Weekly Schedule
This Week in our MountainsThere's always a great variety of activities planned for you.
Thursday:
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 minutes early. Beginners and intermediate students are welcome. Advance reqistration is appreciated (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
Have some fun getting fit in the water. All levels are welcome. Please sign up in advance at the Fitness Center (x5722). Cost: $10 per person.
Kids
This is a tasty way to spend your morning! But don't sample too much before lunch, save your edible artwork for an after lunch treat! We supply the cookies and the decorating stuff, you supply the imagination and artwork! Take home your creations! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Maximum of 8 kids for this activity. Cost: $20 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 3 years old.
Join us for traditional games like kickball, wiffleball, soccer and football outside in the snow! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 3 years old. Please dress to be outside.
Special Events
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. 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 Main Lodge Gift Shop
$10 per Trapp Family Lodge Guest ~ $15 per Trapp Family Lodge Non Guest ~ $5 per Child 12 & under
Skiing
Introductory group lessons, please call (x5722). Cost: $20
This one hour clinic is geared towards individuals of all ages who have race experience or the desire to get into ski racing. Join UVM and MIddlebury racers Ryan Kerrigan & Robyn Anderson for pointers on improving technique and skiing faster. Limit of 5 people. $20 per person. Pas required. Call Ski Center for sign ups and info (x5755).
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.
Friday:
Kids
Have fun playing outdoors: hike our beautiful Vermont woods, run and play games in the fields with amazing mountain views! Come back inside, warm up, feed the fish, create cool crafts, play air hockey, ping pong and much more! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per child. All children must be at least 3 years old.
Have fun spending your afternoon on our indoor rockwall! Challenge yourself with unique routes, traverses and even try it blindfolded! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Maximum of 8 kids in this group. Cost: $15 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 4 years old. Please bring climbing shoes or sneakers!
Fitness Classes
One hour dedicated to strengthening your core, stretching your body and relaxing your mind. This class will help improve posture and balance, decrease low-back pain and strengthen your core muscles. Advance sign up is appreciated (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
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 suite each individual's needs. Please arrive at least 5 minutes early. Beginners and intermediate students are welcome. Advance registration is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
Skiing
Introductory group lessons, please call (x5722). Cost: $20
Wine Tastings
We will be tasting new releases of California Cabernet Sauvignon, for inclusion on our list. John Fagan of Calmont Beverage, will be on hand to discuss the wines and answer any questions. DNA genetic fingerprinting research at the University of California at Davis has revealed Cabernet Sauvignon to be a cross between the Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc grapes.
The variety is California's most widely planted red wine grape, with 75,622 acres reported in 2007. Napa Valley, Sonoma County and the Lodi-Woodbridge area have the most plantings. Cabernet Sauvignon is a tough-skinned, late-maturing variety that is more impervious to rain damage and disease. Cabernet Sauvignon has been referred to as the king of red wine grapes. Cabernet Sauvignons and blends where the variety predominates are some of the most prized wines produced in California.
The grape is also the main ingredient in blends for many of the most famous red wines in the world. Cabernet Sauvignons are dry, full flavored and made to be long lived for many labels. The aging potential can be upwards of 10-20 years, though 5 to 9 years is more usual. Fans of Cabernet Sauvignon are familiar with the wine's common descriptors: berry, currant and cassis or herbaceous, bell pepper and toasty oak aromas and flavors. The format will be casual, walk around with cheese and bread. The wines featured will be:
Bogle, California 2007
Avalon, Napa Valley 2007
Dry Creek, Dry Creek Valley 2006
Smith & Hook, Central Coast 2006
Raymond, “Reserve”, Napa Valley 2006
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.
Saturday:
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.
Hiking
Enjoy a snowshoe trek up to the cabin. This is a challenging 6-mile hike round trip. Lunch and snacks are available for sale at the cabin (cash only). Rentals are available at the Nordic Center and must be rented prior to the trek. Please sign up in advance at the Fitness Center (x5722). This is a weather/snow dependent activity.
Kids
Have fun playing outdoors: hike our beautiful Vermont woods, run and play games in the fields with amazing mountain views! Come back inside, warm up, feed the fish, create cool crafts, play air hockey, ping pong and much more! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per child. All children must be at least 3 years old.
Be creative by making beaded neclaces, keychains, and friendship bracelets! Keep making cool stuff or settle in for some fun board games or a round or two of bingo. What a great way to spend your time! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 3 years old.
This fun and creative craft activity is based on the tradition of Tibetan Prayer Flags. We start with a set of blank flags, kids use fabric markers and paint to create their own "Peace Flags". Draw what makes you happy, what is important or people and things that you care about. Hang them up inside our outside sending well wishes to be carried by the wind. Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $20 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 3 years old.
