Whole Foods in Frisco set to Open in June 2014

Whole Foods construction can be seen near Interstate 70 on the 9.4-acre Frisco parcel, which will include five commercial/retail buildings, including Whole Foods, an inline retail building, the gateway building, a wellness building and regional retail building. The Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant will also be part of the market.  Whole Foods Market is estimated to open in June 2014.

Ullr Fest This Week!

Sunday, January 5
Crowning of the Ullr King and Queen:  (6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) – Includes live bluegrass by the Honey Gitters, plus a free beer stein or Viking helmet for the first 400 through the doors. Breckenridge Riverwalk Center, 150 West Adams Ave.  FREE

Monday, January 6
Family Snow Day (3:30 pm. – 5:30 p.m.)   - Bring the kids for Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, Ullr Helmet making, S ’mores over the fire pit and other family friendly activities. Breckenridge Nordic Center on Ski Hill Road. Free

Tuesday, January 7
Ullympics  (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.)  Partake in wild events such as the frying pan toss, group ski racing and ski boot relay.  Email events@gobreck.com to register. Breckenridge Riverwalk Center Lawn, 150 West Adams. FREE

Wednesday, January 8
SYRCL Wild and Scenic Film (5:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m.) – High Country Conservation Center and Continental Divide Land Trust are partnering to bring the film festival to Breckenridge. HCCC and CDLT share complementary missions of resource and land conservation. We are excited to come together to bring the community thought-provoking and beautiful films to inspire involvement and action. Breckenridge Riverwalk Center, 150 West Adams Ave. $15.00

Breck’s Got Talent (Doors open at 6:00 p.m., Show at 6:30 p.m.) – Join local radio station, Always Mountain Time, for a town-wide talent show. For more information or to register contactjohnny@alwaysmountaintime.com. Breckenridge Theatre, 121 South Ridge. $5.00. Advance tickets available at the Breckenridge Welcome Center.

Thursday, January 9
Ullr Parade (4:30 p.m.) – The centerpiece of the week, the Ullr Fest parade showcases Breckenridge’s wild winter fun. Main Street Breckenridge. Don’t miss the World Record Shot Ski Attempt at 4:00 just prior to the parade(click here to sign up for the shot ski). Register for the Parade HERE

Ullr Bonfire (5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.) – Join us for the town bonfire.  Christmas trees are welcome! South Gondola Parking Lot. FREE

Friday, January 10
Comedy Night (7:00 p.m. Doors Open, Show at 8:00 p.m.) – Comedy Works comics descend on Breckenridge for a night of big laughs. Breckenridge Riverwalk Center, 150 West Adams Ave. Admission TBD

Saturday, January 11
2nd Annual Ullr Classic Pond Hockey Tournament (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) – Close out the week with a pond hockey tournament held at the Gold Run Nordic Center, 200 Club House Drive.  Register online  $150 per team and FREE for spectators.

Frisco Adventure Park Tubing Hill Conditions are Great!

The Frisco Adventure Park tubing hill is a great place for kids to be kids and adults to be kids again! The hill features lengthy 1200-foot tubing lanes with lift service up the hill for tubing day or night under the lights. With the evening hours of operation, you can enjoy an hour of tubing, have an adventure after a day of skiing, spend a full afternoon enjoying a beginner ski or snowboard lesson with an hour of tubing, or bring the whole family for a custom adventure!
For additional information, visit http://www.townoffrisco.com/adventure-park/winter/science-of-tubing/

U.S. Grand Prix at Breckenridge

U.S. GRAND PRIX
As the resort hosts an unprecedented second Olympic qualifying event. The FIS Freestyle World Cup, in conjunction with the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix, is bringing World Cup halfpipe and slopestyle action to Breck Jan. 8-12, 2014.Watch as the best athletes from around the globe take on Freeway Terrain Park's superpipe and slopestyle course in an attempt to be named to an Olympic team.  The fourth halfpipe and third slopestyle stop on the 2013-14 FIS Freestyle World Cup tour will be one of the last events held within the qualifying period for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The tour stop for the USSA’s Grand Prix was moved from Northstar California Resort to Breck because of the competition-ready venue already in place. Despite quality snow conditions at Northstar, the region was not getting sufficiently cold temperatures for snowmaking to ensure the huge production of snow required for building a competition halfpipe and slopestyle venue. Breckenridge, meanwhile, recently hosted the Dew Tour Mountain Championships, and the mountain's venue was such that it could handle the addition of an event of this size at short notice.   The event will feature most of the top international slopestyle and halfpipe athletes and will be broadcast on NBC and NBCSN.

QUICK FACTS

- The FIS Freestyle World Cup/Sprint U.S. Grand Prix will move to Breckenridge Jan. 8-12, due to weather issues at the previously scheduled venue Northstar.

- It will be the fourth stop of the year on the FIS Freestyle halfpipe World Cup tour, and third for slopestyle

- Quality facilities are already in place at Breck, which just hosted the Dew Tour Mountain Championships.

- The Breckenridge stop is an International Ski Federation World Cup-sanctioned event, being held in conjunction with the USSA's Sprint US Grand Prix for freeskiing, as well as an Association of Freeskiing Professionals Platinum event

- The Breck event will be the second stop in the U.S. Grand Prix series

Opensnow.com Snow Forecasts for 2014!

Opensnow.com is the future of weather, brought to you with added flair. Most weather information is sensationalistic and overwhelming, but not here. In a fun and witty style so often lacking in weather reporting, they help snow lovers smile and find their perfect mountain experience.  The industry-leading features include handcrafted and personable forecasts, LiveSnow reports direct from the hill, custom snow alerts, and the first “Ask a Weatherman” service available to the public. Plus authenticity is baked in, as the site is run by skiing meteorologists who keep track of their accuracy.

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Peak 6 at Breckenridge Opens for the Holiday Season

Peak 6 at Breckenridge Opened for the Holiday Season.  Here is a photo today of the upper bowl and some of the runs below Peak 6.  The opening of Peak 6 represents one of the biggest and most notable ski area terrain expansions in North America in the past decade, and will be the first at Breck since the Peak 7 expansion in 2002.  Once guests arrive at Peak 6 via the new lifts, Zendo Chair and Kensho SuperChair, they will have access to the above-treeline intermediate and expert terrain that the new expansion will become famous for, enabling guests to “Awaken Their Sixth Sense” on the runs that were recently named via the resort’s crowd sourcing contest.

Eddie Bowers Moves to New SSFRE Gondola Office



Eddie Bowers recently moved to the new Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate Gondola office located at 211 North Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado.  Please stop by for a visit next time you are in town.  The office is conveniently located just steps from the Gondola and we always have coffee, tea or hot chocolate ready!  Hope to see you soon!