides that take you to old military alpine grounds from WW2 but is further towards vail). Fly fishing. Water levels are high, rafting in clear creek would be great (but cold).
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Breckinridge in the summer is great for stopping to fill up on gas and grabbing a hot pocket while your on your way to Aspen.
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Look at this elitest
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:kstategrad:
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
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go white water rafting, it's the best. Breck in the summer is pretty awesome
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I think fan just got back from breck. He probably wont fins this thread though.
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
Boulder football road trips :frown:
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
Boulder football road trips :frown:
Yeah, Boulder is a pretty cool town. I miss that aspect of it; however Colorado fans were the most classless fans in the Big 12. Just complete assholes.
We went with a group of G-Phi's when we did homecoming with them one year, and one girl who drove there had her car windows smashed because it had a K-State Gamma Phi Beta sticker on it.
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
Boulder football road trips :frown:
It's why I'm all in on Colorado State joining the Big 12.
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
If your a foodie and just want to hang around the towns and don't want to hike/camp, make a trip out during a shoulder season. Top restaurants have are marked down like 75% due to no one being around. We go up all the time and it's usually $20 a plate instead of $80-90.
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
Boulder football road trips :frown:
Yeah, Boulder is a pretty cool town. I miss that aspect of it; however Colorado fans were the most classless fans in the Big 12. Just complete assholes.
We went with a group of G-Phi's when we did homecoming with them one year, and one girl who drove there had her car windows smashed because it had a K-State Gamma Phi Beta sticker on it.
forgot the part about piss balloons and batteries :rolleyes:
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How in the world do you even make a piss balloon? You would have to have one hell of a strong bladder to be able to inflate a balloon while pissing.
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How in the world do you even make a piss balloon? You would have to have one hell of a strong bladder to be able to inflate a balloon while pissing.
lpbiq
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
Yes, skiing is great but summer/fall is life changing. You will hate going back to Kansas afterward.
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
Yes, skiing is great but summer/fall is life changing. You will hate going back to Kansas afterward.
JW will be fine with it.
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I'll be near Silver Thorn visiting my little sister the last week of July. This thread needs more tips.
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Climb a mountain. Play the Breckenridge Golf Club. Walk downtown and find a nice bar, sit on the deck, enjoy happy hour (3-6 most places). I did all of these this past weekend.
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Mrs. WonderMeal and I went to the Hyatt in Beaver Creek, CO a little over a month ago and it was great. Category 7. Since you and Gooch are out of AA miles, that might be a good option for you.
:thumbsup:
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Mrs. WonderMeal and I went to the Hyatt in Beaver Creek, CO a little over a month ago and it was great. Category 7. Since you and Gooch are out of AA miles, that might be a good option for you.
:thumbsup:
Pfft only out of AA miles. I still have a bagillion Southwest, Avios, and United miles. <--- #fanningbrag
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Mrs. WonderMeal and I went to the Hyatt in Beaver Creek, CO a little over a month ago and it was great. Category 7. Since you and Gooch are out of AA miles, that might be a good option for you.
:thumbsup:
Pfft only out of AA miles. I still have a bagillion Southwest, Avios, and United miles. <--- #fanningbrag
We should still go to Colorado in the summer.
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
If your a foodie and just want to hang around the towns and don't want to hike/camp, make a trip out during a shoulder season. Top restaurants have are marked down like 75% due to no one being around. We go up all the time and it's usually $20 a plate instead of $80-90.
what qualifies as shoulder season for Breck?
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Summer is the only time you should go
summer/fall
If your a foodie and just want to hang around the towns and don't want to hike/camp, make a trip out during a shoulder season. Top restaurants have are marked down like 75% due to no one being around. We go up all the time and it's usually $20 a plate instead of $80-90.
what qualifies as shoulder season for Breck?
Depends on weather. Fall and Spring/Mud Season basically. Once the mountains close down till it gets towards summer. And as the temperatures starting to drop after summer to the initial snowfall.