Skiing
This clinic will teach you how to free your heel and drop the knee in order to navigate the deeper snow in the back country Meet at the ski center (x5722). Clinic is $30 per person. Clinic with equipment included is $50 per person.
Introductory group lessons, please call (x5722). Cost: $20
Special Events
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. 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 Main Lodge Gift Shop
$10 per Trapp Family Lodge Guest ~ $15 per Trapp Family Lodge Non Guest ~ $5 per Child 12 & under
Wine Tastings
We will be tasting new releases of Red Bordeaux, for inclusion on our list. The Bordeaux region in southwestern France has been famed in the wine trade for centuries. Bordeaux produces more classified wine than any other region in France. The quality of this wine ranges from some of the best in the world to some that is less than perfect. Bordeaux is most noted for the red wines of exceptional quality that it produces.
The Bordeaux region stradles the Gironde Estuary that is formed when the Garonne and Dordogne rivers converge. It has a rich history and was especially important in the wars between France and England. Bordeaux is also the name of the major city within the region. Based on the centuries of grape growing and winemaking history in the region, the local regulations allow only six grape varieties to be used in the production of red wine. (You can actually grow whatever you want, but only the 6 authorized red grapes can be used in red wines labeled 'Bordeaux'). Of these grapes, only 5 are really in use today.
They are: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Pitit Verdot. The sixth grape, Carmenere, is nearly impossible to find in the region today. Many of the chateaux of Bordeaux have been rated as to the quality of their wines. The best known was the Classification of the Medoc of 1855. The format will be casual, walk around with cheese and bread. The wines featured will be:
Côte de Blaye, Château Haut Sociondo 2007
Saint-Emilion, Château Picau-Perna 2006
Saint-Emilion, Château Fleur de Barbeyron 2005
Pomerol, Château Grand Moulinet 2006
Margaux, Château les Barraillots 2006
A sign-up sheet will be available at the front desk (253-5742 or 800-826-7000) and there will be a $20.00 fee per person.
Sunday:
Skiing
The 16-kilometer event will be a mass-start cross-country ski race from the Trapp Family Touring Center to Bolton Valley Resort, via the Catamount Trail.
Explore our 2,400 acre property with an experienced guide! Polish your skills and play in the powder! Meet at the Ski Center (x5722). Tour: $70 per person. Equipment and clinic package $79 per person.
Introductory group lessons, please call (x5722). Cost: $20
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
Its a rockin' morning with climbing on our rock wall for the first hour then head back upstairs to the Kid's Club for a snack and some pet rock painting until lunchtime. Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $20 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 3 years old.
Spend a relaxing afternoon taking in a movie, eating popcorn and coloring in your own Trapp Family Lodge pillow case. Take the pillowcase home as a fun souvenir! Please sign up at the Fitness Center (x5722). Cost: $20 per child.
Special Events
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. 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 Main Lodge Gift Shop
$10 per Trapp Family Lodge Guest ~ $15 per Trapp Family Lodge Non Guest ~ $5 per Child 12 & under
Monday:
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 minutes early. Beginners and intermediate students are welcome. Advance reqistration is appreciated (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
Strength training is an excellent exercise for maintaining bone density and increasing lean muscel mass. This class is designed to introduce beginners to a full body strength training routine. Advance sign up is appreciated (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
Skiing
Each day a different member of the von Trapp Family will take guests on a unique guided cross-country ski tour or snowshoe pointing out features of the property and relating some of its storied history.
Join Lynn von Trapp for a gentle ski tour. "Not too far, not too fast and not too steep!" Complimentary for overnight guests. $25 for day visitors. Meet at the Ski Center (x5755). Intermediate or higher level required for this tour.
Introductory group lessons, please call (x5722). Cost: $20
Kids
Take a couple of hours to exercise your brain and body by exploring Trapp's peoperty inside and out! Work individually or as a group to find all the items on your list! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 3 years old. Please dress to be outside!
Have fun snowshoeing outdoors in our beautiful Vermont woods! Come back inside and warm up with some hot chocolate. Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $20 per child. All children must be potty-trained and a minimum of 4 years old. Please dress to be outside!
Tuesday:
Skiing
Each day a different member of the von Trapp Family will take guests on a unique guided cross-country ski tour or snowshoe pointing out features of the property and relating some of its storied history.
