Planning A Trip To Colorado!
Posted in Mountains, Snowboarding, Travel by Pamela | 2 CommentsI stumbled upon some great flight deals to Colorado this winter from my area and things may be working out me! Flights will be booked first but, still debating on the time on which to go. There will be lots of skiing/riding (yes, I’m bringing a skier along), but we also want to do some unguided snowmobiling. This is the part where I’m torn about the amount of snow. Shayboarder was kind enough to give me plenty of tips and info already on some places to stay, in and around Loveland, things that could go wrong and types of riding at each.
Ideally I’d like to stay a few nights in 2 different places, and since we want to do snowmobiling, I’m thinking even Winter Park for 3 nights and then head down and stay around Georgetown, CO to ride Loveland and maybe A-Basin. I think staying the first few nights in a village might be good in case there is a major storm to avoid getting stranded on I-70. I’m sure I’ll wait till it’s closer to the trip to book anything and I’ll be watching the weather closely.
It’s probably going to be around early to mid-January (I just can’t wait till March, and the flight times didn’t work for us). Hopefully booking the tickets Thursday! Then I have a bunch to do: car, lodging, lift tickets, etc. I get some discounts through AASI on car rentals, but I found some awesome deals already. And I’ll be checking out Liftopia.com for discounted tickets, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of deals since it’s still early in the season.
If anyone has some favorite spots or recommends a certain snowmobile rental company, let me know!
SOOO EXCITED 
2 Responses to “Planning A Trip To Colorado!”
October 21st, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Winter Park is kind of close to Grand Lake, which my friend tells me is the snowmobiling capital of the universe. I’m going to try to check it out this winter when I’m up in Winter Park.
My wife is going to live at a hostel in Winter Park for 2 months (I’m jealous just a little). This is where she’s staying… not sure if it’s good or not but it’s a relatively cheap option. http://www.therockymountaininn.com/
October 21st, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Sean – Snowmobiling capital of the world – my bf will be ecstatic! I looked into the inn and for the money, I might as well wait for a deal on a ski/in-ski/out place. There wasn’t a huge difference unless we went down to the dorm style, but since it’s vacation, I’ll splurge a little. If I was staying/working for 2 months that would be in my list.