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Winter Park Ski Train Coming to an End?
Winter Park Ski Train
It is looking like the Winter Park Ski Train is not going to run for it’s 70th season. The agreement between Amtrack, the taxpayer backed National rail line, and Iowa Pacific, owner of the proposed new ski train, has come to an impasse.
The problem as I see it is Amtrack didn’t want to have anything to d...
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Doughnuts in Winter Park, CO
Winter Park Doughnuts
We have heard that Winter Park is getting it’s own doughnut shop. Rumor has it that Ziggy and Barbara, owners of Polservice Cleaning Services, are opening a doughnut shop next to Fontenot’s Cajun Cafe in the Kings Crossing shopping center. Go Ziggy go!! We could use some good hot doughnuts up...
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Best Kid-Friendly Options in Winter Park
Need a break from the little guys for a few hours so you can go out and adventure on your own? Any good traveler knows that the secret to a great vacation is managing your kid’s time wisely, even on a family getaway. In Winter Park, there are plenty of ways to keep kids engaged during the summer and winter months.
We have put toget...
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Ranch House Restaurant at Devils Thumb Ranch | A Review
Ranch House Restaurant @ Devils Thumb Ranch
With the start of the 2009 ski, holiday and lodging season coming upon us, Sarah and I decided to get our beloved babysitter and have a date night without the twins. There was a little debate as where to go but our old haunt the Ranch House Restaurant won out. Actually, we we...
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Snowcat Skiing in Winter Park, Colorado
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 ...
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Greyhound Bus Service Returns to Winter Park, Colorado
Greyhound Bus Service is back serving Grand County and Winter Park, Colorado. Greyhound pulled it’s Grand County Service about five years ago because it wasn’t cost effective. Meaning they weren’t making cash. Well, they are back running a route from Denver to Salt Lake City on US Highway 40 that runs through Winter Par...
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Christmas at Winter Park Resort
Christmas time at Winter Park Resort! There is no way better to spend your holidays in the Colorado Rockies than with family, friends, skiing and enjoying the wonderful outdoors.
The photo to the left is the annual Winter Park Resort Christmas Torchlight Parade. The night begins with Christmas carols at the bonfire at the bas...
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Winter Park Resort To Host 42nd Annual Nastar National Championships
Nastar Championship at Winter Park Resort for 2010
NASTAR ski race owner Bonnier Mountain Group, also publisher of Skiing magazine, SKI magazine, Warren Miller Entertainment and owner of NASTAR, the world’s largest recreational ski and snowboard race program, announced that Winter Park Resort in Winter Park, Colorado, will be the o...
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Winter Park Pub | NFL Football with the Sunday Ticket!
Winter Park Pub
I thought I would help Jeff the owner of the Winter Park Pub get the word out that the Pub has The NFL Sunday Ticket. So all of you Packer, Steelers, Giants, Bears, Browns, Dolphins, Cardinal and I won’t forget Cowboys fans, get your grid iron fill at the Pub. All season long you can find your NFL...
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Winter Park Autumn Events Calendar 2024
The temps are getting cooler, snow sprinkles the mountaintops, and fall is just around the corner here in Winter Park, Colorado. Autumn is a favorite season here in the Rocky Mountains for both locals and tourists alike with the changing of the colors and the cool, crisp mornings and painted sky evenings. It really doesn’t get much...
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