_7 Bedrooms ~ 8 Baths ~ 9,909 Square Feet ~
~ Ski-In/Ski-Out ~ Wine Cellar ~ Rec Room ~ Hot Tub ~ Theatre ~
A great property for the most discriminating buyer. Offered by Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate at $14,600,000.00
February 28, 2012
Magnificant Bachelor Gulch Listing
_7 Bedrooms ~ 8 Baths ~ 9,909 Square Feet ~
~ Ski-In/Ski-Out ~ Wine Cellar ~ Rec Room ~ Hot Tub ~ Theatre ~
A great property for the most discriminating buyer. Offered by Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate at $14,600,000.00
February 26, 2012
Carve your turns, don't skid!
Owning Real Estate in Vail/Beaver Creek is all about lifestyle. I thought I would pass on a tip from my previous life as a Ski Instructor.
Recently I visited a friend in Stratton Vermont for a long weekend. He had mentioned to me that, "in the east, the snow is harder, so skiers should be stronger, but everyone skids thier turns". With today's new equipment, skis will hold much better, even on eastern hard pack. The key is learning how to balance on an edged ski. When my children were young, it was as simple as saying, "I want to see the bottoms of your skis", when below them on the hill. They didn't think about rolling their foot, (feet) onto the inside edge of the downhill ski. Yes, world cup skiers are so strong that they actually work with both feet on matching edges, but we can really get away with the downhill ski predominately. Just control the inside ski so little things like tips don't cross or the feet don't open too much.
Back on that Vermont hard pack, ski on the edge of the ski and yes you will probably still skid somewhat, but at least it is controlled. Oh yes, I tune every 3 to 4 days on skis, you should too.
February 25, 2012
Back on the Market in Vail.
Located on the Vail Golf Course, this wonderful home just came back on the market. Listed at $5,500,000.00, it is a great option for the buyer looking to spend time in Vail in the Summer as well as skinng in Vail over the winter.
February 6, 2012
Winter Teva games are coming to Vail!
How to Make the Most of This Weekend:
• Take advantage of free events, including TWO CONCERTS, THREE PARTIES and more!
• Be at Golden Peak Saturday night for a mind-blowing spectator event of Teva Best Trick Bike & Tele Big Air
• Partipate in an event that fits your interest, there is something for everyone. Our picks? The snowshoe, nordic, Vail Uphill and 7 Wonders of Vail
• Be as cool as the guy in this photo for the Eddie Bauer Boot Run - bring a team and don your best costume for this less-than-a-mile stretch of obstacles!
• Bring your dog for the 5k snowshoe and watch the Avy Dogs training demo
• Tell all of your friends about this weekend and register for an event TODAY!
Swag & Giveaways
GoPro is offering a FREE GoPro LCD BacPac with the purchase of a HD HERO2 camera. You can score this deal at the GoPro Booth in Gear Town (by Solaris Plaza) or at any participating local retail shops including Vail Sports.
Come by the Teva tent or Vendetta’s to enter to win a prize package of Tevas, GoPros, Zeal Optics, Maui Jims, First Ascent jackets, Thule luggage, and Chipotle gift cards. They'll be giving away 1 prize package per day at 4pm at Vendetta's.
7 Wonders of Vail
Sunday is the new Saturday. You know why? Because you can ride the 7 Back Bowls of Vail and then party like it's 2012 with your fellow Wonder-ers at Mountain Plaza from 2-4pm.
With your registration, you'll receive a ticket to claim a free drink, food and gift at the after party, as well as a chance to win $100 bucks and other prizes (must be present to win). Complete details here.
• Take advantage of free events, including TWO CONCERTS, THREE PARTIES and more!
• Be at Golden Peak Saturday night for a mind-blowing spectator event of Teva Best Trick Bike & Tele Big Air
• Partipate in an event that fits your interest, there is something for everyone. Our picks? The snowshoe, nordic, Vail Uphill and 7 Wonders of Vail
• Be as cool as the guy in this photo for the Eddie Bauer Boot Run - bring a team and don your best costume for this less-than-a-mile stretch of obstacles!
