Breckenridge Colorado Winter Activities
The Rocky Mountains provide an endless array of winter activities in Breckenridge, Colorado. While the town is most famous for its world-class Breckenridge Ski Resort, visitors will find that non-ski activities abound as well. With 300-plus inches of snow falling on the surrounding mountain peaks each winter, activities such as snowmobiling, dog sledding, nordic skiing, ice skating, fly fishing, sledding and sleigh rides will keep your party active, while just scratching the surface of all that Breckenridge has to offer. Those looking for a bit “warmer” activities will find phenomenal day spas, shopping and cultural centers. Breckenridge is a snowmobiler’s paradise with an almost unfathomable amount of terrain to explore. Local outfitters provide both guided and unguided snowmobile tours and rental, allowing guests to choose their level of adventure. Breckenridge Snowmobiling provides motorized access to the backcountry glades and bowls that abound in the area, with opportunities for postcard-like photos at nearly every turn of the trail. Adventurous riders may opt for “high adventure” tours where guides will show you how the locals ride, accessing Breckenridge’s deepest powder. Those seeking a bit more seclusion and quiet can appreciate the wilderness via a guided dog sled tour. Dog sledding tours through the middle fork of the Swan River Valley allow you to explore some of Breckenridge’s deepest forests as well as historic mining camps and ghost towns that once populated the area. Dog teams of Siberian huskies are eager to show you these places as they swiftly plod through the pines and aspens over rolling backcountry terrain. The Breckenridge area is home to amazing nordic skiing opportunities, a favorite local activity. Take in one of three local nordic centers, or break your own trail on an excursion into the backcountry. The Army’s 10th mountain division maintains several backcountry huts throughout the area that can be rented by the night or the week, providing a base of operations for your skiing excursion of choice. Take in one of Breckenridge’s three local ice rinks for a morning or afternoon of skating with your family in a winter wonderland. The Stephen C. West Ice Arena offers 2 NHL sized ice surfaces and hosts open skating daily. Maggie Pond, located in the Peak 9 base area, offers outdoor skating opportunities with phenomenal views of the Ten Mile Range and Bald Mountain. Skate rentals are available at both locations for skaters who haven’t brought their own equipment along. Winter doesn’t mean the end of fly fishing season in the Breckenridge high country. The area is home to several gold medal rivers, streams and lakes where highly skilled guides can hook you up with trophy sized fish. Those brave enough to endure the chilly winter temperatures will find uncrowded fishing grounds, surrounded by amphitheaters of rugged snowcapped peaks. Massive, hungry trout are waiting to take your fly on almost every cast, with expert guides placing you in prime position to catch them. Families looking for adventurous sledding options will find that the Breckenridge area offers several. While the Breckenridge Ski Resort does not offer and on-mountain tubing hill, its nearby sister resort does. Tubing at Keystone resort takes place in both the day and night time hours, meaning a tubing adventure doesn’t have to cut into your ski day. The town of Breckenridge is home to Carter Park, a walk-up slide-down sledding hill with a generous slope and a long out run. Bring your own sled or pick one up at a local supermarket. This public park provides sledding free of charge while Keystone Resort charges for its hill. Finally, dinner sleigh rides provide an evening event for the entire family, with hand build Santa-style sleighs and powerful Belgian draft horses. Sleigh rides take place on either Breckenridge’s Jack Nicklaus designed golf course, or through the wilderness of the Swan River Valley, with a star filled sky overhead lighting the way. Hearty meals are served in lodges warmed by roaring fires and charming local mountain hospitality. Whether you’re an expert skier or a novice who’s just learning to link turns, be sure you take in more than just the ski area when visiting Breckenridge. The area’s winter activities are unsurpassed, with multiple opportunities to enjoy Colorado’s famous champagne powder. Whether you’re traveling with friends, family a corporate group or by yourself, be sure to check out the activities offered near your Breckenridge lodging property of choice.
Secure Your Love For Your Dog With Dog Pet Insurance
Canines are the most popular animals reared as pets across the world. The canines apart from being the most loved animals also pose threat in unfriendly environments. Normally these are the bigger and ferocious dogs. They are blamed for the most dog bite attacks in the country on newscasts. Most home owner associations have gone as far as to ban specific breeds in their neighborhoods. There are some associations who have not banned specific breeds and they demand a purchase dog liability pet insurance from the owner. The homeowners insurance will generally not cover dogs, so it is required that owners should have a liable Dog Pet Insurance demanding those
issues separately covered.Attributes of a Good Dog Pet Insurance
Dogs when put in alien situation or provoked by strangers could attack them and hence are a potential threat when not in their own backyard. The feeling of insecurity adds to their getting aggressive. As has been reported and widely understood fact that most of dog bites occurred when in someway the canine was threatened by someone or felt threatened in an alien situation. So it is advised to most dog owners that they purchase a Dog Pet Insurance. Even the calmest dog sometimes faces some trigger and may behave in a weird way. Most Insurance companies judge a dog by the conditions and training given to the dog rather than by its breed. So they have different plans.Knowledge is Power!
