loveland ski area

I had a wonderful time at Loveland Ski Area! I am a ski newbie, in fact, a SNOW newbie as well! (Miami girl, first time seeing snow) Our ski instructor was Dan Kubiak which was such a down to earth, cool guy! I immediately felt comfortable with him as our instructor. We were lucky enough to only have my boyfriend and myself in a group lesson, so we started right away after renting our gear and getting our lockers, which was a breeze. I started out on the baby slopes and within 45 minutes we were already on the lift! I loved the way Dan taught us how to maneuver with the skis, he is so easy to understand and I immediately got the hang of it, which is a shocker for me since I am not the athletic type at all! He is a great teacher with lots of patience. We skied the entire day until I was utterly exhausted! I honestly could not have had a better time. Thank you Dan and Loveland for making my first time seeing snow and skiing such an amazing and unforgettable experience. I can't wait to go back!Tip for newbies:You must go to Loveland VALLEY to pick up your tickets if you purchased lessons online like I did. I spent half an hour riding a shuttle back and fourth because it was not clear where to go.Avoid wearing jeans for skiing. It can get pretty painful on your shins as the ski shoes will be very tight around your shins. Try to wear leggings and pull up the ski rental pants over your ski shoes! Wish someone would have told me that :)Drink a ton of water as you are very high up in altitude (about 10,000 feet). Although skiing is fun, you may not realize you are actually WORKING OUT! I was fine until getting up from one of my falls that I noticed I got dizzy. We took a water break and I was back on the slopes. :)Hopefully these tips help a first time skier!

They did not have the trails marked as to what they were rated. (Green, blue, etc.). They had a ski lift for the green go out and were taking 4 year old kids in a ski school down a green slope. This slope should have been marked blue. It was so steep.

I've heard this called the locals place. Sure it doesn't have gondolas but for the price and friendly service it is a nice change of pace. Long runs and one of the areas that get the most snow. We enjoyed are day at Loveland and wouldn't think twice about do it again

Loveland may not have the après amenities like the bigger resorts on the other side of the Eisenhower, but it definitely makes up for it with the best customer service and great varied terrain. The value of Loveland simply can't be beat. And renting from their ski shop was an excellent experience. Plus, it doesn't have the crowds like the bigger resorts, so I felt like I had the mountain to myself. Definitely my new favorite in Colorado.

This small local ski area about an hour outside of Denver was a real find ! I was in Denver for only 2 days, with one day available for skiing. Instead of a longer commute to one of the larger areas, I opted for someplace closer. Calling it "small" is relative. It is of course much smaller than Aspen, or Vail or Copper Mountain, all of which I've skied in the past. But the mountain itself was certainly large enough, divided into a North and South Ridge, with plenty of wide-open trails. I went on a Thursday and experienced no crowds anywhere - not for equipment rentals (took me less than 10 minutes), not on any ski lifts and certainly not on the trails. I had a WONDERFUL full day of skiing. I also got a great deal through FRONT RANGE SKI BUS www.frontrangeskibus.com, which transported me round trip from Denver, and included a nice discount on my lift ticket.

We got lucky with some great powdery conditions, but that seems to be "another day in the factory" at Loveland. We spent 2 days at Winter Park, one day at A Basin, and a day here. Our mancation group liked Loveland the best, and the half day value of only $51 on a saturday is an amazingly good deal. The terrain was great, we had a great day here. Can't wait to go back.We didn't stay overnight here - but we did eat in Georgetown at a place called the Happy Cooker which was an amazing breakfast.

As bad as the traffic gets on I 70, Loveland being half an hour closer than any other ski area is a real asset.

It is a great place... An hour away from Denver ( about 2 - 2.5 hours on weekends with traffic) Probably the closest place to go snowboarding if you stay in Denver... Great mix of beginners through expert terrains, FREE ridge cat tours, I would recommend get a Loveland pass, which you are supposed to get by mail 5-7 days after a purchuse.... I got my after like 2 weeks, when I came back from Loveland but they were able to look it up online so I got the discounts, there is a cage available, so you don't have to rent lockers if you don't want to... spend like 5 days over there, enjoyed... they have a really good rental basic (I think its called sport) snowboard package

Loveland ski school is tops in my book both of my kids had excellent instructors we did the full day kids ski school my daughter enrolled in the scheme and my son was enrolled in the snowboarding they both had a great time learned a lot and from what I hear they fed them well all of the kids ate together and then met new friends good times

While on a trip to Denver to visit family we decided we wanted to do a day of skiing. Loveland makes doing so quite easy and convenient. Located right on I-70 (literally. A tunnel for the highway is actually under the slopes) this ski area is full service, with decent runs, good food, great employees who are friendly and helpful, at a quite fair price.While it certainly isn't Vail or Aspen, it is much easier to visit for a day trip from Denver when in town for business or pleasure. Plus they have a deal where they will outfit you with snow pants, a decent ski jacket with gloves and hat, and boots and skis.Well worth the visit for it's conveience and friendliness.

