Dining and entertainment are spread over Copper Mountain’s three villages:  The village at Copper, East Village, and Union Creek.  They all light up during the High Alpine Holidays with the long-standing tradition of a spectacular torchlight parade that weaves its way down the mountain to a grand-finale fireworks display.  The Village at Copper sparkles with holiday cheer for the annual event, punctuated with repeat performances by En Fuego on December 20 and January 10.

This year for New Years Eve, Colorado’s premier Disco Mountain band will perform in the Village.  There will be a Disco Dance Contest, Street Performers, Bonfires, a Big Air performance by the Copper Free Ride Team, fireworks and more.  Then January 2-4, 2009, the largest consumer demo in the snowboard world will feature free demos of Burton boards, boots, and bindings.  All will be in readiness for the U.S. Snowboarding Revolution Tour competition as described at copperseries.com.  Families can also take advantage of Kids Night Out, Kids Eat Free, Arcades, Lessons, and Ski Groups.

Copper offers a variety of divided terrain for all levels of skiers and riders.  Beginner slopes are on the western side, intermediate in the center, and expert terrain on the eastern side.  Advanced double black-diamond slopes are located at Copper Bowl, Union bowl, Spaulding Bowl, and Resolution Bowl at 12,000-plus elevation on Copper Peak and Union Peak.  These expert bowls are comparable in difficulty to Breck’s Imperial Bowl.

When measured by area, Copper Mountain Ski Resort is the largest resort in Summit County.  Operated by Intrawest, it extends from a base elevation of 9,712 feet to its summit at 12,313.  There are 2,433 skiable acres including 125 runs accessible through 5 high-speed chairs, 10 chairs, 6 surface lifts, and 1 tubing lift.  Expect fewer lines and shorter wait times everywhere but on the centrally located lifts that service blue and green runs, the Superpipe, and Catalyst, the premier terrain park.

Call Rick Allemang with RE/MAX Properties of the Summit at 970-547-1002 for information about ski properties or real estate in the woods to meet your family’s needs and goals.

West, who lives in real estate in beautiful Breckenridge, along with the best athletes of the modern free ski and snowboard movement will compete in the games.  The Breckenridge Ski Resort and Town of Breckenridge feel privileged to host the amazing talent.  Coverage will be aired by NBC, MTV, MTV2, and USA, ensuring action-packed content for the crowds and fans tuning in to the broadcast.

It will most likely be a fight to the finish as they compete for the Dew Cup and $1.5 million prize purse that will be awarded at the end of a three-stop series.  Other events will be in January and February in West Dover, Vermont and Lake Tahoe, California. 

The incredibly successful AST Dew Tour debuted in 2005 and has been so successful that this inaugural event will kick off Winter AST Dew Tours.  The Summer Dew Tour uses a point system based on cumulative points and the Winter Dew Tour will follow a similar plan.  Participants appreciate that the event is not just a one-day, one-run moment.  It offers the chance find out who is the strongest over the course of an entire season of competition. 

The excitement mounts as the snow industry comes together for events like this.  It is one of the only contests to offer ski and snowboard Slopestyle and Superpipe for both men and women.  Women’s snowboarding has progressed tremendously over the last few years as top female riders push the sport forward.  The professional action-sports athletes will compete in skateboarding (vert and park), BMX (vert, Park, and dirt), freestyle motocross, and each Tour stop will also feature a specialty comp.  Style and technicality are two reigning characteristics of this year’s freeskier bill.

Even as they compete tooth and nail, snowboarders snowboard with friends.  They are quick to encourage one another, congratulate one another, and inspire one another to new tricks.  Friendship is strong and so are these athletes.

Come on out and join the fun.  Key lifestyle elements include Festival Village with video gaming and interactive events and live cutting-edge music.  The Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew, Toyota, Ball Park, Nike 6.0, PlayStation, Wendy’s and Verizon Wireless. 

Call Rick Allemang at 970-547-1002 for information about ski properties to meet your family’s needs.

Real estate in Breckenridge is reaching new standards with the upcoming exclusive One Ski Hill Place at the base of Peak 8, ski-in/ski-out.  Peak 9 offers the fabulous Beaver Run Resort, the Great Divide Lodge, Village at Breckenridge, and Main Street Station right downtown and only steps from the lifts.  

Peak 8, Peak 9, the back bowls, and the T-Bars are open for snowy fun.  Looking form 9,600 feet at fabulous Peak 9, skiers are sprinkled down the slopes.  From Freeway Terrain Pack and the Ski School Learning zone up at about 10,000 feet, folks are mingling and getting going.  A few skiers already made it up to Ten Mile Station at 10,460 feet earlier today and others have free reign at 11,059 feet at the top of Peak 8. 

From Vista Haus you can see the town with snow covered Rocky Mountains forever in the background.  On the Peak 8 Half Pipe, groomers are perfecting the new snow for today’s adventures.  And way up there at 12,141 feet in the high-alpine Horseshoe Bowl, the strong of heart are experiencing what it’s like to be on top of the world.

On every mountain, the impeccable grooming stands out in North American resorts.  There are favorite places and terrain for every skier and rider.  Four terrain parks and three half-pipes are consistently ranked among the world’s best.  Along with 2,358 acres of pure snow-sports excitement, the perfect mountain town also features a lively après-ski scene and lots to do all year round.  The historical mining town boasts top-notch museums, theater, festivals, concerts, unique shopping, fine and casual restaurants, and plenty of interesting people.

Upcoming signature events at the resort include:

• December 18-21, 2008:  Mountain Dew Action Sports Tour
• January 4-9, 2009:  Ullr Fest
• January 20-24, 2009:  International Snow Sculpture championships
• February 21-24, 2009:  Mardi Gras
• April 1-19, 2009:  Spring Massive

Call Rick Allemang at 970-547-1002 to view these special properties or other vacation real estate in Summit County or Park County to meet your family’s budget and goals.