Grand Park Dog Days Of Winter

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Chris

‘Who Let The Dogs Out?’

A full weekend of International Sled Dog Association sanctioned races will be taking place at Grand Park, this February 16th & 17th.

Watch the incredible display of communication between each musher and his pack as the area’s top teams battle it out in 4, 6 & 8 dog races.

Also, check out the one and two dog skijouring races, where the mushers fly along with the pack on skis rather than sleds. If you really like the look of it, you can even give it a try with your very own BFF (Best Furry Friend) in a free clinic on Saturday. Find out more about the Grand Park Dog Days Of Winter, here.

Did you know that many of our properties are pet friendly? If you are thinking of bringing the whole family on vacation with you this winter, check out our Pet Friendly Properties.

Wine Down Wednesday at Devil’s Thumb

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Chris

Ranch House at Devils Thumb Half Price on all Wine on Wednesday

Looking for a great place to head after spending the day on the slopes at Winter Park Resort? Well, Devils Thumb Ranch is offering half price on all wines on Wednesdays at the Ranch House Restaurant. This even includes wine by the glass.

What a deal, over 400 wines on the list and they are all half price! Also, there is Chef’s Special three course-meal for $40. Not up for a three course meal then the full regular menu is still available.

Treat yourself mid-week! Every Wednesday from 5pm – 9pm, every bottle in the 400+ wine selection is half-price! Includes wine by the glass. And, in addition to the regular menu, enjoy Chef Evan’s special three course menu for $40 per person. Make your reservations: 970-726-5633.

Wine Down Wednesday runs through April 17th of 2013.

Here in Winter Park but not on a Wednesday and wanting to see Devils Thumb? Then head to Heck’s Tavern for the Alpenglow Happy Hour. Sunday thru Thursday 4pm to 6pm Heck’s has great deals on food and drink in one of the coolest settings in all of Grand County.

Check out the Ranch House Restaurant.

Check out Heck’s Tavern.

Snowball Music Festival Lineup

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Chris

SnowBall Music Festival Lineup in Winter Park, CO

A good portion of the musician lineup has been announced for the Snowball Music Festival here in Winter Park, CO. SnowBall will be coming to Grand Park in WP from March 8-10.

This will be the biggest Winter Season music festival ever here in Winter Park and will be one of the biggest music festivals also. SnowBall is a blend of electronic, rock, jazz and dance music. With all the snow we get in Winter Park in March this should be very fun and interesting.

The last twenty bands will be announced Wednesday, January 9.

2013 Snowball Music Lineup so far:

Aeroplane

Big Gigantic

Bonfire Dub

Crizzly w/ Lil Flip

Datsik

Flosstradamus

Gigamesh

Grizmatik

Kendrick Lamar

Orchard Lounge

Porter Robinson

Portugal. The Man

Pretty Lights

RAC

Robert Randolph & The Family Band

Rubblebucket

Run DMT

Shlohmo

STS9

The Floozies

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Twiddle

Zion I

We will keep you updated on the rest of the SnowBall Lineup when it os announced. Stay Tuned!

Buy SnowBall Music Festival Tickets here

Check out the SnowBall Website

See the Previous SnowBall blog

New Technology on Your Winter Park Vacation

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Chris

GPS, iPhone Apps, Ski Tracking – Technology to Simplify your Winter Park Vacation

Winter Park is now all awash in the latest technology to help you get around, track your skiing and tell you where your kids skied on the hill. No vacation is complete anymore with out all the bells and whistles that come with iPhones, iPads and Droids.

The latest and maybe greatest new technology here in Winter Park is the QR Codes that are on the new Winter Park Shuttle maps (see below). Just get a QR code reader app from the APP Store and with a click you have the WP Shuttle on your smart phone. Very cool!

Check out the Winter Park Lodging Company QR Code below.
QRCode

Next for technology here in Winter Park is the Winter Park from Winter Park Resort and RTP | livepass (pictured top). The iPhone and Droid app has GPS mapping, ski run tracking and puts the actual scanned barcode on your phone. Check out all of Winter Park Resorts mobile apps.

Winter Park Ski school is also using GPS technology to track where your child went during his day. During ski school the students wear a Flaik transponder that records the GPS coordinates. At the end of the day the ski school instructor will give you a card with a code so the path that was skied comes up with an interactive Winter Park Resort trail map.

