Mindy Blazer - DNR

Review of Beaver Run Resort

I stayed at the resort for two nights during the m...

I stayed at the resort for two nights during the mud season for a conference. The resort is spread out with several buildings, and not enough parking. There is a central garage, but it's not convenient to some of the buildings. I stayed in Building 4 and had to haul my belongings through a garage, then through a building, over a skywalk, up some stairs, and into Building 4, then into the elevator to my floor then down a couple of long hallways to my room. It was a haul. It appears that other buildings in the resort have similar issues. The resort is very dated think 1980 s and it looks like little has been done to maintain it. Some rooms were being painted on my floor, so maybe they are starting to update? The trade-off was the construction guys took valuable parking spaces, and the paint fumes were annoying. The room itself was dirty. Trash and belongings from a previous occupant were discovered under the bead, and there was a pile of hair, like someone had just pulled it out of their hairbrush, on the counter right next to the drinking glasses. The room hadn t been vacuumed and the commode area was dirty. It was a small suite, but the layout was very odd. The door opened to a closet and a small bedroom, then a pass-through kitchenette, and a roomy living/dining area. The bathroom was separated into a commode closet and a vanity area on one side of the hall, and a huge (a little grungy and dated) tiled jet tub with a shower on the other side of the hallway. The tub room was triangular, with two walls of windows into the rest of the condo/unit and one wall of cheesy, floor-to-ceiling mirror. I got the feeling the large tub was meant to be a sexy selling feature for the room; but there wasn t much sexy about it. The water pressure was bad, and I couldn t get hot water. I would have rather had a decent, working shower, and a larger bedroom. Speaking of the bed, I m an average-height woman, but that bed was so high, I had to practically pole-vault to get into it. In the dining/living area, the dining table and chairs were filthy. The Wi-Fi, although free, was spotty. It was early May in a mountain town and the heat was still kicking on, so the room was way too warm. I couldn t cool it down without opening a window. They did provide a fan, but I didn t bother. The bedroom was too small and there really wasn t a place to set it up. I just slept with no covers at night. The warmth was very uncomfortable; which is ironic, because the conference rooms and exhibitor hallway in the conference area had the A/C blasting, and were freezing (I believe that was Building 1). The conference food was meh. I was an exhibitor in the exhibitor hallway and watched as hotel crews set up a beverage and cookie station when conference-goers were in one of their break-out sessions. Then within a half-hour, before the conference-goers had even left their session, the crew came and removed the beverages and cookie trays which hadn t even been touched. Then about a half hour later, they brought the cookies back. It was the oddest thing. The other exhibitors and I just looked at each other and shrugged. Regarding other aspects of the resort, I did not use the hot tubs and pools in the facilities, nor did I eat in any of the restaurants, so I cannot comment there. On a positive note, the views were breathtaking, and the proximity to the ski slopes is unbeatable. I can see it being very convenient for skiers. I was also told there was a free shuttle to town, which is a nice feature, although I didn t take advantage of it. Breckenridge is such a beautiful town and ski area, the resort has a really great opportunity to be a premier lodging and conference choice, but it misses the mark in many ways.