Winter Park, CO

November 25 - 30, 2008

Come make Thanksgiving memories
with us in snowy Winter Park!

The club’s first trip of the season will launch with the Texas Ski Council at Winter Park, Colorado.  This is one of the better opportunities for younger skiers, with discounted lessons and a higher proportion of kids than on other trips. 

Austin Skiers will be staying at the slope-side Zephyr Mountain Lodge condos, the only ski-in/ski-out accommodation in Winter Park. 

It boasts four outdoor hot tubs, FREE high-speed dataport capabilities in every room, a state-of-the-art fitness room, and secure, heated underground parking.

Winter Park Resort is an “Authentic Colorado” experience with friendly people, 30 + feet of snowfall annually, and 300 + days of bluebird skies a year.  The past four years have been filled with improvements including new chairlifts, restaurant renovations, a five acre addition dedicated to beginners, three new terrain parks, and enhanced terrain including tree-skiing and new trails.  This season the list of improvements continues with the addition of the Panoramic Express, North America’s highest high-speed six-person chairlift offering faster access to over 1,123 acres in Vasquez Cirque, Parsenn Bowl, and Eagle Wind, plus 100 acres of enhanced terrain with two new intermediate trails.  For special occasions such as Thanksgiving, the Zephyr Express chairlift is modified to accommodate 20 gondola cabins for dinner service to The Lodge at Sunspot atop Winter Park Mountain. 

Total ski-able acreage is 3,078 acres which includes 142 designated trails and 1,212 acres of off-piste terrain. 

With more than 30 restaurants, Winter Park has an exceptional variety of dining establishments. For a romantic tête-à-tête, try dinner at a renovated ranch house and stage stop. Take the family out for pizza or take Chinese back to your lodge. Enjoy a great Mexican meal or treat yourself to a mouth watering charbroiled steak. 

Transportation: You will have a Tuesday evening departure from Austin and then bus from Denver – with the obligatory stop at Apple Jack Wine and Spirits to stock up on food and beverages - arriving at our condos that evening.