Breckenridge Ski Resort is one of North America’s most exquisite and visited Ski Resorts. It is located in Summit County in Colorado near the town of Breckenridge.
The Ski Resort has four peaks with a hundred and fifty-five trails, thirty ski lifts, five terrain parks and 2 half pipes to choose from.
Breckenridge Ski Resort history dates back to December 16, 1961 when it first started operating.Breckenridge Ski Resort is abuzz with activity throughout the winter and summer seasons.
The Ouray Ice Festival is the biggest international ice climbing festival where expert ice climbers, ice climbing enthusiasts, and gear developing exhibitors gather to experience the thrill of ice-venture at the festival with all the safety measures. The festival is held at the Ice Park at Ouray every year since 1996. The pioneer of ice climbing, Jeff Lowe, promotes the event. The Ice Festival is always scheduled to start on the Thursday and drags till the Sunday before the Martin King Luther Day in January.
The festival span chart many climbing clinics from advanced to beginning, a great opportunity to meet and see some of world’s most renowned ice climbers in action, and check out the latest gears on the art. There are a lot more activities enlisted in the festival like walking on a tight rope across the gorge, the axe throwing competition, and many more such thrilling and adventurous activities. The festival organizers have groomed a special climbing wall for the kids. The festival features film screenings and slide show presentations, and special auctions for climbing gears.
This is a great opportunity to enhance the ice climbing skills and even to get ice climbing lessons for the novice. Some great ice crampons and other ice climbing equipments can be found at the auctions held at the Ice Park during the Ouray Ice Festival.
The nearest airport to the city of Ouray is Montrose Regional Airport which is 35miles drive away from the town. The Ice Park is at the
southern end of the city where highway 550 begins to climb towards the Red Mountain Pass.
The town is not much humid in climate nature. Days are usually sunny through out the year. Average summer temperatures range between 70’s and 80’s during day and 50’s at night. July afternoons experience drizzles in the town.
The winter temperatures are usually 40’s on the high and higher teens on the low with an average snowfall of 140 niches accompanied with occasional heavy snowstorms.
Like every year the Ouray Ice Festival is all geared up with excitement and adventure and entertainment on the catalog for 2011 also. The Festival will be inaugurated on 6th January 2011, Thursday.
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