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Winter Park Ski Trip 2006
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The middle of the Mary Jane Trail, one of our favorite runs! We'll be hitting this this year.

Well, it's official! Our reservations are made and we are set for our 5th annual Texas Ski Addicts Ski trip to Winter Park, Colorado. All of the relevant information can be found below on this web page including pricing, schedules, fitness information, payment options, and some random other information. Check it out, start exercising, and we'll see you in March!

Trip Information

The Texas Ski Addicts' ski trip for 2006 is a go! This page is meant as an easy way to keep track of the trip information, cost, dates, and schedule. Please email me if anything is wrong here.

We will be skiing from Mar. 11th - Mar. 18th.

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We will be staying at the Zephyr Moutain Lodge in Winter Park.



The lodge is ski in/ski out and is located and is located 110 feet from the Zephyr Ski lift at the Winter Park Base Area (see trail map for more info). They have four outdoor hot tubs that totally kick ass and have a great view of the mountain. There are restaurants, bars, and shops in the complex and we're renting our equipment just downstairs in the same building. You have to be able to ski a blue or blue-black run to ski easily into the lodge, but, we'll take care of that the first day. Otherwise you have walk about 5 minutes uphill from the Winter Park base area, but it isn't too bad. This place totally rocks, we've stayed there before and it is the epitomy of convenience when it comes to ski vacations.

Schedule

The motto from last year was that we can rest when we're dead, so for that reason we will be skiing for 6 days and staying for 7 nights. We tend to hit the mountain hard and fast and explore as much of the terrain as we can in the time we have there. All of us except Michelle will be skiing the whole time. The new people this year will spend the first morning with me getting up to the same level as the rest of the group (free lessons) and, with a little trust and confidence, you'll be on a black run by the end of the first day. With that in mind, here is a schedule for the trip as it stands right now:

  • Sat, Mar 11th - Travel day, meet at Beau Jo's pizza in Idaho Springs, Colorado at 7pm for some yummy mountain pies, good beer, and good company! We're all coming from different places this year, so plan your trip so that we can meet at 7pm MDT. Those of us coming from CA can coordinate our flights so that we can share a car rental for the week.
    • Check in to the Zephyr at 9ish
    • Claim rooms/beds (see below)
    • Go to the grocery for breakfast/lunch items
    • Get *very* rested
  • Sun, Mar 12th - First ski day!
    • Up at 6:30am
    • Breakfast and gear up
    • Pack lunches
    • Get rentals at 8am (I'll pick up lift tickets, since I own skis)
    • Lifts open at 8:30am - I'll be spending the morning with first time skiiers and/or people who want refreshers for basic skiing. Everyone hanging with me that morning will do a blue run by lunch and a black by mid-afternoon, so grow your balls now. :)
    • Meet for lunch at 11:45 at Sunspot at the top of the Zephyr, if we're not all together at that point already.
    • Depending on the progress of the morning group, we'll all meet up and ski the afternoon together, probably over on Mary Jane or Parsenn Bowl. :)
    • Lifts close at 4:00pm
    • HOT TUBS!!!
    • Clean up and go to dinner somewhere yummy (lots of good restaurants in WP)
    • Beer/liquor run
  • Mon, Mar 13th - Second ski day
    • We should be mostly acclimated to the altitude at this point, so we'll start to hit some harder stuff and see how much of the mountain we can cover this year.
  • Tue,Wed,Thu - More hitting the mountain hard - Take a bump class as a group at Mary Jane on Tue.
  • Wed, Mar 15th - Michelle leaves us for cold and rainy Boston. :(
  • Fri, Mar 17th - Last skiing day
    • We usually reserve the last skiing day for hitting our favorite runs from the trip in the morning, then doing some pretty hard stuff in the afternoon. We usually end with a really fast blue-black run to get it all out until next year.
    • Last year, we saved the best restaurant for last, Untamed Steakhouse. We'll probably do the same this year.
    • Party it up, usually involves more hottubbing and large amounts of alcohol.
  • Sat, Mar 18th - Everyone heads home
Prices
We have reserved 2 one bedroom condos at the Zephyr this year. The rooms each have a queen size bed and a queen size pull-out couch that are rumored to be quite comfortable, so there will be four people per room. Based on knowing people, I've already assigned beds/sleeping parters. If someone doesn't like the arrangement, we can alter it to suit people's needs. Here are the total prices and how they break down per person. All prices are figured for 8 people coming.

