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Yes, helmet. Yes, padding. My son actually had a colorful array of bruises from his first days on a board. Not to scare anyone, but didn't Natasha Richard take her ultimately fatal header on a beginner slope? When I learned to ski (in Steamboat) I...
Oops, sorry. In looking back at my facebook exchanges on this subject it looks like I'm the one who added "exclusive," although it does seem to have been implied by the conversation. I do not know how many they have in their control but I know the...
That's what I heard too. I heard that Moving Mountains had been given the exclusive rental management contract for One Steamboat Place. I'm also staying with Moving Mountains this year but my dates were just too close to the ready-date for most un...
There's actually quite a bit of work involved getting from the properties on the non Bear Claw side to the Gondola. We've always stayed on that side and can tell you getting my 2 little-ish (now 7&9) boys to school was a lot of extra effort for th...
Funny, but I know the group that was awarded the rental management contract earlier this fall.
No group 1/2 day morning lessons are offered for adults or kids. As a family you can take a morning private clinic; expensive for one person but not so much more instead of dailies for 4 people. Adults can take 1/2 day group classes but in the aft...
Thanks, Marlene. I think I knew that, but it's been a while since I've answered privately.
I know you seem to have locked into the morning lesson/afternoon with parents, but the afternoon 1/2 day privates (2.5 or 3 hours) are a bit cheaper since the resort has them at a discount right now (25% off).
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- At 8:46pm on November 27, 2008,
Switchboard Kent said… - Trudy,
James has been busy, just made it under the Opening Day deadline.
Marlene is back, all is good.
Happy Thanksgiving!
sbk
- At 8:30am on November 28, 2008,
Laura Sjoblom (live2ski) said… - Hi Trudy! Yay! The forum's back!
Did you have a good, relaxing Thanksgiving? Ours was good. I worked all day then we went out for a Thanksgiving Buffet dinner. Mmmm...no cooking and no cleanup! I love it! It snowed a bit last night again, but I'm not sure if we'll ski today or not. Not too much is open yet. And I think that there will be a bunch of people out today. Safer to stay in.
Anyway, hope you have a great day!
Laura
- At 4:23pm on November 29, 2008,
Kim (mojomom) said… - Hi, Trudy --
I second Laura's "Yay!" Will take me a while to get used to the new format, but I'm sure I'll like it when I get accustomed to the change. Just wanted to check in and let you know that "Kim Tucker" is the old mojomom. Hope I don't embarrass my local daughter by using my real name. We will be arriving in Steamboat 3 weeks from today for a couple of weeks and my daughter and son-in-law are home with us until tomorrow. It sure takes the bite out of their leaving in the morning when I know I'll see them in less than three weeks! Take care and I hope you, your husband and the boys have a great holiday season!
Kim
- At 3:24am on December 2, 2008,
Boo Boo said… - Hi Trudy.
Fantastic isn't it? The resort must be very happy: because they already had "regulars" before they put the new forum/site up, they are getting a rapid population and fast growing momentum for the new site... Virtually instant popularity :-)
It is great that that our trips are overlapping. By choice we probably would have gone later (loved early february last year and the WInter Carnival), but we need to get back to the UK earlier this year.
Oh wow - sounds like your trip will be amazing. Which of their properties did you go for? Are you going full catered? I think that it will be an experience: something different and very good. You can be dropped off at the bottom of the Thunderhead Lift if you want to too, that would be good. I am sorry that the other groups that you were sharing with cancelled - it would have been fun to share (like a big house party).
We are in Bear Claw again: Bear Claw works out as a very good balance for us. There is something just too attractive about falling out of your condo and into your skis and vice versa at the end of the day :-).
Either 16th or 17th sounds very good (I am looking at a 2.09pm flight out of Hayden on the 18th). Maybe try to get a group together on the 16th, maybe Slopeside? But I am completely open to suggestions: depends what works out well for you and your family.
Great to hear from you and everyone else :-)
Lois
- At 5:06pm on December 4, 2008,
Boo Boo said…
- Trudy. What a cute profile photo (both this one and the last one too). Looks lovely - was it somewhere in Europe? Boo
- At 4:59pm on December 7, 2008,
Boo Boo said…
- Thank you very much - I am sure that you would have made an excellent tour guide. We were in Miami in late September (26th until 28th).
Spending time on boats and in the Keys sounds like an idyllic way to grow-up and to spend quality time together as a family.
It is also wonderful to experience different seasons: as much as I love Spring/Summer, a cold, crisp, sunny, frosty Winter day can make you feel alive (if a little cold...). I really hope that you are able to find a way to continue to go to Steamboat as your boys get older: things like that are just such great life experiences.
Good luck getting all the clothing together for your boys - it must be an annual challenge: kids grow so fast. We have a few ski shops around here - we bought a few "ice breaker" base layer tops today. We visited an indoor "real" snow covered ski slope today too - just to get the feeling of snow under ski again. It isn't brilliant (button lifts too), but it just helps to rebuild some confidence.
Hope that you have a good weekend :-). Boo
- At 8:04pm on December 20, 2008,
Laura Sjoblom (live2ski) said…
- Thanks! Cute, huh? That's Haley - at 2 and a half! skiing down Why Not last Wednesday. It was our first family ski day where we were all on skis! So much fun!!
- At 1:18pm on December 26, 2008,
Boo Boo said…
- Hi Trudy. A bit late, but season's greetings? How are you? How is Christmas going? Are you having a fabulous time with your three boys (i.e. your two little boys and one grown-up boy)? Boo
- At 2:00am on December 28, 2008,
Boo Boo said…
- Not quite in the air - just packing up the last few things for the two hour drive to the airport (London).
Sounds like you have been very busy. Must be a lovely time of year with kids.
I will try to post updates. Let me know when would be good for you for us to meet up: you will just be arriving during our last few days - it will be easier for us to fit around you.
We haven't moved yet, but we are all organised to move: we are waiting to exchange contracts (hopefully fairly early in January) and the buyers want to complete before 5th February. I can't wait to exchange contracts because I can't sign a rental agreement on a house (have found a lovely one) until we do. I am currently praying that the rental house doesn't get snapped up by anyone else... Things will be VERY busy when we get back here (20th January).
Hope that you really enjoy the anticipation of your trip to Steamboat: the planning and the anticipation are both a good part of the fun :-).
- At 9:23pm on January 5, 2009,
Nelson Wingard said… - Yep, I think Laura and Fredrick are great. Drew as well. You've got good taste in coach's.
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To all the guests who were curious about access to and from the Snowflower condos the 13th photo is a shot from the snow through One Steamboat Place to the Snowflower and then a few more steps to the Highmark at Apre ski rd.
Sounds like it is mandatory only in the terrain park and for kids and teens but optional elsewhere and adults. I guess they plan card checks in the lift lines and on the hill? ;)
My interpretation is helmets required for lessons and in the Pipe a...
Thanks for sharing this. I'll bet their working hard to get things done before it starts dumping!
re Marlene's link
seems there is a disconnect bet Intrawest info and what I found at gadling.com which says:
"Intrawest, the company that oversees Tremblant and nine other snow resorts across North America, will require helmets for all teen and ...
Here are some pics of The Cabin - you can check it out for yourself! I have eaten there before I am thought it was pretty good.
I've been to the Cabin once and wasn't impressed, there's better options imho.
..I'm still dithering as it's so hard to decide when we've not been to any yet but if i leave it until we do then i know everywhere will be booked, so all these comments are really useful!
- one place that no one seems to have mentioned here is 'T...
Shannon - GREAT photo tour - thank you so much!
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