Steamboat Ski Resort is a majestic and major ski area in Northwestern Colorado. The Ski Resort is operated by the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation of Steamboat Springs city.
Steamboat Ski Resort is nestled amidst Mount Werner, Park Range at Routt National Forest. The Ski Resort first opened its door to the public on 12th January, 1963.
Steamboat Ski Resort is has 165 named trails, 18 ski lifts and is home to the Mavericks Superpipe snowboarding/skiing, which is one of the premier pipes in the whole of North America.
The season at the ski resort begins on the 24th of November and stretches till 10th April. The ‘Champagne powder’ ski condition is unlike any found in other ski resorts.
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Copper Mountain Ski Resort or Copper Mountain Ski area is a winter palace and one of the best ski holiday destinations in Colorado. It is located in Summit County and opened in late 1972.
Copper Mountain Ski Resort is divided into three villages on the grounds of lodging, dining and entertainment facilities – East Village, The Village at Copper (also called Center Village) and Union Creek. Copper Mountain season begins on November 5th through April 24th.
Copper Mountain elevation from the base is 9,712 feet/2,926 meters and the summit elevation is at 12,313 feet/3,767 meters. Copper Mountain Resort has a total of 22 ski lifts 125 trails, four bowls and one high-speed six pack.Copper Mountain Ski Resort is no doubt a perfect place for a getaway with family or friends with amazing world-class skiing and snowboarding along with many indoor and outdoor recreational activities, food and lodging!
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The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club is coming back with their Annual Winter Carnival 2011 in early February. Celebrating their 98th anniversary this year, the club is gearing up with all the more fun activities, maintaining its age old heritage since 1914.
The whole purpose of this festival is to help the folks overcome their cabin sickness in winter and join the fun and interaction with the entire community through the festival.
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Denver Zoo was found in 1896, Scientific and Cultural Facility District funding the set up partly. Situated at the City Park, Denver, Colorado, USA, the zoo devours a total area of 80 acres of land. The City and County of Denver owns and maintains the zoo. The zoo was elected the most popular paid attraction of Denver metropolitan in the year 2005.
Denver Zoo started with a donated orphan American black bear. It is the first of its kind in USA to opt for naturalistic zoo enclosures and not typical cages for the animals. The bear mountain of the zoo is the first of its kind in the entire USA.
Post the huge environmental and popularity success of constructing the Bear Mountain in the zoo campus, the Primate Panorama was ideated and brought to reality. This space has three segmented parts via which the animals are interchanged in their arrangement of position so that their smells overlie with each other giving the zoo a more original touch of forest like ambience.
Denver Colorado Zoo is recognized by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and is also enrolled with the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
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Winter Park Snow Fest celebrates the winter season with a special winter festival held at the Winter Park Resort in Colorado. The event is also a celebration of one of Winter Park’s most adored and famous gals – Mary Jane.
The winter Park Snow Fest 2011 will be having a birthday bash in honor of Mary Jane along with other festivities like live musical stage performances, a dazzling firework display and lots of enjoyable activities for the entire family!
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Breckenridge Ski Resort is one of North America’s most exquisite and visited Ski Resorts. It is located in Summit County in Colorado near the town of Breckenridge.
The Ski Resort has four peaks with a hundred and fifty-five trails, thirty ski lifts, five terrain parks and 2 half pipes to choose from.
Breckenridge Ski Resort history dates back to December 16, 1961 when it first started operating.Breckenridge Ski Resort is abuzz with activity throughout the winter and summer seasons.
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The Ouray Ice Festival is the biggest international ice climbing festival where expert ice climbers, ice climbing enthusiasts, and gear developing exhibitors gather to experience the thrill of ice-venture at the festival with all the safety measures. The festival is held at the Ice Park at Ouray every year since 1996. The pioneer of ice climbing, Jeff Lowe, promotes the event. The Ice Festival is always scheduled to start on the Thursday and drags till the Sunday before the Martin King Luther Day in January.
The festival span chart many climbing clinics from advanced to beginning, a great opportunity to meet and see some of world’s most renowned ice climbers in action, and check out the latest gears on the art. There are a lot more activities enlisted in the festival like walking on a tight rope across the gorge, the axe throwing competition, and many more such thrilling and adventurous activities. The festival organizers have groomed a special climbing wall for the kids. The festival features film screenings and slide show presentations, and special auctions for climbing gears.
This is a great opportunity to enhance the ice climbing skills and even to get ice climbing lessons for the novice. Some great ice crampons and other ice climbing equipments can be found at the auctions held at the Ice Park during the Ouray Ice Festival.
Directions Ouray Ice Park
The nearest airport to the city of Ouray is Montrose Regional Airport which is 35miles drive away from the town. The Ice Park is at the
southern end of the city where highway 550 begins to climb towards the Red Mountain Pass.
Weather Condition At Ouray
The town is not much humid in climate nature. Days are usually sunny through out the year. Average summer temperatures range between 70’s and 80’s during day and 50’s at night. July afternoons experience drizzles in the town.
The winter temperatures are usually 40’s on the high and higher teens on the low with an average snowfall of 140 niches accompanied with occasional heavy snowstorms.
Ice Festival 2011
Like every year the Ouray Ice Festival is all geared up with excitement and adventure and entertainment on the catalog for 2011 also. The Festival will be inaugurated on 6th January 2011, Thursday.