The resident’s associations should conduct seminars on the risks of owning ferocious breeds of dogs, and how to rear them if you own one. Help could be sought from veterinary doctors to guide the general public of dos and don’ts while keeping/owning a pet like dogs. The insurance companies have floated various insurance policies for the pets like dogs and cats not only to insure the pet but also to cover any claim for a dog bite. Since the treatment of a dog bite could be huge with even the doctor’s consulting fee amounting to few hundred dollars, the owner gets sued for the cost of the entire treatment. This enigmatic problem was acknowledged by the insurance companies and thus came the concept of dog pet insurance. Getting insurance does not mean that the pet owner should neglect his responsibility towards the society. He needs to take the entire safeguard to protect the pet and others from pet’s attack. The treatment of dogs, if they get sick also cost a fortune and hence the insurance of the dog could enable you not to put a strain on your monthly resources. Pet insurance is an noble idea for all, pets, pet owners and the general public/society.
There is a list of dogs that have been listed as dangerous breeds in certain areas. These breed are: Siberian Huskies, Rotweilers, German Shepherds, Pit Bulls, Doberman Pinchers, Chow Chows, Alaskan Malamutes, Wolf-Hybrids, Great Danes, Akitas, Persa Canarios and Boxers. It is found during a research that small dogs attack more people than the bigger ones. Though pet owners take steps to ensure no such incident happens but an insurance plan covers the risk of any unexpected incident.
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Strap on your seatbelts people we going for a RIDE!(offline!)
As I completed my 30 day training program from my friend Stone Evans, I sat silently as he advised me to do for 10 or so minutes a day and think of my goals and relax. I continued to ponder different unique ways to market my business. I always went back to what he had said about coming up with my own ideas and implementing them into my strategies. And I did, in a BIG risky way. I don’t know if it has been done before but I’ll tell you this if it has I haven’t seen it published.
The concept hit me by surprise! One day I went on a Sunday after noon (beautiful day)72 degrees sunny breezy and just plain gorgeous for New Orleans weather! Uncommon for late September. I parked my truck in the shade and cleaned inside and armor all, wipe down, you know the routine. Then a li’l wax job. I was alone with the exception of my daughters 10 week old beautiful Siberian husky puppy, on a rope tied to my trailer hitch. Well this dog was a people magnet everyone that passed wanted to see it, pet it, hold it, and asked questions about it. Which immediately brought back memories of when I was young, myself and a friend would go to Florida every weekend, leave on Friday and stay till Sunday. We had Labrador puppies and soon found they were girl magnets, so as single guys we brought the puppies as conversation starters and the results were amazing. If we were without the dogs we talked to only a few people a day, when the dogs were present we talked constantly to people wanting to look at them and not us. Not that we were ugly or scary looking, but just normal guys at the beach.
Before I left the lake and I called a friend who lived nearby that I hadn’t talked to in several weeks so I thought I’d call n see if he was home and id swing by and talk to him. He is in the real estate business and is doing very well for himself he has a beautiful home by the lake. I got in touch with him and to my surprise he was about a mile away on the lake, doing what I was doing cleaning and waxing one of his cars. I drove that mile and met him, as we hung out and sat by the car everyone stopped to ask about the puppy and they would ask about the car as well. We actually had to walk out to the water to get away from the car and take the puppy with us so that we could actually get a few words in because we had some catching up to do. We talked for a half hour or so in peace then went back to our vehicles; as soon as we got there people flocked near again to question about the puppy and car. The questions were, Dude is this your car blah blah blah or Dude thats such a cool dog. My friends reply was yeah thats one of my cars and my reply was yeah he is a pretty cool dog. Not to be rude to anyone but it was time for us to go cruise. Before we left I told him man u gotta let me drive this thing. He said anytime u wanna go right now? I said no not with the dog he will get hair all over your car. He said no take it Ill stay with the pup, and of course I did. It was a black 2006 corvette convertible. Beautiful car, and NICE to drive! When I got back he said how was it? I replied awesome. He said if u like that one your love my new one. I was like its better than this? He laughed and said believe me. Its a 2005 mint condition Ferrari. He said follow me home n take it for a ride. I said no I have to pick up my daughter in 30 minutes but Ill take a rain check. He said anytime dude, I said great Id love to and we split.
