Skied loveland for years with a season pass. We live in Denver so it's the nearest and quickest option to ski - we can drop the kids at school in Denver, be in Loveland in an hour, ski all day and be back to pick them up at 3.30. Perfect.
The lift lines are tiny, so you can get a lift and ski the run back to the lift base to do it all again in 15 min average each time. Peak 8 is generally the last to open and the best. A small old school mountain with no accomodation and a lot of locals. Love it!
Because Loveland ski area is before the tunnel you miss all the hecticness of going over the pass / through the tunnel and then the huge downhill after to A basin or Keystone. Yes loveland is small but it's got a unique feel and unlike nearly everything else its still independent and not part of Vail resorts.