Technology, technology, technology making your visit here to Winter Park Resort a little more convenient and cool so you can impress the young ones.

Winter Park Village New Store Openings

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Chris

Massage and Liquor in the Winter Park Village

There a couple of new stores opening in the Winter Park Village that will be new for this ski season. Alpenglow Massage, which opened this past summer, and Riverside Spirits should both be great additions to the Winter Park Ski Village.

Alpenglow Massage offers a variety of massage services to restore and revitalize sore and tired muscles. After a day of biking, hiking, skiing or snowboarding let Alpenglow Massage bring relaxation into your fun-filled stay.

And if Alpenglow can not ease your aching bones than Riverside Spirits should be able to get the job done. Riverside Spirits, opening this winter, will specialize in Colorado craft brews and artisan distilleries.

“Riverside Spirits is a new Beer, Wine, and Liquor establishment located in the Base Village at Winter Park Resort. We will be a full service liquor store with a heavy influence, 50% plus of our inventory, on Colorado Craft Breweries and Artisan Distilleries.”

RS will provide a vast selection of the highest quality local and regional brews, wines, and spirits that will satisfy the novice to the very experienced consumer, while also carrying the established brands that customers have grown accustomed to.

The Winter Park Village is becoming filled in with openings of new stores every year. It is the place to be in Winter Park with all the luxuries and conveniences that you will need on your Winter Park, Colorado ski vacation. With a liquor shoe, Alpenglow Massage, four restaurants all that you need is right out your door when you stay at one of these Winter Park ski in/out vacation rentals.

Let Winter Park Lodging Company and our EasySki service take the pains out planning your ski trip to Winter Park and Mary Jane with the all the local inside info and best deals on Winter Park lodging, lift tickets and ski rental deals.

Winter Park Resort Ski Hill Improvements 2012/2013

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Chris

Upgrades at Winter Park/Mary Jane 2012

After a sub-par snow year last season at Winter Park and Mary Jane the resort is looking to bounce back this year with above average snowfall and a couple of on hill improvements.

As you can see in the picture to the left there is a some helicopter tree removal going on now to remove some of the pine beetle trees on the Winter Park side of the resort. Rumor has it that there will be more glade skiing on some of the older Winter Park and Mary Jane ski trails. The Outhouse trees on skiers right will be getting a serious thinning out. Making one of the best ski runs in all of Colorado a little bit more accessible for those squeamish about real tight tree skiing. Lat year skiers left of Outhouse was thinned and this year with right side thinned should make Outhouse a blast. Not that it wasn’t perfect before but maybe now it will be a little bit more perfect, if possible.

Winter Park is also installing a tubing hill right at the base of the Winter Park Village running under the red cabriolet, tea cups, that will be a treat for the young ones.

As for improvements at the Winter Park Village base we have Riverside Spirits liquor store opening for this ski season. Look for Riverside Spirits in the Zephyr Mountain Lodging Riverside building where Silver Creek Jewelry was located. Now the Winter Park base area has its own liquor store for all those wanting to skip the bars and head straight to your Winter Park Vacation Lodging Rental after a day on the ski slopes.

Winter Park Ski Area snow history

2011/2012 Winter Park ski area improvements

Alpenglow Massage at the Winter Park Village

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Chris

Winter Park, CO Massage

Spent too much time on the mountain bike trails or at Winter Park/Mary Jane Ski Resort? New in the Village at Winter Park Resort, Alpenglow Massage offers a variety of massage services to restore and revitalize sore and tired muscles. After a day of biking, hiking, skiing or snowboarding let Alpenglow Massage bring relaxation into your fun-filled stay.

Offering massage services right at the base of the Village or In-Room services as well. Give Alpenglow a call to make an appointment at 970.726.2363.

Looking for the ultimate relaxation after a day on the slopes? A swedish or deep tissue massage will take the skiing aches away let you relax on your Winter Park ski vacation.

Alpenglow Website: http://www.alpenglowmassage.com

Alpenglo Massage in the Winter Park Resort Ski Village

105 Parry Peak Way
Ste 200
Winter Park, CO 80482

(970) 726-2363

Winter Park Beer Festival

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Chris

Beer, Music and Views in Winter Park, Colorado

August is here and so is one of the most awaited summer festivals of the year. The 3rd Annual Winter Park Beer Festival comes to Hideaway Park on Saturday, August 11th.

