Vacant land and Mountain Real estate like here in Winter Park, Colorado is priced right. Vacant land is at or very near a bottom says Builder and Real Estate agent Brad Smith of Real Estate of Winter Park. Buying at or near a low is a great opportunity for those thinking of building their dream retreat in the mountains. People considering [...]

There is lot of stuff happening in Winter Park and the Fraser Valley this weekend. Besides the Winter Carnival celebrating Winter Park Ski Resorts 70^thBirthday dont miss the pre-celebration activities in Cooper Creek Square starting at 3:30 on Saturday, January 23^rd. From 3:30 to 5:30 come meet Bruiser the Rag Dog. Bruiser is brought to life [...]

The new Winter Park based company, Powder Addiction, is officially opened for business! My husband Jamie, aka Ski Boss runs the show so I, luckily, got to join him for his first tour yesterday. It was fabulous! Powder Addictions permitted area is on Jones pass which is accessed past Henderson mine on the south- east side of Berthoud Pass. The terrain is incredible. The snow cat transported us up to 12,500 feet. We had fresh tracks every run. I know that is hard to believe this year since we are all praying for snow but Jones pass actually had 8 inches new on Monday and a few inches on Tuesday. The guides are all avalanche experts and they continuously evaluate the slopes for stability to ensure our safety. Each guest is provided with appropriate avalanche gear, fat powder skis and a hearty lunch from Rudis Deli. We skied chutes, bowls, and glades all untouched fresh powder. The longest run from the top to the bottom is 3000 vertical! It was a taste of big mountain skiing right in our own back yard! If you love skiing the POW POW check out Powder Addiction- I promise you wont be disappointed!

Join usSaturday, January 23, 2010 from 10:00am - 3:00pm for the Grand Openingof the Grand Park Community Recreation Center. They will be offering a $3.00 entry per person during these hours as well as complimentary lemonade and cookies in the lobby. Kids will have a great time with free tattoos and beads in the Playful Penguin child watch [...]

In my last few blogs I talked about how banking/interest started in about 3,000 B.C. by the Sumerians. Now here is interesting info about currency and credit. The Sumerians also started the first form of currency. Not coins nor paper but domestic animals, such as cows, camels and sheep. As the number of countries grew, so did the need for [...]

Dont miss the 27^th Annual Chefs Cup Dinner and Dance on Friday, January 22^nd, at 7pm. Winter Parks finest gourmet talents put on their chefs hats and donate their time to benefit the Winter Park Competition Center Youth Ski and Snowboard Programs. Not only do you get to taste all the culinary creations from 10 to 15 of the finest [...]

Dont miss the 27^th Annual Chefs Cup Dinner and Dance on Friday, January 22^nd, at 7pm.

Winter Parks finest gourmet talents put on their chefs hats and donate their time to benefit the Winter Park Competition Center Youth Ski and Snowboard Programs.

Not only do you get to taste all the culinary creations from 10 to 15 of the finest [...]

A wonderful family tradition of 69 years has been discarded because the two parties involved were not able to negotiate an agreement to continue the operation of the Winter Park Ski Train. On Monday, December 28, 2009 Ed Ellis, President of the Iowa Pacific Railroad, announced that the Ski Train would not operate for the 2009-2010 season. [...]

Oh my goodness if you are one that likes to get outside and have some fun; like most of us that love to be in Grand County do you need to check out geocaching. You can either purchase a pre loaded GPS device which is great for kids or have your own GPS. If you are in Winter Park and want to try this out the Winter Park ski resort rents GPSs [...]

As a 16+ year resident of Winter Park, we semi-locals sometimes have very short memories of how things use to be in Winter Park. The other night, I took my 3 & 4 year old girls to a birthday party in Winter Parks New Base Village. There were people milling-about everywhere, coffee at Starbucks, German Beers, Mexican food, people ice [...]