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Stop the Presses. What a Deal. How Can We Do It? A Night Free and It’s This Much Fun? Save The Date. COMING UP THIS SATURDAY
If you’ve never participated in a highway clean-up, you don’t know what your missing. The Antlers is offering a free nights vail lodging if you would like to join us for a couple of hours in the morning to “pick up” our adopted stretch of I70 at the top of Vail Pass.
All you need to do is join us around 9:30 AM on Saturday the 21st of August. We will be transporting all the lucky participants to the promised land, we do our deed, and then enjoy a BBQ lunch afterwords. We have been doing this since 1988 and the party gets better every year. The best part is you get to keep anything of value you might find along the road ( money, tires, sweatshirts, un-opened pop cans, to name just a few things ).
Check out the SPECIALS tab at the top of our web page for the greatest deal in August ever offered.
August 13th-15th only! Get up to 70% off great items like skis, snowboards, goggles, jackets, etc. I got a great deal on some new snowboarding pants from Burton, which I was in dire need of. I would have bought lots more, but my husband told me I couldn’t spend any more money because I already had too much 
There were tons of buckets of beanies, goggles, gloves and base layers. If you are in the valley are are in need of ski gear to get you ready for the winter, I’d hurry to the Lionshead Village (only 150 yards from us at the Antlers at Vail) and start shopping the sales! Most of the retail shops are having a great sale on their apparel too!
They are also GIVING AWAY 2010-2011 Vail/Beaver Creek Ski Pass, gift cards, and much more. The sale begins at 10am on Friday, August 13th and continues through Sunday, August 15th
See you roaming the sidewalks!
Lets go downhill! This weekend Sol Vista resort hosted the mountain bike nationals and what a wild weekend it was. Racing started Friday with Cross country, downhill practice and short track. Saturday started off with Cat 1 downhill race, pro cross country, short track, mountain cross and Super D. I am sure some of you are not familiar with these races so at the end of this blog I will have a description of each event. 
Just camping
My race was on Saturday, downhill cat 1 women. Our course took place on the pro course from last year. This course was so sandy with rock gardens and a few gap jumps. The only focus I had this weekend was hitting the two jumps at the end of the course….25 feet to a 20 foot gap jump. See pics. Well I succeeded, but should have had more goals set like winning my race or getting there on time. I went off what my friend had told me and assumed I started at 2:41 when actually I was at 2:03. Yes, I missed my start time. This is devastating to a downhill racer because this is the only chance you get. Well I learned my lesson and will always check my start time myself. I did however clean the jumps check it out!!
This is the 25 footer!!
Right into the 20 Footer.
Saturday night we all had a relaxing evening watching some mountain cross racing with lots of cerveza . Great way to wind down a busy day of riding bikes. All in all great weekend everyone stepped up there riding and had a outstanding time. Cannot wait to get back on my bike….anyone want to hit keystone this weekend?
As promised bike racing vocab:
There are different classes:
Cat 3 -Beginner 1st time racing
Cat 2- Sport getting faster
Cat 1 -Fast, stepping it up and training for race season.
Pro- top level fastest riders on the course.
Cross country- Bike has less suspension and very light. In a race they ride up and down on mainly single track. Anywhere from 12-24 miles. Objective: Be the first to finish. Must be fit!
Short Track- Also done on a cross country bike. Small loop. Riders pedal around the course for 20min. Objective: to get the most laps.
Downhill- Big bike with lots of suspension. Check out my pics. All racers get start time and are separated by 30 seconds. They ride a course, all downhill with many opsticals, as fast as possible arriving at the bottom. Objective: Best time.
Mountain Cross- Smaller bike used still has supspension. Group of 4 start at top of a track, the track has lots of jumps and turns. Objective: get to bottom first. This is the best event for spectators, lots of crashes.