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Despite the need to save money wherever possible, companies still need to do business. That inevitably means traveling, or having staff that are on the move all the time. Hotels cost a lot, and in a challenging time, firms are looking at ways of reducing costs while not compromising operations. One great way save money is to swap hotels for Denver corporate housing. Denver is a great city to do business and we want to encourage it, which is why we are sharing this money saving tip.
The modern business person can be likened to Romany Gypsies of old. They arrive somewhere, set up camp, sells their goods, break camp and move somewhere else. Swap the camp for a hotel, the caravan for an aircraft, and suddenly we’re in the modern day.
Business travel still plays a significant role in generating new business and boosting client relations. Two essential ingredients of a growing business. However, the recession has seen budgets for travel kept to an absolute minimum. This has left organizations looking for ways to cut the cost of sending their employees on the road, but still enjoy the advantages of business travel.
As hotels are the most costly aspect of business travel, one very effective way to do this is to use corporate apartments. Denver has a multitude of rentals to choose from that are cheaper than hotel rooms and more flexible than rented accommodation. These offer distinct advantages to ensure that the comfort and productivity of the business traveler is not compromised.
The biggest saving is cost. A hotel room for an extended period can work out to be very expensive indeed. Although many of them have reduced their rates, or offer discounts, the cost is still considerable. Renting a corporate apartment will in most cases be much cheaper, and offer a much better quality accommodation for the money.
The other advantage is that of location. Many apartments will be sited near business centers in order to attract the corporate client. They will be near amenities and within a short distance from many of the business districts.
Space and privacy are other considerations. While not at the top of a list of essentials for any organization, it does make a difference to the person staying there. Having more than a cramped room to move around in and not having to have the TV up high to drown out noisy neighbors will only improve their performance.
Finding a corporate apartment in Denver couldn’t be easier. The internet is full of agencies and the newspapers carry advertisements for them too. Most are regulated and offer good quality services for the discerning traveler while combining cost-effectiveness and flexibility. That’s as difficult to do as it is to say.
Hotels are ideal for the short stay. For those staying in our city for longer, the corporate apartment is the ideal solution. It saves money, improves performance and makes sense on every level.
Beaver Creek Ski Resort
Beaver Creek Ski Resort is a sophisticated and luxurious ski area, recognized for its superb services and stylish skiing slopes. It offers its visitors first class stay at five star lodges, with professional ski instructors minus the large crowds.
Being concealed in the rocky mountains of Colorado,the Ski Resort provides its guests privacy.the Ski Resort Beaver Creek has a modern yet cozy ambience, never ceasing to bring the best of everything to make your visit a deluxe one.Safety comes first at Beaver Creek; it has received the National Ski Area Association’s Best Overall Safety Award in 2010.
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Park Meadows Mall is Colorado’s very own premier shopping and entertainment destination. With over 185 exclusive restuarants and retail outlets, it brings together the best Colorado has to offer. It was built to resemble a mountain lodge with its tall and finly crafted wooden ceilings and even has an indoor mountain stream. The Vista belongs to the mall and is part of its open-air outdoor shopping experience.
Park Meadows Mall Restuarants
It has an array of fine dinning restuarants and a foodcourt for quick bites. Some of its popular restuarants include Ben & Jerry’s fine dine, Cajun and grill at the dinning hall, The Cheesecake Factory and Thai Basil resturant. Fast food chains like Taco Bell, Subway and Starbucks are some of the favourites.The Mall’s Vista also offers an outdoor dining experience with restuarants such as the all-American White Chocolate Grill, Italian Brio Tuscan Grille and Miyuki Japanese Sushi Bar to name a few. It is the ultimate food lover’s paradise.
Shops at Park Meadows Mall
Park Meadows Mall has the best collection of clothes ranging from exclusive designer wear to chic casual wear. Some of it’s brands include A/X Armani Exchange, Abercrombie & Finch, The Gap Store and a Macy’s Department store.The Mall also has stores exclusively for assesories, books, sporting goods and home decor. It even has numerous hair saloons like Toni and Guy, a spa for a rejuvinating make- over and Cosmetic shops like The Body Shop. The Mall has its own Childrens’s Department with brands like Abercrombie and Gap kids wear, and Pottery Barn for kids. Park Meadows Mall has an unlimted list of goods to satisfy every customer’s needs.
Mall hours
Park Meadows Mall is open 7 days a week: Monday- Saturday at 10:00am – 9:00pm, Sundays-11:00am -6:00pm.
Parking facilities at Park Meadows
Valet parking is on Thursdays through Saturday from 11am till evening. It has different valet timings depending on its locations- The Dinning Hall and The Vista. Valet parking is charged $7 per vehicle.There is free valet Lexus vehicles courtesy of Kuni Lexus.
Hotels near Park Meadows Mall
There are plenty of hotels available near Park Meadows Mall to choose from. Such as the exclusive suites of the Marriot Towneplace and Hilton Dtc, if luxury is what you have in mind.Other hotels near by include The extended Stay in Lone Tree, Holiday Inn and Quality Inn Hotel to name a few.
Park Meadows Mall Directory
Park Meadows Mall has a vast number of shops and food outlets. The full list of shops and restuarants can be found here.
Park Meadows Mall gives a complete shopping experience and also makes a memorable one. Its warm ambience and outdoor facilities add to its unique flavour. While in South Denver, a visit to Park Meadows Mall is a must.
Contact details
Park Meadows Mall
8401 Park Meadows Center Dr Lone Tree, Colorado
80124-5128 (303) 792-2533
