The T-Bar is new this season at the base of Peak 8, and it’s the spot to loosen your ski boots before heading down the Breck- Connect gondola for dinner in town. Full bar, 10 beers on tap, flatscreen plasmas. You get the idea. breckenridge.com

Everyone who dogsleds with Snow Caps gets to drive the team. But the best part is meeting the company’s 140 Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes on the kennel tour. Retired sled dogs are free for adoption to suitable homes. $70 per person; snowcapssleddogs.com