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March 2024 by Amy
We went out snowshoeing twice in two days with Carrie, and had an absolute blast both times. She's knowledgeable, careful, thoughtful, and funny. She always made sure to match her pace to ours, and was judicious with breaks and making sure everyone in the group was handling the pace and exertion comfortably. She's been bumping around these parts a bit and knows the area really well, so you can be assured you're in good hands if you go out with her. I can't recommend this experience enough, and if you're in Beaver Creek and want to give a different experience a try, be sure and book a tour at the Nordic Sports Center.
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March 2024 by Khristin Seymore
Great Day at McCoy Park. Guide was great!
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February 2024 by david krajcovic
Very over priced for what it is. $61 for daily trail pass is steep for what you get. Telling my wife to get on the chair and look for the trail signs wasn't very helpful. The Vail Nordic Center is a better value and experience overall.
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January 2024 by Stephen Sandlin
Excellent equipment and service. We rented some snowshoes for a day. Insulated boots, snowshoes and poles all came with the package. Nordic Center is located right on the showshoe trail that leads through the golf course, or a quick lift to McCoy Park. Employees help fit us perfectly, showed us the trails on a map, and got us going. Great experience from beginning to end. Thanks!
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January 2024 by Todd Szilagyi
Terrible experience with cross country skiing lessons. We had lessons earlier this month and the trail was in terrible condition. No one said anything to us about these conditions. The trail up on the mountain was closed. Instead we skied at the bottom of the hill on the golf course. kids were sleigh riding, dogs were playing on the track that was not recently groomed. No one at the ski center told us about the terrible conditions. Spent $1000 for the 4 of us to rent equipment and to take lessons. When we returned the equipment spoke to a gentleman at the front desk about the conditions and no response. Like, tough luck.The instructor Nick was awesome! best part of the experience by far. Beware if you book this excursion to ensure the conditions of the track are not filled with sleigh tracks, paw marks and just generally unkept. Again, no one at the Center said the conditions were poor. Very disappointing.
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April 2023 by Zach Davis
My group did a snowshoe tour with Nick. The tour and Nick were both great. Everyone in the Nordic center was very friendly. It feels like a more personal experience than anywhere else in Beaver Creek.
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January 2023 by fordmanf
These folks are top notch!! They had me checked in and fixed up faster than any other place I’ve ever been too. They are awesome!!
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February 2022 by Laura Colban
They closed all of their classic Nordic runs. They don’t have ski tracks for classic skiing at all. Cross country skiers “share” the slopes with green (beginner) alpine (down hill) skiers. Not fun and certainly not safe!!
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March 2021 by Christopher Smits
Super friendly and knowledgeable staff who made for an outstanding snowshoeing experience!
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February 2021 by Lauren Rocco (EatingFTL)
On my recent trip to Colorado I stopped by the Beaver Creek Nordic Sports Center to rent some snowshoe gear for the day. I’ve rented gear from this location many times before, and it’s always been a pleasant experience, but I felt like my recent visit was less than enjoyable. Laurie assisted us, and when I opened the door to the shop she told us to wait outside, she was on the telephone at the time, and it appears that she was the only one in the shop. So we waited outside, and a couple minutes later she comes out and asks us what we need, she seemed a bit frazzled at the time. We let her know that we’re here to rent gear for the day. While sitting outside she has us fill out the paperwork and she brings some hiking shoes for us to try on. Once we tried on boots that fit, she asked for our credit cards, and took them back inside the shop to ring us out. It seemed to be taking a little long, so I thought it might be a good idea to check and see what was going on. When I opened the door to the shop she tells me that my credit card is being declined, and I thought that was strange because I just used it to get a cup of coffee within the last 30 mins and it was working fine at that time. I started to approach the counter because I noticed they have a credit card machine with the chip reader and perhaps she needed to insert my card in there for it to work, and once I do that she puts her hand up and tells me “can you just stand over there”. She then walks to the front of the counter and my credit card works when she inserts the chip.After that she comes outside to give us our receipts and says we’re good to go, and then I ask her to please explain how to put on the snowshoe gear because my mom has never done this before. She did explain the gear and made sure our poles were at the correct height after I asked her to, however as soon as someone else walked up to the shop, she was quickly walking away and I had to raise my voice and say “Wait a second, we would like to use the restroom before we get on the lift can you please give us the code?” The entire interaction with Laurie was very strange. Usually they would give you a map and share their recommendations of where to hike depending on your skills level. I’m not sure if this was stopped due to COVID-19 protocols or if she just forgot to do it. She seemed a bit rushed or perhaps she wants to limit customer interaction as much as possible due to the COVID-19 situation, but whatever the reason I didn’t feel like it was good customer service.I’ve gone on multiple tours and rented gear in the past, and it’s always been great. I understand that with the COVID-19 situation some changes needed to be made (i.e. trying on gear outside, leaving your shoes in bins outside), but if an employee is so fearful of what’s going on that they come across with an attitude, perhaps they shouldn’t be in a customer facing role, there has to be a happy medium. I wish the best for this shop, but definitely feel like they would benefit from having more of a friendly and warm approach, providing excellent customer service at a distance if they want those customers returning. Without customers there will not be a Nordic Center in Beaver Creek, and that would be a real shame because McCoy Park is such a lovely place to explore.