Join Kristina von Trapp-Frame and get to know the amazing race course everyone is raving about! Intermediate or higher level required for this tour. Also at that time, Elisa von Trapp will be doing an introduction to touring ski (beginner lesson combined with a short excursion). Complimentary for overnight guests. $25 for day visitors. Meet at the Ski Center (x5755).
Introductory group lessons, please call (x5722). Cost: $20
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 minutes early. Beginners and intermediate students are welcome. Advance reqistration is appreciated (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
Have some fun getting fit in the water. All levels are welcome. Please sign up in advance at the Fitness Center (x5722). Cost: $10 per person.
Kids
This fun and creative craft activity is based on the tradition of Tibetan Prayer Flags. We start with a set of blank flags, kids use fabric markers and paint to create their own "Peace Flags". Draw what makes you happy, what is important or people and things that you care about. Hang them up inside our outside sending well wishes to be carried by the wind. Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $20 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 3 years old.
Trapp's is all about Nordic Skiing and it's not just for grown ups! Head out onto the trails as a group for some slipping and sliding on the snow! Advance sign up is required. Maximum of 6 kids for this group. Cost: $20 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 4 years old. Please dress to be outside.!
Join us in the St. George's Hall for a time of singing old and new tunes, Broadway hits and of course "Sound of Music" selections. A little bit of something for young and old.
Arts, Crafts & Outings
Learn the wonders of acrylic painting for your creative future! Please sign up at the Reception Desk of the Fitness Center (x5722). 15-hour advance sign up is needed for this class to take place. Cost: $45
Love to sing but others wish you wouldn't? This class will teach you relaxation techniques to free and open the voice. Learn how posture and support help you find the voice inside. We'll practice with rounds and canons and learn to listen. Advance sign up is required before 12pm (x5722). This class is recommended for teens and adults. Cost: $20 per person.
Special Events
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. 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 Main Lodge Gift Shop
$10 per Trapp Family Lodge Guest ~ $15 per Trapp Family Lodge Non Guest ~ $5 per Child 12 & under
Wednesday:
Skiing
Each day a different member of the von Trapp Family will take guests on a unique guided cross-country ski tour or snowshoe pointing out features of the property and relating some of its storied history.
Join Sam von Trapp for an intermediate back country ski tour! Learn to drop your knee, make a tele turn and smooth out your skiing! Advanced back country skiers can be accomodated! Complimentary for overnight guests. $25 for day visitors. Meet at the Ski Center (x5755).
Introductory group lessons, please call (x5722). Cost: $20
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 minutes early. Beginners and intermediate students are welcome. Advance reqistration is appreciated (x5722). Cost: $15 per person.
Do you have low-back pain? Are your hips tight? Do you have poor posture? Join us in this 1-hour long class dedicated to increasing strength and flexibility in your core muscles. Advance sign up is appreciated (x5722). Cost:$15 per person.
Hiking
Enjoy a snowshoe trek up to the cabin. This is a challenging 6-mile hike round trip. Lunch and snacks are available for sale at the cabin (cash only). Rentals are available at the Nordic Center and must be rented prior to the trek. Please sign up in advance at the Fitness Center (x5722). This is a weather/snow dependent activity.
Embark on a sunset snowshoe and discover the picturesque views located throughout our trails. Afterwards, warm your insides and outsides with some S'mores by the campfire. Snowshoes are available at the Outdoor Center and must be rented prior to hike. Please sign up by noon at the Fitness Center (x5722). This is a weather/snow dependent activity.
Special Events
Become part of a tradition that is thousands of years old by creating Pysanky, or Ukranian eggs. In this class, you will learn how to make beautifully decorated eggs using a special wax-resist process, as well as learn about the legends and symbols surrounding the creation of the Ukrianian eggs. Class members are provided with all necessary materials and a kit to bring home. Everyone will participate in a hands-on step by step process, to create their own beautiful eggs. For adults and children 10 years old and up. Cost: $30 per person. Advance sign up is recommended (x5722).
Kids
Have fun playing outdoors: hike our beautiful Vermont woods, run and play games in the fields with amazing mountain views! Come back inside, warm up, feed the fish, create cool crafts, play air hockey, ping pong and much more! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per child. All children must be at least 3 years old.
Pick out a cool rock, one you really like and paint it with whatever personality you'd like to give it! You can take them home and there is no watering, feeding or taking them for a walk required! Advance sign up is recommended (x5722). Cost: $15 per child. All children must be potty trained and at least 3 years old.
Classes
Learn how to make your own pastries with Chef Dan Tabor and his staff. New recipes are offered each week and you can bring home what you make! $47 per person. Space is limited, so please reserve your spot in class by Tuesday at 4:00pm. Sign up at Bakery or call x5704.