There's some decent festivals but most weekends are ghost towns, which is nice if your looking for that kind of thing.
Beaver Creek has Blues. Brews, and BBQ festival over Memorial Day weekend. Live music, BBQ vendors from all over, amateur competitions that you can enter for like $75 bucks and win a Green Egg (Usually some KC people there).
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Mrs. WonderMeal and I went to the Hyatt in Beaver Creek, CO a little over a month ago and it was great. Category 7. Since you and Gooch are out of AA miles, that might be a good option for you.
:thumbsup:
Pfft only out of AA miles. I still have a bagillion Southwest, Avios, and United miles. <--- #fanningbrag
We should still go to Colorado in the summer.
If Gooch cheaps out on you and doesn't take you, you can come to Colorado with Mrs. Lopak and me......to Aspen, not shitty Breckenridge.
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I'm headed there next week...very excited.
My family has spent a lot of time in Breckenridge over the years, mostly in the summer.
We'll be fly fishing 1.5 days, hiking in the White River National Forest to Lower and Upper Mohawk Lakes. Pretty intermediate hike but incredibly fun. Also the obvious beer drinking and eating awesome food. There's a absinthe bar that's run by this hilarious european guy. Absinthe is pretty :Yuck: but whatever.
_fan or anyone else that's been recently: any can't miss restaurants? no "you've got to visit Kite's and get a burger"-type of comments, please.
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Mrs. Gooch won't go WW rafting. :frown:
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Mrs. Gooch won't go WW rafting. :frown:
That's a shame. It's so much fun.
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This thread is making me want to take a trip to Colorado. I haven't ever been there in the summer.
Mrs. WonderMeal and I went to the Hyatt in Beaver Creek, CO a little over a month ago and it was great. Category 7. Since you and Gooch are out of AA miles, that might be a good option for you.
:thumbsup:
Pfft only out of AA miles. I still have a bagillion Southwest, Avios, and United miles. <--- #fanningbrag
We should still go to Colorado in the summer.
If Gooch cheaps out on you and doesn't take you, you can come to Colorado with Mrs. Lopak and me......to Aspen, not shitty Breckenridge.
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Lol @ aspen ]
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Mrs. Gooch won't go WW rafting. :frown:
I didn't say that. I just said I didn't want to go to one that is extremely rough where I am going to die.
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Mrs. Gooch won't go WW rafting. :frown:
I didn't say that. I just said I didn't want to go to one that is extremely rough where I am going to die.
yeah cause that is what they do.
Guide: Any of you ever WW raft before?
Gooch's: Nope!
Guide: Well boy howdy you are in luck. We've got you some mighty fine class V rapids to throw your ass in right here!
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Mrs. Gooch won't go WW rafting. :frown:
I didn't say that. I just said I didn't want to go to one that is extremely rough where I am going to die.
yeah cause that is what they do.
Guide: Any of you ever WW raft before?
Gooch's: Nope!
Guide: Well boy howdy you are in luck. We've got you some mighty fine class V rapids to throw your ass in right here!
OK, start planning our trip then.
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Mrs. Gooch won't go WW rafting. :frown:
I didn't say that. I just said I didn't want to go to one that is extremely rough where I am going to die.
yeah cause that is what they do.
Guide: Any of you ever WW raft before?
Gooch's: Nope!
Guide: Well boy howdy you are in luck. We've got you some mighty fine class V rapids to throw your ass in right here!
OK, start planning our trip then.
That's exactly what they do. Ms dub and I signed up for class 3/4 for our first and due to water levels it was mainly 4s with three big 5s.
That being said, you two will be fine. The guides steer mainly and they have kayakers following all the rafts. Do the 4/5 trip, ms dub loved it after almost dropping out when they told us.
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Mrs. Gooch won't go WW rafting. :frown:
I didn't say that. I just said I didn't want to go to one that is extremely rough where I am going to die.
yeah cause that is what they do.
Guide: Any of you ever WW raft before?
Gooch's: Nope!
