M-I-L honeymooned in Winter Park in 1956 and here are 2 “brochures”

[plugboots]

So huge downsides to the fact that she never threw anything away…but now, however many months later, my wife found this:

I did a search for a Winter Park sub-form and if it exists, I’ll delete this and post it there.

[skaredshtles]

Holy shit - that place still exists! https://maps.app.goo.gl/k6HVNJWVpWyTjzucA

[skiJ]

Amazing.
A week of skiing - with lodging and meals for fifty bucks !

money was worth more back then -
I could have taken a bus to Montana in 1981, skiing with room and meals for $300.
Too expensive.
I could ski my home hill sixty miles away for $20. - gas, lift ticket, and a bag of M&Ms for lunch.

my father drove to Aspen in 1957 for Spring Break from Madison. All two-lane roads ( I wonder If they skied three days ( six on the road ).

Thanks for the memories... skiJ

[Shaaarrrp]

LOL that is amazing

[gaijin]

My FIL in JP used to take the bus to the resort, take one gondola ride, hike further up, ski down, get a bowl of ramen, bus home... all for a whopping 3$. He brags about this often.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Yep, Timberhouse Lodge is still there. I'm not sure its future honestly. The building is maintained OK but its just kind of limping along. Despite being ski in and mostly ski out in not close or walkabout to anywhere. People now want amenities. And the eat in lodge model has mostly gone away. The owner/operator is a nice enough dude but doesn't really have much of a vision. For sure the land is worth multiples more than the building. Its proximate to the shit plant that serves the ski area so I image that a high density residential enclave is the future.

Winter Park Ski Shop because Winter Park Sports that operated until the last decade of so when the daughter of the original owner reached retirement age. George Engel was an OG badass. Jumped of the train and said this is the place https://snowsportsmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/george-engel/

Yes, Engel Dive is named after him. The legacy of these old timers still holds on a bit, I've got a handful of friends whos parents and grandparents worked at Winter Park.

[skaredshtles]

Yep, Timberhouse Lodge is still there. I'm not sure its future honestly. The building is maintained OK but its just kind of limping along. Despite being ski in and mostly ski out in not close or walkabout to anywhere. People now want amenities. And the eat in lodge model has mostly gone away. The owner/operator is a nice enough dude but doesn't really have much of a vision.

Sounds kinda similar to the Arapahoe Ski Lodge downtown...

[stuckathuntermtn]

It's amazing how much wordier old ads were.
Also, without telling me what else cost $50 at the time, the numbers are kinda meaningless to me, although it's a safe bet to assume the price now is several times more even when adjusted for inflation.

[pfluffenmeister]

When I mentioned the price to my step-dad he said that was about 10 tanks of gas.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Arapahoe Lodge, The Viking, The Woodspur and many other ski lodges. It was cool AF. There was a social element focused on skiing. Mostly family owned. Usually the staff lived on site. They would operate their own van so you could have a true car free vacation without using the bus.

What people want on vacation is different now. Skiing goes more with yatching, golf, all inclusive resort vacations and so on. It used to be a lot more of the camping, fishing, hunting type folks.

Speaking of value. Even in the late 90s, we use to go the the Hot Springs in Pagosa for the Soak and Stay Package. It was quad occupancy with 2 king beds. You'd get lodging, breakfast, lift tix access to the springs for...wait for it...$39. That was a better dirt bag ski bum scene than even Free Ski at CB.

[stuckathuntermtn]

When I mentioned the price to my step-dad he said that was about 10 tanks of gas.

So about $500ish?
Probably be $2,000 now.

[k2skier112]

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[Thaleia]

That illustration on the first one is beautiful. So simplistic yet dripping with style.