  • Lodging: 7 nights at the Zephyr Mountain Lodge
  • Lift Tickets
    • 6 days -> $180.00
    • 4 days -> $120.00 (for Michelle)
  • Ski Rentals
    • 6 days -> $198.57

The Breakdown Per Person

Person Nights Staying Days Skiing Lodging Rentals Lift Tickets Total Room # Status
Ari 7 6 $482.21 na $180.00 $662.21 1 PAID
Darla 7 6 $482.21 $198.57 $180.00 $860.78 1 PAID
Chris 7 6 $482.21 na $180.00 $662.21 1 PAID
Andy 7 6 $482.21 $198.57 $180.00 $860.78 1 PAID
Em 7 6 $482.21 $198.57 $180.00 $860.78 2 PAID
Clark 7 6 $482.21 $198.57 $180.00 $860.78 2 PAID
Kuan 7 6 $482.21 $198.57 $180.00 $860.78 2 PAID
Michelle 4 3 $275.55 na $90.00 $365.55 2 PAID
$6,192.46 Total

35% lodging 35% + lift tickets   Total Cost Reservation Numbers
$638.93 $1,358.93 Room 1 $3,141.23 62649
$638.93 $1,268.93 Room 2 $3,051.23 62660
Total Deposit $2,627.86   $6,192.46  

Online Payments to Ari

A few people this year have requested that they be able to pay me by credit card. So, I've set up a credit card payment system using Paypal. It is set up as a donation site in case people want to pay me in installments as they can. This way, you can specify how much you want to pay me. Since there is a 2.9% service charge associated with credit card payments using Paypal, so please add 3% to any amount you want to pay me so that I don't get stuck with the service charge. You can enter the amount you want to pay me into the field below and calculate the amount to pay with service charge. Write it down and fill it in on the following page (there's no way to transfer the amount to paypal's website). So, pay me early, pay me often. As you see above, I've already paid $2,627.86 on the trip, so I could really use some payments now if people can swing it. You are, of course, welcome to pay me directly, I just thought this option would add some convenience.

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Goals and Random Info
We had an incredible time last year and were hitting some pretty intense runs by the end of the trip. This year, we have six whole days to hone our skills. Each run on the mountain takes an average of 10 minutes to ski down, and then an average of 15 minutes to ride back up. That's 25 minutes/run. Winter Park has 134 designated trails and 2,762 acres of skiable terrain. If we ski for 7 hours/day, that's about 17 runs per day. By the end of the trip we can ski 102 runs, that's 76% of the ski area!! So, the bottom line is that we can really kick some butt this year.

It would be really helpful for all those skiing to be in good shape before they come up. It is important to begin training for a ski trip at least 8 weeks before the trip happens. This year, the 8 week line occurs on Jan. 14th, 2006. Running for ~30 minutes, 4 days a week should help a lot. Swimming for the same amount of time is also really good. Rowing is excellent training for skiing because the sports utilize the same muscle groups. Being in good cardiovascular shape will help you acclimate to the altitude and make it so that you are more able to keep up with the group. In addition to cardio, it is a good idea to do strength training. The most important muscles for skiing are your quadriceps. So, lots of squats are important. In addition to that, calf raises, glut exercises and hamstrings are all equally important for balance and control while skiing. It is also very important to have strong abs and back muscles for upright support. Here are some home based ski exercises that will help you a lot if you do them as they specify at least 8 weeks in advance. They helped me a lot last year. Anyway, that is the trip. Let me know if there are any questions and I'll try to answer them.
Please send questions or comments to: Ari Berman
Last Modified: 11/27/2021