On my ride home I thought about what had just happened . These 2 things combined are the perfect match. It clicked bring a fine car and a puppy to the lake, have people flock to me and question me. I am in marketing of course. I have online businesses so I started getting excited about what I just put together and thought don’t get too excited till you give it a try. A few days passed and I called Steve on a Wednesday and said looks like nice weather again this weekend are you going to the lake Ill meet you. He said he had plans with his in-laws, but maybe next week. I said o.k., and he asked if I was still going to go. I said yes I was planning on it and his reply was you wanna take that hot li’l ride out there and give it a test drive? I was ecstatic, I said DAMN RIGHT dude! He told me to come early before he left and i was like Ill be there at 10 am sharp, he said thats perfect I will be leaving at 11. I was pumped up now I had a feeling this car had to be awesome if he was enthused about it because cars are his passion along with his family and work.
Sunday I’m up at 7 am ready to roll. I have my business cards flyers and of course my daughters puppy, and was out the house by 9 am . I arrived at about 9:45 and was shocked to see what he pulled out the garage. It was that 2005 custom yellow Ferrari. My heart was racing, pounding! He hands me the keys and says your going to LOVE it!! I said I just love looking at it! He just laughed and said no you’re going to love the power.( He knew I loved power because we use to ride moto-x together for years).
I get the pup, business cards, flyer s and head to the lake. I was lit up like a light bulb, this was a machine of pure adrenaline. I even considered skipping the lake and just drive, drive, drive…… I didn’t though but I did take the long route there, haha. I arrived at the lake at about 10:40. There were few people I guess people were still in church or recovering for the nights before so I just rode around smiling and loving it. By noon the place was inhabited by many so I parked and got the puppy out. Within 5 minutes people were coming up to the car and the dog. I proceeded to give the car a spray wax, not that it needed it, but I just thought it would be nice to return it waxed.
The attention of these combined human attractants was phenomenal it was person after person and question after question, needless to say it took me 2 and a half hours to spray wax a small car because I talked so much. And the question 7 out of 10 times were , Dude what do u for a living?. I’d give them a business card or flyer. Sometimes the first question was , Is this your car?. I’d say no its my friends car there question then was what does he do for a living. We both do marketing he does mostly real estate here is one of his business cards and mine. After 2 and a half hours I was actually ready to go, I was exhausted mentally from the excitement of the car experience and the questions and the overwhelming emotion of what had taken place in a short period of time. I gave out over 90 business cards of mine more than 50 flyers and at least 75 cards of Steves. What an amazing thing to see ! These were 100% laser targeted (interested) leads. I did not try to sell them anything but they were wanting my cards to see if they could duplicate what I or Steve were doing. So maybe they could by a Ferrari- WOW! I spent no money besides fueling up his car and a small investment for the cards.
By Tuesday I had 38 wanting more information and direction, because they were ready to try this out and make a change in their lives. I was amazed. I called Steve told him what I had done and he was flabbergasted. He said he was wondering why he had been getting so many calls from Sunday night until now. As we spoke his phone was ringing simply amazing he said. I never thought of doing that myself I get a lot of questions about that car it does happen often.I just answer questions about ,I never thought about marketing with it. Next weekend we will be on the lake Saturday and Sunday he said!
The moral is believe people with integrity when they tell you follow thought you never know what will click in your mind to become a creative marketer. I have many more new and exciting ways to market that will be as un-orthodoxed and OUT THA BOX ! approach to marketing as this article is. And they will be enjoyable at the same time.
My advice to you find a friend with a FINE car or rent one, go to the SPCA find a nice puppy and duplicate this for free.
Marketing at its best!
Thank you for reading I hope u enjoyed, stay tuned for the future articles I will publish soon
Would You Like To Know More About Dog Breeds?
Each year, more and more new dog breeds are added to the already growing list. Currently, the American Kennel Club, or AKC, recognizes over 150 different breeds and has seven different groups to categorize them. These groups include; sporting, working, toy, terrier, hound, herding, and non-sporting breeds.
The working category of breeds refers to those canines who aren’t merely pets or companions for humans, but rather are working animals that are now or have been trained to perform certain tasks. The working breed category includes: border collie, boxer, german shepherd, great dane, labrador retriever, rottweiler, st. Bernard, siberian husky.
Terriers are a lively group of dogs that were originally bred for hunting small animals such as rabbits and foxes, with most types coming from the British Isles. This category includes some well known dog breeds such as: american pit bull, australian, boston, bull, cairn, fox, jack russell, rat, scottish, welsh, west highland.
Also called teacup or tiny, the Toy category features the smallest of dogs who generally weigh under 20 to 25 pounds and include: Bichon Frise, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Chihuahua, Dachshund, Havanese, Maltese, Papillon, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Pug, Shih Tzu, Toy and Miniature, Poodles, Yorkshire Terrier.