Guide: Well boy howdy you are in luck. We've got you some mighty fine class V rapids to throw your ass in right here!
OK, start planning our trip then.
That's exactly what they do. Ms dub and I signed up for class 3/4 for our first and due to water levels it was mainly 4s with three big 5s.
That being said, you two will be fine. The guides steer mainly and they have kayakers following all the rafts. Do the 4/5 trip, ms dub loved it after almost dropping out when they told us.
:sdeek:
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there's places you can go that have trips where you hardly encounter anything rough, basically you just enjoy the scenery, paddle a little, but have like 0% chance of going over. Like 0-2 level rapids
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there's places you can go that have trips where you hardly encounter anything rough, basically you just enjoy the scenery, paddle a little, but have like 0% chance of going over. Like 0-2 level rapids
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there's places you can go that have trips where you hardly encounter anything rough, basically you just enjoy the scenery, paddle a little, but have like 0% chance of going over. Like 0-2 level rapids
:zzz:
This is what the 3's looked like after doing the fun one. Just do the 4/5 trips. You'll be fine Mrs. Gooch.
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there's places you can go that have trips where you hardly encounter anything rough, basically you just enjoy the scenery, paddle a little, but have like 0% chance of going over. Like 0-2 level rapids
:zzz:
This is what the 3's looked like after doing the fun one. Just do the 4/5 trips. You'll be fine Mrs. Gooch.
What kind of a guarantee do you give you that you are not going to die?
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there's places you can go that have trips where you hardly encounter anything rough, basically you just enjoy the scenery, paddle a little, but have like 0% chance of going over. Like 0-2 level rapids
:zzz:
This is what the 3's looked like after doing the fun one. Just do the 4/5 trips. You'll be fine Mrs. Gooch.
What kind of a guarantee do you give you that you are not going to die?
There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
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there's places you can go that have trips where you hardly encounter anything rough, basically you just enjoy the scenery, paddle a little, but have like 0% chance of going over. Like 0-2 level rapids
:zzz:
This is what the 3's looked like after doing the fun one. Just do the 4/5 trips. You'll be fine Mrs. Gooch.
What kind of a guarantee do you give you that you are not going to die?
There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
I'm really not all that concerned about dying, I just don't want to have to work that hard.
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there's places you can go that have trips where you hardly encounter anything rough, basically you just enjoy the scenery, paddle a little, but have like 0% chance of going over. Like 0-2 level rapids
:zzz:
This is what the 3's looked like after doing the fun one. Just do the 4/5 trips. You'll be fine Mrs. Gooch.
What kind of a guarantee do you give you that you are not going to die?
There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
I'm really not all that concerned about dying, I just don't want to have to work that hard.
You should be concerned about dying.
http://www.denverpost.com/willoughby/ci_28352614/whitewater-fans-need-be-wary (http://www.denverpost.com/willoughby/ci_28352614/whitewater-fans-need-be-wary)
Already this spring, Colorado has registered whitewater rafting fatalities on the Arkansas, Poudre, Animas, Colorado and Clear Creek rivers. Two others died when their rafts overturned in the Westwater Canyon section of the Colorado River just across the Utah border.
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There's 1000's that go down every day. Beginning of the season, especially this year, water is high and some of the elite guys try to do stupid things. Or stupid people do stupid things.
And it's not much work Mrs. Gooch, there's steady areas where it's just fast water with no rapids and you just cruise along for 3-10 minutes and then you hit rapids for maybe 1-2 minutes where you row in spurts of 3 or 5 every 30 seconds or so. Not difficult at all cause the guide does most of the steering. You just assist when your hitting certain points for speed.
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But back on stuff to do in the mountains... for those who want to hike/backpack but not sleep/rent a tent.
Huts.org
Fun times but you have to book way out if your looking for anything close to a weekend.
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I'm headed there next week...very excited.
My family has spent a lot of time in Breckenridge over the years, mostly in the summer.