This year we decided to try Loveland and last weekend we just skied two days there. Our level is most blues and some easy blacks. So we did not go to Loveland Valley but just hang out in the Loveland Basin. We skipped Chair 9 which leads to hard black runs but explored all rest of chairs of Loveland Basin. The snow condition was good on most runs. Chair 1 was busiest but still the waiting time was reasonable. Chair 2 was the second busiest. This makes sense as these two chairs are at the base and everyone needs to take one of them to go up. At the middle of the mountain, Chair 6 can be a little bit of waiting. Overall the waiting was minimal really, in comparison to our Copper Mountain experience. The weather was really cold and windy for most of the two days. That made riding on the chair lift into tops very uncomfortable. The wind condition worsened many runs too, as the ice patches here and there and some runs were icy from the top to the bottom. Sunday afternoon warmed up nicely and we had a great time around Chair 8 with tons of power. That area was somehow sheltered from the wind somewhat. The newly constructed cabin was very beautiful, super warm and had a great new wood smell to it. I really like these two aspects regarding food:1. The new addition to the main building next to the restaurant has really good food. We thoroughly enjoyed the corned beef sandwich and the pork BBQ sandwich. Chilli was very good too (chili is served at all food places). However, all hot food service would stop after 5pm, which made people like us who were waiting for the traffic to clear out before leaving a little annoyed. This was overcame easily the next day by ordering earlier, so no big deal. 2. There is also a microwave available on the second floor next to the picnic style table. That made us happy as we could warm up some food we brought. We kept the food in the car and it was so close from the base to the parking lot that we walked back to the car, changed to comfy shoes, and took food to warm up in the base building. There is a complain about the microwave though---when the working light is off, it would continue making noise as if it was still operating; even when the door was opened to retrieve food, it would still make noise. This made us wonder if we were exposed to the radiation! Overall I only have four minor complains about Loveland Basin Ski area:1. The runs are not as long as those in Copper Mountain. Though if our level can ski Chair 9 runs, that would make a difference. 2. The unloading areas were very steep for most chairlifts. I can do both ski and snowboard but did not ride because I was afraid my snowboard level can not handle the steep exit properly. 3. The trails to and back from Chair 8 were not ideally constructed. It was not only long cat walks at parts of the run, but had ups and downs too. Be mindful of not losing any speed. From Chair 8 there is a black run down the mountain to go through the tunnel to return to the base, but our friend said the condition was bad there and it should be two black diamonds rather than one as marked on the map, so we took the Zippity trail to return to Chair 4 area. 4. One of the runs to the west of Chair 4 is Apollo (Blue) turned into Forest Meadow (Green). Avoid the green section as everyone there, no matter ski or ride, was walking to overcome a flat stretch. Overall, we would love to ski in Loveland again for sure despite these minor complains.

While visiting friends in Denver, we decided to head into the mountains to snowboard. Loveland is only about 45 minutes from the south-west side of Denver so the location is great. We got there (on a Friday morning) and the slopes were relatively empty. We never had to wait in line for any of the lifts and the snow was well groomed.As with any ski area in the mountains, this is much more challenging than the small hills in Ohio, Pennsylvania, or New York. I'll definitely be back!

I was surprised that Loveland hadn't stepped up to providing more services up on the mountain and not just at the base. There was only bathrooms and central areas to sit with a heat source at a couple areas away from the base. Brown baggers rejoice at this, people from out of town, not so much. The skiing was good even though, one local said they hadn't had snow in eleven days and I did ski in the non-groomed terrain and there was a lot of it. The good thing on a Friday there wasn't much of a crowd, so ski to the lift and NO WAITING. The exception of the experience is I bought 10 gallon of gas at Shell to get a 2 tickets for the price of one and since it was FRIDAY(who knew), they wouldn't honor it on Friday. Shell scored on that one. Won't be back anytime soon, more ski resorts to explore in my life time.

Lots of vertical and great snow here. Lift tickets are cheaper than the surrounding resorts. Even a deal for beginners that if you get you lift ticket, rentals and lessons for 3 days it turns into a season pass!Excellent terrain and one of the highest resorts in the west.

My husband and I spent two days here skiing (for the first time) and loved it. My sister (a Denver local) skies here and recommended it. Our instructor, Ben Kimmell, was top notch. Can't wait to come back! (Tip: bring snacks so that you don't have to eat in the cafeteria, and especially if you're vegetarian or vegan.)