| When searching for Breckenridge, Colorado | | | | through the woods. Because these trails are |
| lodging, you'll most likely notice the phrase | | | | often too narrow to be groomed by the |
| "ski-in ski-out" used in the description of | | | | resort's snowcats, they may be icy or |
| various accommodations. Realizing the | | | | impassable as a result of deeply drifted |
| incredible lure of these words, property | | | | snow. |
| management companies have begun using them in | | | | |
| the marketing of their resorts, condominiums, | | | | Other accommodations may offer ski-out |
| timeshares and private vacation homes. While | | | | access, but lack a trail system that doesn't |
| the phrase conjures images of a property that | | | | require hiking back up the mountain to return |
| is mere steps from the slopes, where | | | | to your lodging. A true slopeside property |
| chairlift access couldn't be easier, the | | | | should provide direct access to the slopes in |
| reality is that "ski-in ski-out" is being | | | | both directions, allowing access to your |
| adapted to describe properties that are | | | | lodging throughout the day. |
| actually nothing of the sort. | | | | |
| | | | The lesson to take away from this article is |
| Many Breckenridge properties do feature true | | | | simple: When booking accommodations that are |
| slopeside accommodations, however the vast | | | | defined as ski-in ski-out, make sure that you |
| majority describing themselves as such have | | | | know exactly what it is that you are getting. |
| stretched the truth to at least some extent. | | | | Property management companies in |
| This may mean that a condominium hotel sits | | | | Breckenridge may have varying definitions of |
| at the far end of a pedestrian plaza that | | | | ski-in ski-out, and as a result, you should |
| links it with the resort's base area, or it | | | | question your reservationist thoroughly as to |
| could be that you find yourself hiking to the | | | | the actual location of your lodging. |
| nearest chairlift via an ungroomed trail | | | | |