We'll be fly fishing 1.5 days, hiking in the White River National Forest to Lower and Upper Mohawk Lakes. Pretty intermediate hike but incredibly fun. Also the obvious beer drinking and eating awesome food. There's a absinthe bar that's run by this hilarious european guy. Absinthe is pretty :Yuck: but whatever.
_fan or anyone else that's been recently: any can't miss restaurants? no "you've got to visit Kite's and get a burger"-type of comments, please.
We went here. Good food, great beer selection.
kenoshasteakhouse.com
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Hey Lopakman. Shut the eff up!
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I'm headed there next week...very excited.
My family has spent a lot of time in Breckenridge over the years, mostly in the summer.
We'll be fly fishing 1.5 days, hiking in the White River National Forest to Lower and Upper Mohawk Lakes. Pretty intermediate hike but incredibly fun. Also the obvious beer drinking and eating awesome food. There's a absinthe bar that's run by this hilarious european guy. Absinthe is pretty :Yuck: but whatever.
_fan or anyone else that's been recently: any can't miss restaurants? no "you've got to visit Kite's and get a burger"-type of comments, please.
We went here. Good food, great beer selection.
kenoshasteakhouse.com
I eat at Kenosha whenever in Breck, great view from the back deck.
Also try this when in the area, for breakfast
http://www.butterhornbakery.com/
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There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
I'm really not all that concerned about dying, I just don't want to have to work that hard.
If you don't want to work hard than you want stronger rapids. Less flow = more paddling between rapids. Plus it's pretty boring. :zzz:
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What is the biking situation?
Options for entertainment for grade school kids?
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What is the biking situation?
Options for entertainment for grade school kids?
the biking situation is you ride ski lifts up a mountain and rough ridin' ride your bike back down. pretty amazing huh?
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i can't think of a more ideal biking situation :love:
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i can't think of a more ideal biking situation :love:
I will do that, but might be too much for little Pete.
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I saw something about zip lines and alpine slides. My kids would love that crap for sure.
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yeah. i think i was around 9-10ish the first time i went, but i was a fairly advanced rider for my age (#fanningbrag :gocho: )
the alpine slide is pretty sweet, look how much fun this father/son are having pete
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breckenridge.com%2F%7E%2Fmedia%2Fbreckenridge%2Fheader%2520images%2Fcoastersummerheader2.ashx%3Fbc%3D000000&hash=52f0b9468d501ed049d673f202cb75e991dc6c68)
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That's going to be great! I think I will go the first week of August. I have to work non-stop through weekends until then, so I decided to do a short notice vacation. There are some nice places on Vrbo for reasonable prices.
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don't forget to hit up breckenridge organic therapy after the kids are in bed ;)
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don't forget to hit up breckenridge organic therapy after the kids are in bed ;)
I know you won't believe this, but I completely forgot about that! Man, I am old balls.
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I want to stay in summit county, and have it down to Keystone or Breck. Any strong opinions either way? I am leaning Breck.
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Breck can be much more walkable than Keystone but the presence of little pete reduces the value imo. When traveling w/kids I put number of bedrooms as first priority with pool acess a close 2nd.
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I'm a little late to this party but wanted to add my 2 cents since I lived there for a minute. The mountain will generally put on the most entertainment in the summer. Every weekend there will be a free concert/event trying to bring people up. Breck is pretty much a straight shot to walk down main street if you want to do something walkable. There are a few restaurants/shops off the main drag but nothing that is a must hit. Hearthstone is good fine dining but there was a restaurant called flip or switch or something that was good upscale too. There is a mexican place
Frisco's cajun place is pretty good. Butterhorn bakery is good breakfast/booze option. Mountain lion cafe and sunshine cafe (both in Dillon) are better breakfast options but won't serve booze.
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There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
I'm really not all that concerned about dying, I just don't want to have to work that hard.
If you don't want to work hard than you want stronger rapids. Less flow = more paddling between rapids. Plus it's pretty boring. :zzz:
i fell out on a 4 and didnt die.
