Location: Private Homes, Fraser, Winter Park Area, Northwest, Colorado, USA (Winter Park / Fraser)
Accommodations: House, 4 Bedrooms + Den, 5 Baths (Sleeps 8-12)
Welcome to the web home of our new ski lodge right outside of Winter Park, Colorado (in Fraser).
The story is that we are friends from all over, but mostly out of New Orleans. We decided we needed an evacuation shelter, up real high, because we've learned that you just never know. (Hence we are calling it the Cat 5 Lodge, as in Category Five hurricane. Not as in Cat 5 cable, but we got that run all over the house too.)
We have designed and detailed our home full of luxuries for ourselves. Simple but we think important stuff like extra comfortable beds and roomy closets and baths. Broadband access hard-wired into every room, along with an office furnished with a computer and color printer/copier/fax. Yeah, of course wireless everywhere. So if you feel like working on your laptop in the hot tub, knock yourself out - it's huge, with a great view. Plasma TV, surround sound, full cable, kid's separate entertainment room downstairs, plenty of New Orleans CDs! Large main room with great view over the Fraser Valley.
Party kitchen, since they always end up there, cork floor, double oven, feng shui worthy gas range, fridge with water in the door - ice on the floor, one touch automatic fresh ground coffee or cappucino (way way nice). Naturally, expandable dining table, comfy couches, rubber floored mud room for your boots and skis/boards at the front entrance, heated garage, laundry room, even poker chips.
Not so naturally, in-floor radiant heat. Awesome - if you’ve never experienced it, once you’ve gone radiant you can't go back. No extra-dry blown hot air, no big temperature swings or uneven hot and cold spots, and your feet are always warm. Laugh at the snow while you're barefoot and happy.
Oh, yeah! Four Bedrooms - three with queen beds and one with a 2 doubles that can make a king - perfect for the kiddies or young at heart adults. Five full baths, each bedroom has its own, plus there's one on the main floor. Fold out couch downstairs, two roll-away cots, and the upstairs couch is even sleepable, all perfect for the hangers-on friends. We can put 12 people in beds, but, honestly, that would be a very full house. We're set up for four couples, or a family spread into four bedrooms, ideally.
Our home is located in Fraser, CO, three miles down the valley from Winter Park. Fraser is the real town, full of locals and very few tourists. The Safeway and the saloon are just down the hill. And we're on the free shuttle line for the ski area - actually two of the free shuttle lines, so a bus passes every 15 minutes going and coming, and drops you off at the Winter Park base. We're a little less than an hour and 30 minute drive from Denver International Airport.
So if you want to stay in a hotel room, go for it, and have a good time. Winter Park is great. But if you want to stay in a home, your own fridge and kitchen and hot tub and plasma TV and lots of space and furnished, so you can actually relax after a full day on the mountain, we think we've got a great spot. We'd better think that, because it's what we wanted.
Check out our web page, with photos - link below. Also note, we do NOT keep the VRBO calendar updated. The correct and up to date reservation calendar is on our website.
And please call or e-mail us with any questions, or for reservation information.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Air Conditioning: In-Floor Radiant heat everywhere - very nice.
- Washer
- Dryer
- Linens Provided
- Garage: Heated garage
- Covered Parking
- Off Street Parking
- Gas Fireplace
- Beds
- Queen Bed
- Double Bed: Two singles make a double
- Twin/Single Bed
- Convertible Bed: Queen sized pull-out sofa downstairs
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV: Plasma TV
- DVD
- Video Library: We have a few DVDs so far
- CD Player
- Stereo System
- Music Library: We have lots of CDs. New Orleans-centric music!
- Private Hot Tub: Wonderful and huge hot tub in the backyard. Incredible views.
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Ice Maker
- Outdoor Features
- Deck/Patio
- Balcony
- View/Location
- Mountain View: Nearly 180 degree view from our back porch. You can see all the way from the ski area, past Byer's Peak, to Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Communications
- Telephone
- Computer: Color printer/copier/fax.
- Broadband Internet: Wired broadband outlets in every bedroom, and WiFi through the entire lodge.
- WiFi (Wireless Internet)
- Other Amenities
- One touch automatic fresh ground coffee or cappucino, mud room for boots and skis/boards, in-floor radiant heat for warm feet.
- Suitability
- No Pets Allowed
- Kid Friendly: One of the bedrooms is kid-decorated.
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Golf
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Rafting
- Kayaking
- Biking
- Mountain Biking
- Cross Country Skiing
- Downhill/Alpine Skiing
- Snowboarding
- Snowmobiling
- Sledding/Tubing
- Wildlife Viewing
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Rock Climbing
- Cinemas/Movie Theaters
- Other Activities
- Safeway and the saloon are just down the hill, free shuttle line for the ski area every 15 minutes
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
Summer Rate ........... $350/night
9/15/08 - 11/23/08 .... $300/night
11/24/08 - 12/21/08 ... $400/night
12/22/08 - 1/4/09 ..... $650/night
1/5/09 - 4/19/09 ...... $400/night
2/13/09 - 2/16/09 ..... $500/night (President's Day weekend)
3/13/09 - 3/22/09 ..... $500/night (Spring Break)
7th day is free on a full week's rental
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Property Photos
- Our evacuation shelter! - Winter Park, CO Lodging in Fraser
- Living / Kitchen, Dining out of the picture to the right. - Winter Park, CO Lodging in Fraser
- Lunch time in the mountains! - Winter Park, CO Lodging in Fraser
- The NBA's on!
- Bedroom #1
- Bedroom #2
- Bedroom #4
- Full office for your use - computer / printer / fax / broadband internet
- We weren't kidding about Cat 5 cable everywhere.
- The hot tub overlooks the whole valley - sweet!
- 180 degree panorama off our back porch
- View over Fraser Valley at night
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