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WELCOME TO WINTER
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And welcome to Catsman's newsletter...
Telluride is approaching the
2008-2009 ski season right on schedule with just the perfect amount of new
snowfall and perfect temperatures for snowmaking. The most exciting news to
share is the completion of Revelation Lift. This new fixed-grip quad
chairlift was constructed using environmentally responsible helicopter
techniques throughout the summer construction, once again attesting to
Telluride Ski Resort's continued commitment to green standards. Telski was
recently awarded an A for environmental stewardship by the Ski Areas
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CHRISTMAS EVE TORCHLIGHT PARADE — DEC 24
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A true Telluride tradition, beginning at dark Telluride Ski School skis
from the top of Lift 7 into town, lit torches in hand, setting the ski run
aglow. |
GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS — DEC 27 & 28
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The Michael D. Palm Theatre hosts the ever-popular Golden Dragon
Acrobats, the premiere, world-renowned Chinese acrobatic touring company
that combines traditional dance with acrobatics, ancient and contemporary
music. |
| NEW YEAR'S EVE TORCHLIGHT PARADE
— DEC 31 |
Long before
ringing in the new year, take a peek at the ski area at dusk and watch
Telluride Ski School make a run down the mountain lit torches in hand.
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| Contact Information
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Telluride Real
Estate
Steve Catsman, Owner/Director
Telluride Real Estate
Corporation
135 W. Colorado
P.O. Box 65
Telluride, CO
81435
970.728.6629
Fax 970.728.4917
EMAIL: steve@catsman.com
WWW.CATSMAN.COM | |
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ELEMENT 52 IN TELLURIDE:
A LAVISH
CHEMISTRY |
What is both
Telluride’s namesake and one of the earth’s rarest chemical elements,
is now an unrivaled residential development located in the heart of town,
Element 52. Tellurium is the fifty-second chemical element that once was a
gauge to the presence of gold in the region, and today is the gauge to the
presence of opulence.
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Location, location,
location:
Element 52 in Telluride
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Element
52’s advantageous location abutting the base of the Telluride
Ski Area allows uncomplicated access to lifts 7 and 8 via a private
lift—no where are ski-in, ski-out accommodations more
exact.
“It really has so much going for it, and very, very
high-end amenities,” says Telluride
Real Estate Corporation managing director and Element 52 developer
Steve Catsman. “It’s certainly unique by Telluride standards.”
Developers broke ground last December and have since seen numbers
speaking the project’s success: 16 of the 34 residences have already
sold. Element 52 is planned for completion during the winter of 2010.
Residences range in size from a 585 square-foot studio to a
nearly 6,000 square-foot, five-bedroom town home, and all residences boast
the best in interior finishes including walnut flooring, milled steel, fir
timbers, granite countertops, and stone, brick or steel fireplaces.
Complimenting interior beauty are unmatched services and amenities, all
completely private, including valet and limo services, stone pools, fitness
center and spa, and a full wine bar, cellar and sommeliers.
Off
site too, Element 52 offers its owners membership to 16 miles of private
trails at Gray
Head wilderness where skiing, biking, hiking and horseback riding are
unparalleled. |
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TELSKI REVEALS REVELATION
BOWL |
In recent years, one
consistent phrase satisfyingly sums up the Telluride Ski Resort: it just
keeps growing, and growing, and growing. Revelation Bowl is one of
Telluride’s newest welcomed additions, a 50-acre bowl boasting an
800-vertical foot drop on the ski area’s eastern side.
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Revelation Bowl is
Telski's
latest terrain addition
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Lying exactly adjacent
to Gold Hill’s west face, Revelation
Bowl’s open, naturally treeless terrain has long been gazed upon by
skiers from the Gold Hill ridge. Stout amounts of snow pile on this
northeastern face by Telluride’s consistent westerly storm flows. This
year the gazing is over and the lift-served skiing begins.
Revelation Bowl Lift, or Lift 15, begins at the base of the bowl
overlooking a 1,500 vertical cliff drop into Bear Creek basin drainage and
climbs to 12,570 feet at the base of the Hillary Step. From here skiers can
take a short hike to access Telluride’s terrain expansion of winter
2007-08, the Gold Hill Chutes 6-10 and Black Iron Bowl.
Telluride
Ski Resort now boasts one of the highest vertical drops in North
America at 4,425 feet with 3,845 feet of the total lift served.
“Revelation Bowl offers an unbelievable experience,” says
Telski CEO Dave Riley. “With some of the best snow and scenery in North
America, there are few places that can compare.”
Many say
expanding lift-served skiing into the Bear Creek drainage, ringed with
13,000 foot-plus peaks, rivals European massifs and skiing amongst its
giant snow-veiled peaks. With Telluride’s speedy growth, we just might be
on the heels of a Euro tradition.
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| TELLURIDE’S FIRST REAL ESTATE WEBSITE
NOW THE LATEST |
In a time when buying
and selling real estate was largely left to newsprint, glossy magazines and
word of mouth, Telluride Real Estate Corporation managing director Steve
Catsman explored a tool that soon would dominate the real estate market:
the Internet.
It was 1998, Telluride's real estate market was
booming, and Catsman was beginning to develop the exclusive 885-acre Gray
Head residential area. The local market was void of a web
presence and Catsman filled the niche.
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A new look, a
new site launches
new real estate
insight
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Pioneering web use in
the Telluride market is just one of Catsman’s regional real estate
firsts. He founded Telluride
Real Estate Corporation, developed and designed the affordable
residential neighborhood, Lawson Hill, and helped set in motion the
Mountain Village.
Since his first launch, much has changed in the web
world. Today he is launching a new website—his tenth so far—with a
fresh look and access to the regional market by a mere click.
“The Internet will eventually replace local advertising in
newspapers and print,” says Catsman. “I expect the Internet to
accelerate the market and be the future.”
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