NEW VILLAGE AT WINTER PARK RESORT - UNVEILED

Now operating for its 69th continuous ski season, Winter Park Resort is about to open its new $100 million base village. The oldest resort in Colorado, Winter Park has had a reputation for fantastic skiing and the most consistent snow year after year, but not for a happening village at the base. Most of the bars, restaurants & shops have always been in the town of Winter Park, just a couple of miles down the road. The town itself continues to thrive, but now travellers to Winter Park have the added benefit of a developing village at the base of the resort as well.

Having been bought by Intrawest, millions have been invested to turn Winter Park Resort into a true destination ski area. The new “village at Winter Park Resort” consists of 30,000 square foot of additional shops, restaurants and high end living areas, adjacent to the already popular and only true ski in ski out accommodation of Zephyr Mountain Lodge. Restaurants planned for this year include Cheeky Monkey, a belgian bistro, specialising in Belgian beer, Lime Mexican restaurant and a family Italian eatery. Fuzzywig candy store and a T-shirt shop are just 2 of the new shops added to the village this year. Even a couple of on mountain restaurants have received up grades: Snoasis and the Club Car restaurant at Mary Jane have also had recent face lifts, to improve the on mountain dining experience, so now skiers and boarders have a real choice of cuisine.

A scenic pond sits between the Lodge and the village offering a place of relaxation for guests to sit and enjoy the scenery or try their hand at ice skating in Winter or fishing in the Summer.

The new village cabriolet, an open air gondola, takes skiers from the free car parks to the village and provides a central gathering point in the village. The $5.6 million investment spans 1436 feet and delivers 2800 people an hour capacity. It's due to be completed for opening day – 19 November, 2008. The new lift has the ability to hold guests, their equipment, wheelchairs and even mountain bikes in the Summer. Winter Park Resort plans to buy an extra 200 megawatts of renewable energy credits to operate the new cabriolet lift. A new enclosed parking garage has also been built, for those who don't mind paying to park a little closer.

These new base village developments are in addition to the other on-mountain improvements, which have taken place over the last 5 years. The Super Gauge 6 pack chairlift from the base of Mary Jane replaced the old Summit lift and now skiers speed their way to the top. The new Panoramic Express reaches from Sunnyside to the top of Parsenn bowl and is the highest 6 pack in North America. The new Eagle Wind lift opened up previously difficult to access terrain and is mostly natural terrain with trees and fantastic powder, but mostly black runs. The new glading on Parsenn bowl made the trees runs a little more open and accessible to more people, plus added 2 beautiful new blue runs – Parry's Peak and Forever Eva, which have been extremely popular with guests.

Now with the development of the new village, Winter Park Resort is beginning to become a great place to dine and shop, as well as a place to enjoy the enhanced terrain, faster lifts and ever great snow conditions.

Helen Brown owner of Chalets USA (www.chalets-usa.co.uk), who provide chalet and apartment lodging throughout Colorado, to their UK guests, is excited about the new additions to Winter Park. “The new village will give people a more alpine experience with dining and shopping choices at the base of the mountain”. Due to the development of the village Helen has added a one bedroom (sleeps 2-4) and a 2 bedrooms (sleeps 4-8) ski in ski out apartment at Zephyr Mountain Lodge to her accommodation options for the 2008/9 ski season. “Now our guests have the luxury of ski in, ski out accommodation with some restaurants nearby.”

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