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February 2021 by Markus Cavallo
Went in to ask for a phillips head screw driver for a simple binding repair. Instead of easily offering us this simple service, they sent us 300 yards across the street to find a screwdriver.
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January 2021 by Lauren R.
On my recent trip to Colorado I stopped by the Beaver Creek Nordic Sports Center to rent some snowshoe gear for the day. I've rented gear from this location many times before, and it's always been a pleasant experience, but I felt like my recent visit was less than enjoyable. Laurie assisted us, and when I opened the door to the shop she told us to wait outside, she was on the telephone at the time, and it appears that she was the only one in the shop. So we waited outside, and a couple minutes later she comes out and asks us what we need, she seemed a bit frazzled at the time. We let her know that we're here to rent gear for the day. While sitting outside she has us fill out the paperwork and she brings some hiking shoes for us to try on. Once we tried on boots that fit, she asked for our credit cards, and took them back inside the shop to ring us out. It seemed to be taking a little long, so I thought it might be a good idea to check and see what was going on. When I opened the door to the shop she tells me that my credit card is being declined, and I thought that was strange because I just used it to get a cup of coffee within the last 30 mins and it was working fine at that time. I started to approach the counter because I noticed they have a credit card machine with the chip reader and perhaps she needed to insert my card in there for it to work, and once I do that she puts her hand up and tells me "can you just stand over there". She then walks to the front of the counter and my credit card works when she inserts the chip. After that she comes outside to give us our receipts and says we're good to go, and then I ask her to please explain how to put on the snowshoe gear because my mom has never done this before. She did explain the gear and made sure our poles were at the correct height after I asked her to, however as soon as someone else walked up to the shop, she was quickly walking away and I had to raise my voice and say "Wait a second, we would like to use the restroom before we get on the lift can you please give us the code?" The entire interaction with Laurie was very strange. Usually they would give you a map and share their recommendations of where to hike depending on your skills level. I'm not sure if this was stopped due to COVID-19 protocols or if she just forgot to do it. She seemed a bit rushed or perhaps she wants to limit customer interaction as much as possible due to the COVID-19 situation, but whatever the reason I didn't feel like it was good customer service. I've gone on multiple tours and rented gear in the past, and it's always been great. I understand that with the COVID-19 situation some changes needed to be made (i.e. trying on gear outside, leaving your shoes in bins outside), but if an employee is so fearful of what's going on that they come across with an attitude, perhaps they shouldn't be in a customer facing role, there has to be a happy medium. I wish the best for this shop, but definitely feel like they would benefit from having more of a friendly and warm approach, providing excellent customer service at a distance if they want those customers returning. Without customers there will not be a Nordic Center in Beaver Creek, and that would be a real shame because McCoy Park is such a lovely place to explore.
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January 2021 by James Siebert
Fun snowshoeing trails at Beaver Creek, however trails poorly marked and snowshoeing map not very accurate or to scale. That said still fun.
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January 2020 by Chris Stelly
We rented snow shoes from this location last year and were so impressed we returned this year. Unfortunately they weren't open for the season yet but that didn't stop Nate from outfitting us with some snow shoes and giving us some directions to places we would enjoy (and we did). We'll be back. Over the top service!
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January 2020 by Mike Manchester
Great place to see and visit with the family and friends