This great annual event in Winter Park offers brews, views and great live music. Unlimited beer tasting from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. with 27 micro brewers on hand sampling their classic hoppy beverages and a few new ones.

The WP Beer Fest is a whole weekend of fun with a Friday Night party: Breckenridge Distillery Kickoff Party at Deno’s. Saturday Night there is the Beer Fest After Party at The Winter Park Pub

Brewers included in the WInter Park Beer Festival:

AC Golden Brewing
Alaskan Brewing
Aspen Brewing
Avery Brewing
Boulder Beer
Breckenridge Brewery
Bristol Brewing Co
Crabtree Brewing
Crazy Mountain Brewery
Del Norte Brewing
Grand Lake Brewing
Grand Teton Brewing
Great Divide Brewing
Kona Brewery
Left Hand Brewing
New Belgium Brewery
Odell Brewing
Oskar Blues Brewery
Palisade Brewery
Renegade Brewing
San Luis Valley Brewing
Sapporo
Sierra Nevada
SKA Brewing
Stone Brewing Co
Strange Brewing Co
The Library Sports Grill & Brewing
Twisted Pine Brewing
Upslope Brewing
Widmer Brothers

The Winter Park Beer Festival also includes a day of live music to liven up the unlimited beer tasting. Headlining this years festival Mike Daughty with Good Old War and the Martin Harley Band preceding.

There are different ticket options for this years festival. General admission includes unlimited bottomless 5 oz. tasting cup – $25 in advance or $30 at the door. There is also the VIP Experience – large glass commemorative stein, separate VIP entrance lines, private beer tasting with a selection of beer in the VIP room and a catered lunch – $65 in advance and $75 at the door. VIP entrance is limited.

The Winter Park Beer Festival has sold out the last two years and this year is expected also, so get your tickets today.

Buy Winter Park Beer Festival Tickets Here

Winter Park Lodging Company and the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce are offering $25.00 for each night stayed in a WP vacation rental per reservation. This can be used at the finer restaurants and shops in Winter Park and the Fraser Valley.

Winter Park Special Events

Winter Park Guide

Winter Park Vacation Rental Properties

Winter Park Blues from the Top Blues Festival

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Chris

10th Annual Blues from the Top Music Festival

2012 brings Winter Park the 10th annual Blues from the Top blues festival. This is a year that you won’t want to miss with one of the best lineups in the ten year Blues Fest run.

The Winter Park Blues Fest is held in Hideaway Park in downtown Winter Park, Colorado. This years dates are June 29th to July 1st, 2012.

The 2012 Winter Park Blues Festival includes twelve of some of the biggest and brightest blues acts in the business.

Winter Park Blues Festival Lineup

Saturday June 30th

Dana Fuchs
Shane Dwight with Bekka Bramlett
Shaun Murphy
Ryan McGarvey
Killborn Alley
The Current

Sunday July 1st

Royal Southern Brotherhood
Ana Popovic
Samantha Fish Band
Eden Brent
The Nighthawks
Delores Scott Gospel

The Blues Festival is a great way to get up to Winter Park and the Fraser Valley and see some of the best blues music today. Hideaway Park is a perfect setting for rocking blues music under the Continental Divide summits.

To buy tickets to the Winter Park Blues from the top show check out Blues from the Top.

Make sure to use Winter Park Lodging Company for the best Winter Park Blues from the Top lodging. WPLCo has some of the best accommodations for summer festivals at Hideaway Park with units that over look the music venue. Check out this great unit in Trailhead lodge that would be the perfect Winter Park Blues from the Top condo.

If you are looking for a weekend away from the city to see a summer music festival you then the Winter Park Blues from the Top blues festival is a perfect show to see.

The Smokehouse BBQ Winter Park, CO

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Chris

Winter Park, CO Restaurants

BBQ Winter Park Colorado

Winter Park has a new restaurant that opened this past weekend. The Smokehouse is located right on US Highway 40 (main street) in the building that housed Pizza Hut until the end of last ski season. Being true to the Smokehouse name all meat served are dry rubbed and slow smoked with natural, untreated applewood.

There are approximately 25 tables in the snazzy redone dinning room and a bar serving beer and wine. Favorites look to be pork ribs, Texas Style Brisket and the pulled pork shoulder. The Smokehouse BBQ is available for dine in , take out with catering options available.

The Smokehouse is open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.

The Smokhouse contact info:

phone 970.722.0227

website www.wpssmokehouse.com