Hello friend,
Welcome to the Wedgewood Lodge, slope-side, next to Snowflake Lift. Snowflake is a one-of-a-kind two-person lift that has a mid-load station and 70-degree turn to put you at Peak 8. It’s personally one of my favorite lifts of all time especially when snow is quietly falling, blanketing the landscape in Colorado’s legendary white powder.
We’re extremely stoked that you have chosen Breckenridge, and even more so that you’re staying with us. We pride ourselves in being a long-standing boutique experience, with studio spaces to three bedroom townhomes. We’re still family-owned and operated and specialize in group travel and weddings. Whether you’re here for the ski season or a summer getaway, we are only a few blocks from Main Street and just a stones throw from the slopes where you can ride and hike.
We renovated in 2023–2024 and within that renovation we decided to customize each and every space with unique historic photographs curated by me (Jules)! The artwork in your unit is unique to you and contains a piece of Breck’s history. In addition, you’ll see some of my own photographs sprinkled throughout the space. Each unit is also named after a run somewhere in Breck’s 3,000+ acres, with the story behind it explained below. Unfortunately, we only have 52 units, so a lot of runs were left unmentioned but we hope that you get to explore as much as you can. At Wedgewood, we love where we live and want to display how far the town has come. Thanks for coming, and enjoy your stay.
How to get to Ptarmigan.
No one really hears about Ptarmigan, but some know North Bowl. This area features wide open turns, a little easier for when your legs are tired. I recommend that only skiers who are comfortable with variable terrain go here, mostly because you have to make it down Imperial Ridge from the Imperial Express SuperChair, or you have to be able to ride the T-Bar. If you want a little more excitement, try to cut over to Boundary Chutes.
Ptarmigan and friends.
Ptarmigan, sometimes known as snow chickens, are really cool birds in the grouse family. Alas, this gallery features bigger animals that hang out at elevation in the Colorado Rockies, starting with the Yellow-Bellied Marmot. You can find marmots everywhere in the summertime, but they prefer to hibernate during the cold months of winter. How many of these guys have you seen around?
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Bighorns Are the Aristocrats of the Mountains: Dignified, fearless, reserved, the bighorn is the most highly valued of all the animals in Rocky Mountain National Park. To the pioneers, it was an abundant source of meat, and dramatic stories of bighorn hunts in the early days are told by old-timers. Then, in the ’seventies, a mite-borne scourge of scabies got into the bighorn population of the Rockies, and the numbers dropped to a point where protection of the remainder was necessary. Original creator: April 26, 1940; Fred Mallery Packard. The Estes Park Trail.
Elk: Close-up view of male elk with antlers in snow-covered field, somewhere in Colorado; remaining herd of elk grazing on foothills behind; photograph attributed to McClure. Original creator: [1900–1920]; McClure, Louis Charles, 1867–1957. Denver Public Library Special Collections, MCC-1647.
Park Visitors Find Marmots Good Photo Subjects: Fred Mallery Packard National Park Service The shrill yelp of the Whistling Marmot has startled many a visitor to the Rockies, who has turned, thinking to see a bird close by, and caught a flash of tawny fur as the prudent mammal dove into its burrow. Fourage, common sense and curiosity. Original creator: April 26, 1940; Fred Mallery Packard. The Estes Park Trail.
American lion, Colorado: Mountain lion lying on grassy terrain, Colorado. Original creator: [1895–1925?]; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley). Denver Public Library Special Collections, P-473.
Black bear inside car.: Along the Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. Original creator: before 1942; Photographed and Copyrighted by Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada.. Internet Archive Python library 1.9.4.
Carl Fulton and a deer outside the Hot Air Mine, near Breckenridge: Carl Fulton stands outside the log-reinforced portal to the Hot Air Mine. He holds the end of a rope looped around the neck of a small deer with antlers. In the background is a large log structure, probably a mill, on the steep hillside. Near Breckenridge, Colorado. Original creator: Circa 1880s-1900s.; McLeod, N.E.. Summit Historical Society Collection. Image created by Breckenridge History, Colorado.