• Bring your dog for the 5k snowshoe and watch the Avy Dogs training demo
• Tell all of your friends about this weekend and register for an event TODAY!
Swag & Giveaways
GoPro is offering a FREE GoPro LCD BacPac with the purchase of a HD HERO2 camera. You can score this deal at the GoPro Booth in Gear Town (by Solaris Plaza) or at any participating local retail shops including Vail Sports.
Come by the Teva tent or Vendetta’s to enter to win a prize package of Tevas, GoPros, Zeal Optics, Maui Jims, First Ascent jackets, Thule luggage, and Chipotle gift cards. They'll be giving away 1 prize package per day at 4pm at Vendetta's.
7 Wonders of Vail
Sunday is the new Saturday. You know why? Because you can ride the 7 Back Bowls of Vail and then party like it's 2012 with your fellow Wonder-ers at Mountain Plaza from 2-4pm.
With your registration, you'll receive a ticket to claim a free drink, food and gift at the after party, as well as a chance to win $100 bucks and other prizes (must be present to win). Complete details here.
January 28, 2012
New snow comes to Vail!
Vail received more than 30" of snow in the past 2 weeks. winter is back! Come to Vail, Buy Vail! www.LandinVail.com
December 26, 2011
The Latest and Greatest From Vail.
Vail Mountain Opens New Cross Country Track at Eagle’s Nest
VAIL, Colo. — Dec. 23, 2011 — Vail Mountain, the largest ski resort in the United States, opened the first ever cross country track at Eagle’s Nest today, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. The 5K track is located at the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola (#19), just west of the Pride Express Lift (#26) overlooking Mount of the Holy Cross.
“This is a great opportunity for us to introduce our guests to the basics of classic track skiing in a stunning environment that offers beautiful views and the Gore Range as a backdrop,” said Joe Schmitt, supervisor of the Vail Mountain Nordic School. “It also offers guests the opportunity to learn the art of cross-country skiing before venturing out on a wilderness tour with the Nordic School.”
The new track offers various cross country routes that include flats suited for beginners as well as rolling terrain for the more experienced skier. It is open to the public free of charge during gondola operating hours and a valid season pass or foot passenger ticket is required to ride the gondola.
The Vail Nordic School offers lessons daily from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and guests can register at the Golden Peak Nordic School desk at 9:30 a.m. to get outfitted for the lesson. Transportation is provided from Golden Peak to Lionshead and the Eagle Bahn Gondola (#19). Lessons are $87 and include all rental equipment. Reservations are not required.
More Activities at Adventure Ridge
In addition to the new cross country track Adventure Ridge at Eagle’s Nest offers tubing, kids’ snowmobiling, bungee trampolines and ski biking Sunday and Monday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the last tubing session beginning at 3:30 p.m. and Tuesday through Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. and into the evening. Ski biking is offered Tuesday through Saturday beginning at 4:45 p.m.
For more information about the cross country track or for lesson reservations, call (970) 754-3210. For more information about Vail Mountain including Adventure Ridge, visit Vail.com or contact the Mountain Information Center at (970) SKI-VAIL (754-8425).
About Vail Mountain
Quickly approaching its 50th anniversary in December 2012 and coveted as the largest ski resort in the United States with more than 5,000 acres of skiable terrain, Vail is an extraordinary winter vacation destination. Spanning seven miles are seven legendary Back Bowls, blanketed last season with more than 40 feet of powder snow. Under blue skies more than 300 days each year and with more groomed terrain than anywhere on the planet, families reconnect and celebrate here from year to year and generation to generation. The vacation experience is world class, from the Vail Ski & Snowboard School to the events, activities and festivals, the shops and spas, abundant culinary experiences and luxurious accommodations. Coupled with the vision inherent in the spirit of Vail’s founders, and a modern day commitment to excellence in all aspects of guest service and operations, Vail can still credibly lay claim to being a resort like nothing on earth. www.LandinVail.com for all things real estate in Vail, Colorado.
