Winter Park Resort will host the 2010 Nature Valley NASTAR National Championship beginning Wednesday, March 25^th through March 28^th. A celebration of alpine racing the event has free concerts, ski race clinics, VIP events and much more. Developed by SKI magazine in the late sixties, NASTAR provides an entry into ski racing and is the [...]

We have just finished The Real Estate of Winter Park Report on Grand County Real Estate Trends - this is a great informational report that outlines the real estate market trends by towns in GrandCounty from 2005-2009. Each page reports the average sales prices, number of sales, average days on market, high and low sales and more for condos, [...]

I was showing homes the other day in Lake Forest, a quaint subdivision that sits on the north shore of Lake Granby, when some unlikely neighbors came to greet us. It was a mama and a baby moose! We got out of the car very slowly and waited for a second to make sure we didn't spook them. Mama moose are notorious for protecting their young by [...]

Remember when Aspen, Vail, Telluride and Breckenridge were basically unknown and poised for growth? Obviously, we all would have invested in them had we just known what was going to happen. Although there are no guarantees in life, Winter Park is now well positioned to be the next ‘hot spot' mountain resort in Colorado. Winter Park has [...]

Check out this greatTrademarklisting! Really special location, overlooking the Faser Riverwith amazing views of thetheski area!! Lessthan a 1/4 mile from the Winter Park Base and theNew Intrawest Village

The new Recreation Center in Winter Park offers an awesome climbing wall. For climbing enthusiasts it is a great way to keep in shape over the winter and test your limits too. Let me tell you that I am surprised at the difficulty of some of the climbs on this wall. It is great! The wall also offers natural features, cracks and a bouldering [...]

The New Year is a time to review production and create new goals for 2010. Here are two Grand County Real Estate Market Share Reports from 2008 and 2009. Real Estate of Winter Park is the ONLY major company that actually INCREASED in just about every category – especially Total Sales and Sales Volume. And most importantly, we're achieveing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]