Category: Local Info & News

Bowling and Movies in Winter Park, CO Winter Park new movie theatre and bowling alley have arrived and the building looks great.  Offering two movie screens and eight lanes of bowling The Foundry Cinema & Bowl looks to be great addition to Winter Park’s entertainment offerings. The Foundry Cinema and Bowl is not your ...

The Perfect Pre-Mountain Bike Breakfast Looking for that yummy, healthy get out the door fast breakfast to fill you up for your Winter Park Mountain bike ride?  Well, we have the recipe for you. The kids love them and they are oh-so-yummy and filling for you older guys. These are good with maple syrup but out of this world wit...

Carnitas Tacos Are you looking for that perfect meal for the family that slow cooks all day while you are out on the ski slopes? Well, here is one of the best that we here at Winter Park Lodging Company have had this year.  Slow Cooker Carnitas, with 15 minutes of prep time before you head out will result in a delicious meal f...

Colorado Adventure Park Winter Park, Colorado Have you been sledding at the Fraser Tubing Hill recently.  There is a new company over behind the Alco store and they are providing some fancy tubing.  The place is called Colorado Adventure Park it is a great experience for the whole family.  And I mean the whole family...

The Winter Park area is home to multiple, great cross country trails which are “off the beaten path”. If you enjoy spending time outdoors but are looking for solitude that can’t be found at any resort, look no further than the Rendezvous trails. The trails at Rendezvous are not only very accessible, but also offer a wide range of d...

Winter Park Resort Ski Shuttle If you live in the Winter Park/ Fraser area you most likely have heard the uproar about Winter Park Resort discontinuing funding for the Fraser neighborhood service with “The Lift” ski shuttle program.  Winter Park Resort has had a lot of flak thrown its way for withdrawing this funding but truly...

First Season New Owners Grand Lake Lodge Colorado’s Favorite Front Porch is set to open under new owners full time June 6th, 2011.  Last summer the Lodge opened for a short time with limited food and hours as a kind of audition for the new owners.  This season will see the Grand Lake Lodge up and running at full steam ser...

Horse Drawn Sleigh Rides Winter Park, CO Looking for some fun for the kids and the whole family? Devil’s Thumb Ranch is offering guests of Winter Park Lodging Company a 10% discount on their interactive feed sleigh rides at their Cabin Creek Stables. The feed sleigh rides are offered at 10:30 am and 3 pm daily. Reser...

Winter Park Recreation Center Ohhh, the cold has hit us here in Winter Park.  It has been almost too cold to ski, almost.  For the kids though when it dips to the negatives or hoovers around the zero degree mark it may be better to take a day of and let that arctic cold front just move on through. And what to do with that...

Horse Drawn Sleigh Rides in the Colorado Rockies We had a chance to take a sleigh ride here in Winter park a couple of days before Christmas.  What a thrill for the whole family.  Kids, Grandparent and the parents were all a-gag about what a cool experience we had. Our 1400 lb sled was pulled by two 2000 lb horses that we...