Category: Skiing & Snowboarding

Easter Bunny in Winter Park, Colorado The Easter Bunny donned some skis this weekend and made an appearance in Winter Park, Colorado.  There was a few inches of new snow for Mr. Bunny and the wind calmed a bit for him to rip it up over on the Mary Jane side. At the base of the Winter Park Resort was the Wells Fargo Easter Egg ...

Winter Park 2010/2011 Season Ski Pass It is time to get your season ski pass for Winter Park!  As of April 5th prices will go up so get your ticket for fun and freshies all next season.  Ski Colorado and Winter Park are offering a deal that you pay $49.00 down now and the rest isn’t due until next September.  Do not ...

Powder Addiction Skiing on Jones Pass We had day number two with Powder Addiction on Jones pass this week.  It was supposed to be day number four but a good bout of pink eye and an avalanche on US Highway 40 has postponed the other two trips.  The group that went up this time was full of Winter Park locals, a father-son W...

At the intersection of these two quotes is the place where the emotional temperatures rise at the same time as the physical temperatures are falling–where parents find themselves boiling over while their kids are having a meltdown. Because, although the kids may claim the cold doesn’t bother them as they head out the door, we all k...

Winter Park Resort Ski Lessons Day three os teaching the little ones to ski at Winter Park Ski Area went rather well despite the snow and wind.  We headed up to the bunny slopes with the idea that this would be our first day on the lifts.  When we arrived at the resort the snow was blowing and there was no sun to be seen....

Best Ski Runs Winter Park, Colo With all the snow we have been getting here in Winter Park I thought it would be a good time to do a best of or favorites list of runs here at Winter Park/Mary Jane.   There are lots of runs here in Winter Park so this was no easy  matter coming up with a short five. Here is a resort trail ...

Winter Park Resort Ski Rentals and Tune Ups Who knew that a simple ski tune up would make  my day at Winter Park Resort.  I had skied 13 times since the last tuneup and the skis were getting dull and not holding an edge on the crusty stuff or the ice.  I took my Dynastar Legends in to Winter Park Resort Rentals and b...

Pole Creek Moonlight Snowshoe What a great way to spend a Saturday Night: on the links of Pole Creek Golf Club with skis on your feet and the moon lighting the ground below. Pole Creek Golf Club had their first, of hopefully many, moonlight snow shoe and ski events this past Saturday night and the event was fantastic.  Show up...

VS Skiing back on the East Coast vs skiing in Colorado out West??  Is there even a comparison?  I found an article on CBS website about skiing back East vs skiing in the West and I thought it would be a good piece for the Winter Park Lodging Company blog.  I have never skied back East but Sarah, my lovely wife, grew...

Powder Addiction Cat Skiing in Winter Park, CO Winter Park, Colorado has a new skiing operation.  The folks at Grand Adventure, the snowmobile guides and rentals operation, are opening Powder Addiction snow cat skiing tours.  Powder Addiction will offer guided Cat Skiing on Jones Pass in Clear Creek County. Jones Pass is ...