VAIL, Colo. — Dec. 23, 2011 — Vail Mountain, the largest ski resort in the United States, opened the first ever cross country track at Eagle’s Nest today, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. The 5K track is located at the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola (#19), just west of the Pride Express Lift (#26) overlooking Mount of the Holy Cross.
“This is a great opportunity for us to introduce our guests to the basics of classic track skiing in a stunning environment that offers beautiful views and the Gore Range as a backdrop,” said Joe Schmitt, supervisor of the Vail Mountain Nordic School. “It also offers guests the opportunity to learn the art of cross-country skiing before venturing out on a wilderness tour with the Nordic School.”
The new track offers various cross country routes that include flats suited for beginners as well as rolling terrain for the more experienced skier. It is open to the public free of charge during gondola operating hours and a valid season pass or foot passenger ticket is required to ride the gondola.
The Vail Nordic School offers lessons daily from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and guests can register at the Golden Peak Nordic School desk at 9:30 a.m. to get outfitted for the lesson. Transportation is provided from Golden Peak to Lionshead and the Eagle Bahn Gondola (#19). Lessons are $87 and include all rental equipment. Reservations are not required.
More Activities at Adventure Ridge
In addition to the new cross country track Adventure Ridge at Eagle’s Nest offers tubing, kids’ snowmobiling, bungee trampolines and ski biking Sunday and Monday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the last tubing session beginning at 3:30 p.m. and Tuesday through Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. and into the evening. Ski biking is offered Tuesday through Saturday beginning at 4:45 p.m.
For more information about the cross country track or for lesson reservations, call (970) 754-3210. For more information about Vail Mountain including Adventure Ridge, visit Vail.com or contact the Mountain Information Center at (970) SKI-VAIL (754-8425).
About Vail Mountain
Quickly approaching its 50th anniversary in December 2012 and coveted as the largest ski resort in the United States with more than 5,000 acres of skiable terrain, Vail is an extraordinary winter vacation destination. Spanning seven miles are seven legendary Back Bowls, blanketed last season with more than 40 feet of powder snow. Under blue skies more than 300 days each year and with more groomed terrain than anywhere on the planet, families reconnect and celebrate here from year to year and generation to generation. The vacation experience is world class, from the Vail Ski & Snowboard School to the events, activities and festivals, the shops and spas, abundant culinary experiences and luxurious accommodations. Coupled with the vision inherent in the spirit of Vail’s founders, and a modern day commitment to excellence in all aspects of guest service and operations, Vail can still credibly lay claim to being a resort like nothing on earth. www.LandinVail.com for all things real estate in Vail, Colorado.
December 21, 2011
Great Music comes to Beaver Creek
From the Vail Daily.
BEAVER CREEK — Somewhere Charlie Brown is smiling.
Virtuoso pianist George Winston takes music you know, like Vince Guaraldi's work with the Charlie Brown episodes and makes it his.
Let's say he Winstonized it.
It often does no good to fiddle with an original composition. Can anyone hear “A Fifth of Beethoven” without becoming physically ill?
But then, by George, Guaraldi's Charlie Brown music is Winstonized and it makes you say, “Yeah, that works.”
Winston plays Thursday night in Beaver Creek at the Vilar Performing Arts Center. It's a delightful way to spend an evening, and it's also a benefit for the local Salvation Army's food bank.
“There's always a local charity, people who get food to people,” Winston said in a telephone interview.
The local Salvation Army gets proceeds from the CD sales at the show.
Winston's voice
It's no small thing to find your voice, and Winston's is distinctive. It's identifiable but not overbearing on his latest album, “Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Vol. 2.” It features Winston's version of compositions by the late jazz pianist, including pieces from the Peanuts television specials.
