Weekly Schedule
This Week in our MountainsThere's always a great variety of activities planned for you.
Thursday:
Special Events
A life beyond our greatest expectations is made possible by knowing ourselves and being fulfilled in work and love. Self-limiting choices, drug use, and abusive behaviors and relationships undermine this dream.
By identifying our personal obstacles and embracing life-enhancing actions, we promote growth, well-being, and emotional health. We learn to make the normal passage through life’s developmental stages with greater ease and meet the important task of becoming a fulfilled human being. We move beyond the barriers that keep us from our true purpose in life.
This workshop will use group and individual work –communication elegance, awareness practice, feedback, role-play, guided imagery, meditation, drawing and writing—to navigate a path toward effective change, enhanced relationships, genuine intimacy, and spiritual growth.
You are asked to forgo alcohol and nonprescription drugs during these five days. This sets the arena to identify self-limiting behaviors and commit to living your dreams
Richard Balaban, Chris Chouteau & Julie Bowden
Call 1-800-826-7000 to make your reservation today!
$200 per night for a deluxe room
$475 for the Living the Impossible Dream 5-day Workshop
$76 per day for Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Taxes & Gratuities
Total: $2,058.40 based on single occupancy
Arts, Crafts & Outings
Join Kim or Hal for a tour of the Trapp Family Lodge gardens. Meeting Location: Front of the Lodge
Fitness Classes
Join us in our daily yoga practice. Together we strengthen and lengthen our muscles using movement and breath work that is geared to help us focus our minds, invigorate our spirits and relieve tension throughout our bodies. Classes are adapted to suit each individuals needs. Please arrive at least 5 minuets early. Beginners and intermediate students are welcome. Advance registration is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
Please sign up in advance at the Fitness Center (x5722). Cost $20
This class is designed for all levels to stregthen and stretch your core muscles. Advance sign up is appreciated (x5722). Cost is $15 per person.
A fun oriented class designed to get beginners rallying within 3 days or improving their rally consistency & point play. Utilizes special balls, games, and a shortened version of the court to make learning fun & easier! Focus is on basic ground strokes, volleys and serve. Guaranteed to get you rallying with lots of fun & exercise! $60 for 3 day class with a minimum of 3 students required for class. Register in advance at the Fitness Center (ext. 5722). Any questions, call Ernie at 703-623-0678.
Kids
Enjoy singing Kid’s songs, finger plays and dancing to music make this a wonderful activity for your little one. This activity is recommended for children 3-5 years of age. Children under 3 are welcome with parent’s supervision. Advance sign up is necessary (x5722). Cost: $10 per child. Meeting Location: Fitness Center. Mini Mountaineers will be participating in the Wee Sing!
This 2 hour session is jam packed with any or all of the following activities: hiking, frogging, tennis, arts & crafts, outdoor games, indoor games, garden fun, scavenger hunts and more! $20 per session. Snacks are provided. Sign up at the Fitness Center (x5722).
The classic story of the von Trapp family.
History Tours
The tour begins with an overview of the von Trapp family history – actual vs movie version, discussion of the property’s history and the family’s early years in America. Enjoy a walk from the Outdoor Center to the Main Lodge, with commentary about the old and new lodge. Visit the family’s private cemetery and garden area. View a documentary film of Maria von Trapp’s memories during her final visit to her former home in Salzburg, Austria.
Whenever possible a von Trapp family member either leads the tour or hosts a question and answer session.
Meet at The Outdoor Center
$10 per Trapp Family Lodge Guest ~ $15 per Trapp Family Lodge Non Guest ~ $5 per Child 12 & under
History tours are held every Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday.
Classes
Come and join Chef Dan and his staff for an intermediate level baking class! This fun and informative class will feature slightly more advanced baking and pastry making methods and techniques not covered in the basic Baking Class on Wednesday. Previous Baking Classes or home baking experience is helpful, but certainly not necessary. Projects will vary week to week, so please call the DeliBakery direct for more information or to sign up at 253-5704. Space is limited, so please reserve your spot in class by Wednesday at 4:00pm. There is a 5 person minimum to run this class.
Wine Tastings
We will be tasting new releases of Argentine Cabernet Sauvignon, for inclusion on our list. Argentina is currently the world's fifth largest wine producer by volume – after France, Italy, Spain and the USA in that order – a position it has held for many years. High volume, low quality vines are being replaced by premium varieties. Formerly struggling bodegas are attracting the backing of major international wine companies. Product quality is soaring, and every year the industry balance shifts further from cheap table wines towards exquisitely crafted drops that are increasingly recognised as being amongst the best in the world.
The Argentine wine industry is reaping the benefits of its heritage - old vines, unique geographical conditions - with new technology and a mix of modern and traditional methods. It's come along way since the first vines were planted in Mendoza more than 400 years ago. The reason for this was that the indigenous Huarpes of the region had, many years earlier, developed and built a complex and sophisticated system of irrigation channels to bring water from the Mendoza river to the arid plains. The desert climate and advanced irrigation system gives Mendoza's grape growers a unique advantage. With complete control over the watering of their vines, and in combination with the hot daytime temperatures and cool nights during the grape ripening seasons, conditions are almost ideal for growing grapes with ripe, intense fruit characteristics and good acidity levels. Cabernet Sauvignon fares best in warmer climates, and benefits from a long ripening season.
