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It falls. You go
Also at Aspen/Snowmass, The Merry-Go- outside and play
Round restaurant, situated mid-mountain in it. You become
at Aspen Highlands, is undergoing a major 12 years old again.
remodel to make the building more energy-
efficient as well as enhance guest comfort Pure joy. How else
and food quality. The reopening is scheduled can you explain
for opening day at Aspen Highlands on the ear-to-ear
Dec. 10, 2011. (800-525-6200, aspen- grins that peek out
snowmass.com) from under the
goggles? Perhaps
Winter Park Resort’s “Snowball Express it’s because the
Vacation” package provides a stress-free
snow here is
transportation experience from Chicago to
di erent. It’s light
the Colorado Rockies. It includes round trip
and dry and flu y
coach seats aboard Amtrak’s California
and pure. In a
Zephyr, which offers daily service to Winter
word, it’s perfect.
Park, along with four nights lodging and four
days of lift tickets. The price per person
Daily nonstop
(from $754.27 if booked by Nov. 16) is
jet service from
based on double occupancy with two adults
Chicago to
in a studio unit at the resort’s Founders
Pointe/Fraser Crossing. (800-979-0332, Steamboat on
winterparkresort.com) American Airlines
starting Dec. 15!
Steamboat Resort is installing heated pavers
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throughout Gondola Square base area so
877.267.2628
that guests will no longer need to trudge
through snow and ice as they walk to the
slopes and the Gondola. In addition, the
multi-year Promenade project continues to
make headway, connecting the base area
with Ski Time Square, and includes a new
permanent stage facility in Gondola Square
that plays host to the resort’s free spring
concerts. Steamboat also is creating a new
bar in the Cabin Restaurant at the Steamboat
Grand. The newest après-ski hotspot, just
across from the Gondola Square base area,
has a menu featuring Kennebec Chips with
Sriracha Aioli, the Deconstructed BLT (pork
belly, tomato jam and arugula, charred on
a cedar plank) and Buffalo Carpaccio.
(800-922-2722, steamboat.com)

Loveland Ski Area’s Ptarmigan Roost Cabin,
which sits at the top of Chair 2, is getting
a facelift for 2011/12. The resort will be
adding restrooms – the first on-hill facilities
at Loveland – and restoring the original fire-
place. Additionally, the E-Tow Cabin, between
Chair 2 and Chair 6, is receiving a massive
overhaul including a new interior and an
expanded deck. Further cosmetic upgrades
at Loveland taking place throughout the off-
season will be noticeable to guests at the base
areas of both Loveland Basin and Loveland
Valley. (303-569-3203, skiloveland.com)

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