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