I just spent almost a week out at Vail (at the Antlers) at the end of June, cycling every day out along the Vail Golf Course- still just a little snow on the mountain peaks and SO GREEN and cool and sunny- thought you would enjoy this picture I took one day cycling! The plus was the Artists Festival that weekend in Lionshead – really interesting art, sculpture and jewelry! See you soon!
SnowWitch
These kids move so fast, they are blurry…
This past week summer has finally been arriving. Sunshine throughout the day and warmer temps. Believe it or not the snow is finally starting to melt. A few of us biked up the Vail Pass bike path this Sunday. Amazing all the ice still on the big lake at the top and the amount of snow up there. The Antlers Vail hotel “Book by June 1st” special is almost ending. Book soon…
Only ice fishing out on that lake
blue sky, white (and brown) snow
When I was growing up, we lived in a house that had an incinerator. I was little and when mom told be to take the trash to the basement and burn it, I was happy to do it. The only cardboard I ever recycled was used for the”Boys Only!” clubhouse we would build in the woods. When I was in high school, I drove a 1969 Ford LTD that weighed more than a blue whale and drank gas at the pace of 9 mpg. I (we) have come a long way baby.
All of us have evolved and managed to break some old habits. We have conditioned ourselves to live differently and now we have a whole set of new habits. When the green movement started, it was one person at a time. Now we are households, schools, communities and businesses.
Of course, there is always room to develop and go to the next level and as it goes here at the Antlers, we are taking the lead. We now have an Environmental Sustainability Coordinator and I’m more than up for the challenge, but I don’t want to do it alone.
We have owners, guests and friends of the Antlers that live all over the world and I would love your input. Give me your thoughts, suggestions, web sites and even your inventions ( I invented the Prius in college and didn’t tell anyone and look what happened. Toyota took all the credit ).
Anyone that gets back to me gets a free cup of coffee from our lobby. Leave a comment or write me at gziccardi@antlersvail.com or, and coming soon, an actual face book account. I look forward to hearing from everyone, even if it’s just to say hello.
Greg
We are pleased to announce the Antlers at Vail is among the list of Platinum Service Award recipients for 2009-2010. Those participating in Destination Experience, the Platinum Service Program (PSP), are evaluated and recognized for outstanding customer service in the Vail Valley.
The Vail Valley Partnership created the Platinum Service Program in 2001 to provide year-to-year customer service measurement tools for improving service to lodging, retail, restaurants and professional services in the Vail Valley. According to the Partnership, the program enables business owners to market their company as an ‘exceptional customer service provider’, a recognition that contributes to a company’s overall revenue and offers additional marketing opportunities.
So once again we welcome you to come stay at the Antlers at Vail, ‘an exceptional customer service provider’. We also thank you for making it so easy to provide exceptional customer service; it is our pleasure.
~ Aisha
This summer it is easier than ever to get to the Antlers at Vail Condominiums. Both American Airlines and United Airlines will serve Eagle Airport, located just 30 minutes from Vail and Beaver Creek Resorts. American Airlines will offer daily service from Dallas/Ft. Worth and NEW Saturday non-stop service from Miami. United Airlines offers three times daily service from Denver. For more information and current flight schedules visit http://www.flyvail.com/.
Labor Day Weekend Sunday, September 5, 2010, at 2:00 PM. Presented by the Marketplace on Meadow Drive Thousands of rubber ducks travel through the heart of Vail on Gore Creek once a year for The Vail Rotary Duck Race! The rubber ducks, whic...
Congratulations to April Ramker, winner of Vail Restaurant Month's "Great Yoga Sweepstakes" sponsored by all of us here at the Antlers at Vail (http://www.antlersvail.com/)! Our karmic winner receives a transcendentally blissful fall packag...
The Lost lake mountain bike trail is one of the top mountain bike trails in Vail Colorado. It is quite a long loop depending on how many "add ons" you do. It is a 3-4 hour 25 mile ride. So bring food and water. You start at the Antlers ...
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