In Argentina Cabernet Sauvignon is usually picked towards the end of the harvest, in late March. A small, robust, thick and dark-skinned grape, it imparts considerable tannins, body, and colour to its wines. Aromas and flavours most often ascribed to Cabernet Sauvignon are black fruit – blackberries and blackcurrants. The format will be casual, walk around with cheese and bread.
The wines featured will be:
Santa Julia, “Reserva”, Mendoza 2008
La Puerta, Famatina Valley / La Rioja 2009
Bodegas Salentein, “Finca el Portillo”, Valle de Uco / Mendoza 2007
Crios de Susana Balbo, Mendoza 2008
Ben Marco, Mendoza 2008
A sign-up sheet will be available at the front desk (253-5742 or 800-826-7000) and there will be a $15.00 fee per person.
Friday:
Special Events
A life beyond our greatest expectations is made possible by knowing ourselves and being fulfilled in work and love. Self-limiting choices, drug use, and abusive behaviors and relationships undermine this dream.
By identifying our personal obstacles and embracing life-enhancing actions, we promote growth, well-being, and emotional health. We learn to make the normal passage through life’s developmental stages with greater ease and meet the important task of becoming a fulfilled human being. We move beyond the barriers that keep us from our true purpose in life.
This workshop will use group and individual work –communication elegance, awareness practice, feedback, role-play, guided imagery, meditation, drawing and writing—to navigate a path toward effective change, enhanced relationships, genuine intimacy, and spiritual growth.
You are asked to forgo alcohol and nonprescription drugs during these five days. This sets the arena to identify self-limiting behaviors and commit to living your dreams
Richard Balaban, Chris Chouteau & Julie Bowden
Call 1-800-826-7000 to make your reservation today!
$200 per night for a deluxe room
$475 for the Living the Impossible Dream 5-day Workshop
$76 per day for Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Taxes & Gratuities
Total: $2,058.40 based on single occupancy
Bird Watching
Tour the wooded trails behind the Lodge looking for the unique bird life that call Vermont’s forests home. All ages and abilities welcome. Please dress for the weather. Sign up at the Fitness Center (ext 5722). $15.00/participant
Arts, Crafts & Outings
Take a closer look at the forests that surround the Trapp Family Lodge. Learn about tree species, forest structure, and how many different factors shape our forest and define the Vermont Landscape. All ages and abilities welcome. Please dress for the weather. Sign up at the Fitness Center (ext. 5722). $15.00/participant
Learn to cast a fly rod and fish Deer Pond for our resident rainbow and brook trout. All equipment is provided. Space is limited to 4 participants so advanced registration is necessary. Sign up at the Fitness Center (ext. 5722). Meet at the Outdoor Center. Ages 13 years old and up. $25.00/participant
3+ hours- This is a 6-mile round trip hike. The first half is very vigorous and uphill. We will be resting at the cabin, please bring plenty of water and a snack for the break. Appropriate footwear and clothing is highly recommended! Please sign up in advance at the Fitness Center (x 5722) Complimentary
Nordic walking uses specifically designed poles to engage the upper body during fitness walking and was first used as a summer training method by cross-country skiers. Nordic walking has rapidly increased in popularity and is a well-known fitness sport. Join us in an orientation to Nordic Walking followed by a hike on the Trapp Family Lodge trails. Cost: $5 per person (includes pole rentals). Advance sign up is appreciated (x5277).
Enjoy the natural beauty of the Trapp Family Lodge and it’s truly extraordinary mountaintop setting in a horse drawn wagon or carriage. Private rides can be scheduled Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 2:00pm to 6:30pm throughout the summer. Please book through the Front Desk at ext. 5742.
Small carriage (4 person max) is $87/half hour & $173/hour.
Wagon (10 person max) is $173/half hour & $345/hour.
Fun for the whole family! Join us at the fire ring out in the wedding meadow for a relaxing campfire, s'mores, games and music. Call the Fitness Center for info. (x5722)
Fitness Classes
Join us in our daily yoga practice. Together we strengthen and lengthen our muscles using movement and breath work that is geared to help us focus our minds, invigorate our spirits and relieve tension throughout our bodies. Classes are adapted to suit each individuals needs. Please arrive at least 5 minuets early. Beginners and intermediate students are welcome. Advance registration is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
Kids
This 2 hour session is jam packed with any or all of the following activities: hiking, frogging, tennis, arts & crafts, outdoor games, indoor games, garden fun, scavenger hunts and more! $20 per session. Snacks are provided. Sign up at the Fitness Center (x5722).
Tours
Enjoy a walk (about 1.5 miles) through the Trapp Family Lodge Sugar Woods while learning the process of making maple syrup and touring the sugarhouse. Advance sign up is appreciated (x5722). Cost: $10 per person (includes a tasty treat at the end of walk). Children 16 and under are free.