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There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
I'm really not all that concerned about dying, I just don't want to have to work that hard.
If you don't want to work hard than you want stronger rapids. Less flow = more paddling between rapids. Plus it's pretty boring. :zzz:
i fell out on a 4 and didnt die.
Yeah but how much effort did you have to put into not dying?
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There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
I'm really not all that concerned about dying, I just don't want to have to work that hard.
If you don't want to work hard than you want stronger rapids. Less flow = more paddling between rapids. Plus it's pretty boring. :zzz:
i fell out on a 4 and didnt die.
Yeah but how much effort did you have to put into not dying?
its not so much about the falling out but who can(will?) pull you back in
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There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
I'm really not all that concerned about dying, I just don't want to have to work that hard.
If you don't want to work hard than you want stronger rapids. Less flow = more paddling between rapids. Plus it's pretty boring. :zzz:
i fell out on a 4 and didnt die.
Yeah but how much effort did you have to put into not dying?
its not so much about the falling out but who can(will?) pull you back in
They have amazingly fit athletes and all around good people in kayaks following the groups too if people fall out. They tow you to the shore if the guide doesn't get you first. Your locked in pretty good with your feet though, most likely you'll only go over if the whole raft flips.
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I'm headed to Octoberfest thingie there...pro tips appreciated.
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I'm headed to Octoberfest thingie there...pro tips appreciated.
Don't go rafting when your drunk, cause you'll probably die.
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There's an intermediate run at: http://clearcreekrafting.com/trips/
3's with some 4's. Meet in the middle. The people that die are usually rafting on their own without a guide or don't follow instructions.
I'm really not all that concerned about dying, I just don't want to have to work that hard.
If you don't want to work hard than you want stronger rapids. Less flow = more paddling between rapids. Plus it's pretty boring. :zzz:
i fell out on a 4 and didnt die.
Yeah but how much effort did you have to put into not dying?
its not so much about the falling out but who can(will?) pull you back in
They have amazingly fit athletes and all around good people in kayaks following the groups too if people fall out. They tow you to the shore if the guide doesn't get you first. Your locked in pretty good with your feet though, most likely you'll only go over if the whole raft flips.
it wasnt that hard to not die in my case. i popped up about 15 yards from the raft, made sure to keep my feet up and swam back to it and the guide hauled me in. 3 people in our raft fell out and only 1 was injured*!
*(just a bloody gash on the knee)
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I'm headed to Octoberfest thingie there...pro tips appreciated.
On the drive up, stop in Denver off I-70 for lunch at Masterpiece Delicatessen and get The Italian with Voodoo chips.
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How does the bike on the ski lift thing work? Do you have to be some sort of a pro to do this?
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there are differing difficulties, just like skiing.
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We leave Monday afternoon for Silverthorne. Def gonna do these things with the kids.
http://www.dinoridge.org
http://tinytownrailroad.com
Prolly will get some fishing and hiking sprinkled in there as well.
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dinoridge sounds fantastic
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Was there today for wedding - jesus Breck is busy in the summer. Been awhile since I've been there in June/July. Recommendo: make a reservation for whatever you want to do.
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Breck during the fall is much more enjoyable. Pace slows but still plenty to do. I like first of October. Although can be hit or miss on snow.
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We ended up deciding on a condo on Keystone in the river run area, the building with the hood kid pools. We'll drive over to Breck and do some shopping or something once, and hit their little slide and zip line thing once, but with our kids'age, that's about it for our formal Breck expose.
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We ended up deciding on a condo on Keystone in the river run area, the building with the hood kid pools. We'll drive over to Breck and do some shopping or something once, and hit their little slide and zip line thing once, but with our kids'age, that's about it for our formal Breck expose.
Plan Breck for a weekday
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We ended up deciding on a condo on Keystone in the river run area, the building with the hood kid pools. We'll drive over to Breck and do some shopping or something once, and hit their little slide and zip line thing once, but with our kids'age, that's about it for our formal Breck expose.
Plan Breck for a weekday
Will do!