Beaver Creek Resort is a major U.S. ski resort near Avon, Colorado, run by Vail Resorts. The resort is comprised of three villages, the main Beaver Creek Village, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead to the west. It is the sister resort of Vail, Colorado. Beaver Creek is a regular host of Alpine skiing World Cup events.

Beaver Creek Resort was first envisioned by Peter Seibert, co-founder and former owner of Vail Resort. In the 1970s, Seibert tried to convince the Denver Organizing Committee to hold the 1976 Winter Olympic Games' alpine events at the yet to built ski resort. However, when Denver backed out from holding the Olympic Winter Games, his plans of building the resort collapsed. When Vail Associates was purchased by Harry Bass, oil tycoon of Golaid Oil, he continued with Seibert's dream of building Beaver Creek and during the 1980-1981 ski season, Beaver Creek opened. Bass invested heavily in the resort by building a very costly state of the art European village. However, he didn't calculate the effect that most of the condos that were built would remain empty during the ski season as their new owners didn't need the income of renting them out, causing merchants to back out from opening up new shops. In 1985, Bass sold Beaver Creek and Vail Associates filed for bankruptcy a few years later.

The resort is known for its upscale family-oriented accommodations and great terrain. The town hires extensively from the East Coast, Australia, South America, and Argentina to fill its large seasonal employee rosters. Vail Resorts (formerly Vail Associates) is the corporation that owns Beaver Creek mountain, as well as Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly, and Vail Mountain.

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