Whiteface Willy's Copper recommendation is consistent with Summit County. With Breckenridge as a base, and a pretty good one at that, you have another four resorts within a half hours drive. Copper, Keystone, A Basin and Loveland. Keystone and Copper probably have great base villages as resorts go, but Breckenridge has a real, down to earth, Western town. Shopping, restaurants, night life....a lot of it and nothing pretentious. As for the skiing, Breck has a ton of terrain good for beginners and intermediates. There is a ton of bowl skiing that is accessible to an intermediate to light expert if you can handle the powder. I wouldn't say there is anything Jackson Hole hairball, but you now have lift serviced access to 13,000 feet and a 55 degree pitch in the Lake Chutes. It's not a no fall zone kind of experience and you won't kill yourself tumbling over a cliff band if you fall, but it sure is steep and will still scare the bejeesus out of many an expert level recreational skiers. The Peak 9 Chutes have some pretty steep shots down through the trees if you don't mind hiking for your turns. You want to hike and ski some scarier stuff there is always A Basin and the East Wall. Keystone and Copper both have their own bowls and both offer cat skiing. There a lot to choose from. A week in Breck could see you ski a different resort each day for part of the week, then going back to your favorites later in the week.Originally Posted by Weez
Of course the same can be said of Park City, although I've never been.