July 1, 2021, 9:39 pm
From left to right, Gary Shimanowitz, Nadia Guerriero, Eagle-Holy Cross District Ranger Leanne Veldhuis, Carl Eaton and Dan Ramker, director of mountain operations at Beaver Creek (David O. Williams photo).
Beaver Creek on Thursday broke ground on a 250-acre expansion of beginner and intermediate ski terrain high atop the mountain with expansive views of the Sawatch and Gore Mountain ranges.
Its new McCoy Park terrain will include two new quad lifts, 17 new alpine skiing trails and a smaller network of Nordic trails. In all, the expansion, which will be open for the 2021-22 ski season, takes Beaver Creek up to 2,082 skiable alpine acres, 25 lifts and 167 trails.