There are also categories that use other criteria to describe dogs, such as those that are considered hypoallergenic or non-shedding. Some of these include: Airedale, Basenji, Cairn, Kerry Blue, Norfolk, Tibetan, and Welsh Terriers; Chinese Crested, Poodle, Schnauzer
A growing number of ‘designer dogs’ that mix certain breeds are becoming popular. These include many dogs that are part Poodle:
- Labradoodle (Labrador and Poodle)
- Cockapoo (Cocker Spaniel and Poodle)
- Goldendoodle (Golden Retriever and Poodle)
- Maltipoo (Maltese and Poodle)
- Schnoodle (Schnauzer and Poodle)
Dog breeds may also be grouped by the size and weight of the dog.
- Toy breeds are 10 pounds or less.
- Small breeds are 10 to 25 pounds.
- Medium breeds are 25 to 50 pounds.
- Large breeds are 50 to 75 pounds.
- Extra large breeds are over 75 pounds.
While any dog can be trained to be good around children and toddlers, there are those who seem to have an extra affinity and tolerance for kids. And of course, any dog who is not trained or poorly socialized will not do well with children. Some of the breeds known for being good for families with children include:
- Basset Hound
- Bulldog
- Collie
- English Setter
- Golden Retriever
- Newfoundland
- Samoyed
- Standard Poodle
How to Choose the Right Dog Breed for You
There are many different variables to consider when trying to decide on the right breed of dog for you and your family. Before trying to pick which type of dog would do best in your home, ask yourself the following questions:
Training: All dogs require some type of obedience training and house training, but some need a bit more work than others. Do you have the time and patience necessary to train certain types of dogs?
Size: Do you have the room in your home and yard to accommodate a dog, and if so, what size?
Exercise/walking requirements: Do you have the time and energy it takes to see that a dog has the proper amount of exercise they need to stay happy and healthy?
Grooming and shedding: Is anyone in your home allergic to animals? Do you have the resources and time to devote to grooming your dog on a regular basis?
Be Sure You Choose The Right Dog Breed For You
Each year, more and more new dog breeds are added to the already growing list. Currently, the American Kennel Club, or AKC, recognizes over 150 different breeds and has seven different groups to categorize them. These groups include; sporting, working, toy, terrier, hound, herding, and non-sporting breeds.
The working category of breeds refers to those canines who aren’t merely pets or companions for humans, but rather are working animals that are now or have been trained to perform certain tasks. The working breed category includes: border collie, boxer, german shepherd, great dane, labrador retriever, rottweiler, st. Bernard, siberian husky.
Terriers are a lively group of dogs that were originally bred for hunting small animals such as rabbits and foxes, with most types coming from the British Isles. This category includes some well known dog breeds such as: american pit bull, australian, boston, bull, cairn, fox, jack russell, rat, scottish, welsh, west highland.
Also called teacup or tiny, the Toy category features the smallest of dogs who generally weigh under 20 to 25 pounds and include: Bichon Frise, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Chihuahua, Dachshund, Havanese, Maltese, Papillon, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Pug, Shih Tzu, Toy and Miniature, Poodles, Yorkshire Terrier.
There are also categories that use other criteria to describe dogs, such as those that are considered hypoallergenic or non-shedding. Some of these include: Airedale, Basenji, Cairn, Kerry Blue, Norfolk, Tibetan, and Welsh Terriers; Chinese Crested, Poodle, Schnauzer
A growing number of ‘designer dogs’ that mix certain breeds are becoming popular. These include many dogs that are part Poodle:
- Labradoodle (Labrador and Poodle)
- Cockapoo (Cocker Spaniel and Poodle)
- Goldendoodle (Golden Retriever and Poodle)
- Maltipoo (Maltese and Poodle)
- Schnoodle (Schnauzer and Poodle)
Dog breeds may also be grouped by the size and weight of the dog.
- Toy breeds are 10 pounds or less.
- Small breeds are 10 to 25 pounds.
- Medium breeds are 25 to 50 pounds.
- Large breeds are 50 to 75 pounds.
- Extra large breeds are over 75 pounds.
While any dog can be trained to be good around children and toddlers, there are those who seem to have an extra affinity and tolerance for kids. And of course, any dog who is not trained or poorly socialized will not do well with children. Some of the breeds known for being good for families with children include:
- Basset Hound
- Bulldog
- Collie
- English Setter
- Golden Retriever
- Newfoundland
- Samoyed
- Standard Poodle
How to Choose the Right Dog Breed for You
There are many different variables to consider when trying to decide on the right breed of dog for you and your family. Before trying to pick which type of dog would do best in your home, ask yourself the following questions:
Training: All dogs require some type of obedience training and house training, but some need a bit more work than others. Do you have the time and patience necessary to train certain types of dogs?
Size: Do you have the room in your home and yard to accommodate a dog, and if so, what size?
Exercise/walking requirements: Do you have the time and energy it takes to see that a dog has the proper amount of exercise they need to stay happy and healthy?
Grooming and shedding: Is anyone in your home allergic to animals? Do you have the resources and time to devote to grooming your dog on a regular basis?