Williams Fork Fire Sunday 08-30 Morning Update Williams Fork Fire Sunday 08-30 Morning Update #WilliamsForkFire @WilliamsForkFire on Instagram Williams Fork Fire Reaches 10 Percent Containment Size: 12,097 acres Containment: 10% Cause: Human caused Location: SW of Fraser, Colorado Total Personnel: 385 personnel Incident Commander: Tony DeMasters Public Information: (970) 445-2910 Media Information: (970) 445-4941 Email: 2020.WilliamsFork@firenet.gov Containment of the Williams Fork Fire is now at 10 percent. The line of containment is near CR 30 along the western edge of the fire extending south to Darling Creek. The additional containment has been accomplished after several days of hard work; including construction of control lines, burning (utilizing aerial and hand ignition), and mop up operations. This has included extinguishing stump holes,... Read More →

Winter Park Resort Opens New 10 Person Gondola: https://www.skyhinews.com/news/breaking-new-gondola-now-officially-open-at-winter-park-resort-with-video/

Sale of Intrawest & Management of Winter Park to Aspen-KSL is Now Final Sale of Winter Park Resort operator gets finalized; 3 resort companies merge to form new, unnamed entity Sale of Winter Park Resort operator gets finalized; 3 resort companies merge to form new, unnamed entity

Just a quick look at the month of July shows that the Number of Sales was even with last year while the Sales Dollars was up 10%. The Average Price was also up by 10%. This is a much better performance than we have seen for the first 6 months. A full copy of the Winter Park Real Estate Year-to-Date Report is available by emailing me at Paul@PaulLewis.net. You can always see all the MLS listings at www.WinterParkRealEstate.NET These statistics were compiled from data from the Grand County Board of Realtors and are deemed reliable but cannot be guaranteed.

Winter Park Real Estate continued to perform poorly in the second quarter of 2015. The Number of Sold Listings was down 9% for the quarter (-12% for the first half of the year) and the Dollar Volume of Sold Listings was down 14% for the quarter (-17% for the first half of the year). Particularly weak was the Residential Sector (Single Family Homes, Duplexes & Townhomes) where the Number of Sold Listings was down 25% from the first half of last year and the Dollar Volume of Sold Listings was down 21%. The only good news here is that the Average Sales Price is up 5%. The Condominium Sector fared better. While the Number of Sold Listings was down 7%... Read More →

Winter Park Ski Resort just announced that they are extending the ski season to April 27. I wonder if that has anything to do with the 10″ we got last night or the 7″ the night before?

My hometown, Fraser, CO, was just named #4 Best Secret Ski Towns of North America by National Geographic Magazine: https://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/trips/best-secret-ski-towns-photos/#close-modal