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Staff was as friendly and helpful as a pit of vipers and the housekeeping left alot to be desired. We found both dirty and bloody towels left in our unit from the people before us, leading us to believe the folded the towels and made up the bed but all the linens were the same as from the folks before us. Truly sickening and disturbing!

• Unit Type: 1 Bedroom
• Activities: Poor
• Amenities: Fair
• Unit Satisfaction: Poor
• Family Friendliness: Poor
• Service: Poor

Our guide's name was Baylor and he was absolute fabulous! He was very patient with me as I have never used a fly rod before, extremely informative, and very helpful. He even took the time to take pictures of my husband and I as we caught our first fish and then one of us together.

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The ride to the top takes about an hour, you can stay and visit at the gift center at the top, make sure to try the altitude donouts they are awesome! Some, like myself, may experience altitude sickness at the top (I mean it's only over 14,000 feet up for heaven's sake) including, dizziness, nausea, and weakness in the legs. After a few minutes you adjust then it's off to adventure the peak. You can take some absolutely beautiful pictures on a clear day. We visited in early June and there was still plenty of snow on the ground for a good snowball fight.

The bridge itself is 1,260 feet long and towers 150 feet high. You can walk across (warning: it's extremely windy in the middle) and see the different areas on the bridge where people have made record bungee and free fall jumps, take the free trolley, or even drive your own car across and have a picnic in the wildlife area on the other side.

While you are there the Incline Train is a must do! he length of the incline is 1,550 feet and is at a 100% grade, 45 degree angle. The rate of descent is at 3mph but it only takes about 5 mintues to reach the bottom. Once at the bottom you can walk out on a platform over the Arkansas River and perhaps get a chance to wave to tourists on the train that rides along the river.

Starting Memorial Day weekend in Northwest Colorado begins the mud season. This is when the snow from mountains tops start to melt off, the streams run full and all the beautiful wild flowers start to bloom.

It also marks the time for all the shops and restaurants to begin opening. Make sure to pick up a copy of the local free paper in Summit County every day. Featured inside is not only a listing of all the local events going on, but every single restaurant running two for one dinners and lunches! We were able to go to some rather exspensive places to dine on this deal and not break our vacation bank. Those not running two for one deals still featured discount coupons in the paper as well. And The Mint, a local restaurant downtown Dillion, ran a special $2.99 night while we were there, including steaks, prime rib, all you can eat salad bar and more!!! The locals all know about it and it was packed, so you want to get there when they first open!

All the shops in Dillion, Frisco and Breckenridge were just starting to open and clean out last seasons inventory and we got some great buys! We purchased a huge painting of a moose walking thru a bunch of aspens, "Walk in the Woods", for 50% the regular price. We also purchased some t-shirts, sweatshirts, beautiful Christmas ornaments, and some jewelry for 75-80% off as well. To top it off every single place we called to take a tour or to hire a guide we were able to go either that very day or the following day and many of the places were also offering discounts.