Fly Cheap to Denver

Fare alert, fare alert, check out some cheap flights to Denver! I’ve compiled a list of flights to Denver from $98 to $200 from a variety of cities using Airfare Watchdog, and there are even more deals on their website. I am a huge fan of Airfare Watchdog, the airfare experts that find flight deals to or from any airport in the world, post them on their site for you to search and/or send you deal alerts on flights of your choice.

The deals below are current deals as of today, Feb 27th, 2010.  Most of these aren’t advertised and can dissappear at any time, so act fast! Just click on the price to open up the fare details and see how to book.  If you don’t see your departure city below, go to Airfare Watchdog to see if there’s a deal from your city to Denver.

DEALS ON FLIGHTS TO DENVER

Once you book your flight to Denver, contact us to check for availability at a condo or home for your dates. Or better yet, if you’re flexible on your dates, check with us for availability first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

Winter Park Colorado Mountain Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Looking for something to do in to celebrate Mardi Gras?  Well look no further, there is much to do up here in Winter Park, Colorado and this is the perfect time to head to the hills and get away from the February blues.  The snow is falling and we should have around ten inches of new snow by this coming Monday, Feb 8th, if the forecasts are to be believed.  So come check out the Winter Park Mountain Mardi Gras.

Saturday February13

12:00-5:00pm at the Winter Park Village

High Altitude Style! Come join the party in the Village to celebrate this New Orleans tradition Winter Park-style! This event features bands, street performers, festive decorations, food and plenty of beads to go around!

Music (in Starbucks Plaza)

12:00pm-1:00pm:  Louisiana Clan Dogs
1:20pm-2:20pm:  Aden Harrell & Friends Jazz Quartet
2:40pm-3:40pm:  Otones Brass Band
4:00pm-5:00pm:  Dikki Du & The Zydeco Krewe
Performers (throughout the Village)

12:00pm-5:00pm:  Salida Circus Performers (includes flame throwers, jugglers, trapeze artists, jesters & unicyclists)
12:00pm-5:00pm:  Face-Painting and Caricature Drawings
12:00pm-5:00pm:  Children’s Crafts – masks and crowns
1:00pm-3:00pm:  Giant Puppetry
2:00pm-4:00pm:  Ear2Ear Photobooth

Food (in Starbucks Plaza)

Jambalaya, crawfish, etouffee, gumbo, crepes, bread pudding and beignets provided by Village restaurants

FAT Tuesday February 16th

• 6:30-8:30pm – Mardi Gras Parade at Cooper Creek
Square: Come in costume and participate in Fat Tuesday
(Winter Park style) in the shortest, craziest, coldest
Mardi Gras Parade on Earth!
• 9pm – The Grand County Blues Society presents
Trampled Under Foot w/Samantha Fish at Smokin Moes

All of this to be had while trying to get in all the runs at Winter Park and Mary Jane Resorts.

“Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez”

Buying New Skis? Some Sage Advice From Winter Park, CO

Winter Park, Colorado Ski Shops

When it comes to buying skis and snowboards the one piece of advice we have is this: BUY LOCAL or buy from the Lange girl!

Skis are expensive and the general life of a ski is 80-120 days of actual skiing. That’s 6 years if you ski 20 days a year so make sure to get it right.

When purchasing skis there are three very important things to keep in mind:

DEMOS:   What people like in a ski can be very personal and is difficult to tell with just a conversation. When you buy skis at a local ski shop you have the opportunity to demo the skis on the slopes, this way you can know if these are the skis for you. The price of any demo days is usually applied to any ski you purchase.

KNOWLEDGE:   The staff at our local shops love to ski and are passionate about the sport and the equipment.  They sleep, eat,  and breathe this stuff.  Most supplier reps come to the stores that sell their brands and do seminars about their equipment and a lot of times they take the whole staff on mountain to actually try all the new gear out. Last time I was in a big box store with some time to kill the “salesman” actually was reading from the pamphlet dangling from a ski.

PRICE:   As you compare prices think about the price of actually mounting a binding to the ski. If you walk into a shop and ask them to mount a binding to a ski you will pay a ton for it. As I surf the web or kill time waiting for my wife at the mall I look at ski prices and they’re not any cheaper than what we have up here. Generally what they will have is a cheap “fleet ski” (see KNOWLEDGE above).

We here at Winter Park Lodging Company recommend several stores for new ski purchases:

1. Grand Sports
2. Ski Depot
3. Ski Broker

Mr. Ed Raegnor contributed to this Winter Park/Mary Jane blog.

Ski Train is Barreling Back to Winter Park this Winter!

All of you who were full of  sorrow to see the 69 years of the Ski Train come to an end  will be elated to know that the Ski Train is coming back to Winter Park  for the 2009-2010 season. Iowa Pacific Holdings LLC has stepped up with cars and engines to get the train going again. Amtrak will use their employees and manage the train schedules. The train will run starting Dec. 26 and finish on Mar. 28 when it pulls into Union Station for the last time of the season.  We’ll keep you posted when we see what the schedule looks like.  Book your trip and ride the train, just like the old days!

Winter Park Colorado | Five Best Things About Winter Park, Colorado

Winter Park, Colorado

Sitting down at the computer today I seem to have writers block or bloggers block because I had the toughest time figuring out what to write about.  Seems strange,  we try to do ten blogs a week, is that the reason?, because there is so much to do and see here in Winter Park, Colorado.  That got me thinking that I should do a list of what are my favorite things about this place up here in the Rockies. Narrowing it down to five was the hard part because there is really so much to like about this little slice of heaven here .  So here goes my top five things about Winterpark:

1. Winter Park Resort: It’s the reason we moved here and I can’t wait for the snow to fly this year!  November 18th, get it on the calendar – The resorts opening day.
2. Winter Park Mountain Biking: The saying goes you come for the winter but stay for the summer is very true.  Best mountain biking in the world.
3. Winter Park locals.  The people here in East Grand County are just the best.  Friendly and fun and always up for an outdoor adventure.
4. The scenery here in the Colorado Rockies is just amazing.  All year long it never ceases to amaze me at what a beautiful place we live in.
5. Winter Park Lodging Company, might sound cheesy but we have created a pretty cool company and I think most people agree.  Our owners and our customers are generally pleased with the job that we do.

So there is the short list of what gets me jazzed about Winter Park.  Feel free to comment about what are your favorite things about Winterpark!