He repeatedly watched all 16 Peanuts episodes for which Guaraldi wrote the music, carefully dissected all his albums, and Guaraldi's wife loaned him the family tapes. He got to hear eight takes of some things.
When he found “Love Will Come No. 2” he knew he'd found a winner.
It doesn't always work that way.
He tried to Winstonize about 30 Frank Zappa songs. Two worked out.
Vince Guaraldi, Professor Longhair and The Doors all seem to lend themselves to Winstonization.
“I want to do everything they do because I love everything. It works, lives and breathes as a piano solo,” Winston said.
He's making more original music, he said.
“I never considered myself a composer by temperament,” he said.
He was in Ohio when he came across The Doors “Moonlight Drive.” He made his own version.
He has to do things differently than Jim Morrison and Ray Manzerek, the essence of Winstonization. There's no singing, no slide guitar.
TV free zone
Winston grew up in Montana without television. He started playing the organ in 1967 when he heard The Doors. He switched to piano a few years later and came up with a style he calls folk piano to go with the stride piano style popularized by New Orleans pianists.
Eventually, the road and years of practice led him to his voice, his particular sound.
“I think I'm still finding the voice. When I start to think all the pieces are there, something else pops up,” he said.
Forcing your voice can kill it, he said.
“You can nurture it, encourage it,” he said. “You have influences, but your main influence is yourself. You're still filtering everything. You take what you hear and filter it through your own experiences and what's available.
“If you are a painter and all you have is a cave, that's what you'll use,” Winston said.
BEAVER CREEK — Somewhere Charlie Brown is smiling.
Virtuoso pianist George Winston takes music you know, like Vince Guaraldi's work with the Charlie Brown episodes and makes it his.
Let's say he Winstonized it.
It often does no good to fiddle with an original composition. Can anyone hear “A Fifth of Beethoven” without becoming physically ill?
But then, by George, Guaraldi's Charlie Brown music is Winstonized and it makes you say, “Yeah, that works.”
Winston plays Thursday night in Beaver Creek at the Vilar Performing Arts Center. It's a delightful way to spend an evening, and it's also a benefit for the local Salvation Army's food bank.
“There's always a local charity, people who get food to people,” Winston said in a telephone interview.
The local Salvation Army gets proceeds from the CD sales at the show.
Winston's voice
It's no small thing to find your voice, and Winston's is distinctive. It's identifiable but not overbearing on his latest album, “Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Vol. 2.” It features Winston's version of compositions by the late jazz pianist, including pieces from the Peanuts television specials.
He repeatedly watched all 16 Peanuts episodes for which Guaraldi wrote the music, carefully dissected all his albums, and Guaraldi's wife loaned him the family tapes. He got to hear eight takes of some things.
When he found “Love Will Come No. 2” he knew he'd found a winner.
It doesn't always work that way.
He tried to Winstonize about 30 Frank Zappa songs. Two worked out.
Vince Guaraldi, Professor Longhair and The Doors all seem to lend themselves to Winstonization.
“I want to do everything they do because I love everything. It works, lives and breathes as a piano solo,” Winston said.
He's making more original music, he said.
“I never considered myself a composer by temperament,” he said.
He was in Ohio when he came across The Doors “Moonlight Drive.” He made his own version.
He has to do things differently than Jim Morrison and Ray Manzerek, the essence of Winstonization. There's no singing, no slide guitar.
TV free zone
Winston grew up in Montana without television. He started playing the organ in 1967 when he heard The Doors. He switched to piano a few years later and came up with a style he calls folk piano to go with the stride piano style popularized by New Orleans pianists.
Eventually, the road and years of practice led him to his voice, his particular sound.
“I think I'm still finding the voice. When I start to think all the pieces are there, something else pops up,” he said.
Forcing your voice can kill it, he said.
“You can nurture it, encourage it,” he said. “You have influences, but your main influence is yourself. You're still filtering everything. You take what you hear and filter it through your own experiences and what's available.
“If you are a painter and all you have is a cave, that's what you'll use,” Winston said.
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