Skiers and snowboarders access the slopes via the Highlands Lift, located behind the lodge, and return using the skiway that swoops through the property. Nearby greens include the Beaver Creek Golf Course, 1 mile from the village, the Vail Golf Course, 8 miles east of the resort, and two courses at Red Sky Ranch, 10 miles west in Wolcott.
Other area recreational activities include snowmobile tours, tubing, bobsledding, dog sledding, guided bird hunting, hiking, biking, rock climbing, llama treks, cattle drives, hot-air ballooning, four-wheel drive tours, and paragliding.
The lodge is a quarter-mile stroll from the village at the 8,100-foot base of Beaver Creek Mountain. The resort features 1,625 acres of skiable terrain with 146 trails: 34 percent beginner, 39 percent intermediate, and 27 percent expert. These are accessible by 14 lifts, including seven high-speed quads. The resort has a vertical rise of 3,340 feet and receives an average annual snowfall of 300 inches, plus an annual average of 300 days of sunshine. Beaver Creek includes the resort areas of Arrowhead and Bachelor Gulch, and a variety of terrain parks such as Park 101, Zoom Room, and Moonshine Terrain Park and Pipe.
Vail, eight miles east, encompasses 5,289 skiable acres with 193 trails on three main areas. Vail-Front Side is 28 percent beginner, 32 percent intermediate, and 40 percent expert. Back Bowls is 13 percent intermediate and 87 percent expert. Blue Sky Basin is 47 percent intermediate and 53 percent expert. The resort, which has a 3,450-foot vertical rise and averages 66 inches of snow each January, has 34 lifts, including one gondola and 14 high-speed quads.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.