We are happy to say that warm and mild daytime temperatures this spring have created a wonderful scene here at our high altitude location of 8,750’. It may be a tad on the muddy side from all the snow melting but at least the air temperatures have been in the 50’s and the sun is shining. This early in the summer season the high country trails do not receive much sun exposure thus it will be several more weeks before the popular wooded hikes of Jud Weibe, Bear Creek and portions of the Mountain Village trial systems will be fully open for trekking pending weather.
The Telluride Mountain Film ushers in the onset of the beginning of summer for this small mountain hamlet township. This exciting festivals pumps up everyone adrenaline while at the same time bringing serious issues of global warming, poverty, human rights violations right to the forefront- all under the disguise of adventure sports. This festival often highlights the serious and sometimes fatal risks inherent in the pursuit of a true mountaineering lifestyle. It is a feast for any aspiring mountain purist.
Many leagues below the challenges of real time adventure sports are the challenges we mere mortals face every summer. How does one get a best tarp position at
There is an intriguing Birders Festival taking place this May 8-11th in
The gondola is closed till May 23rd for seasonal (it is officially off season) maintenance.
The BACKYARD:
Finally as the yards and decks are beginning to reappear from the winters’ blanket of snow, the team at Kastle Keepers, llc has already shifted into summer preparation mode. Tackling tasks on-site, one by one: Winter studded snow tires are flying off the axels and summer treads are being installed, all the while the cleaners are pulling down drapes for cleaning, flipping mattresses and brushing off the BBQ grills in advance of your arrival. A team of guys are tackling each hot tub one at a time, scrubbing the vinyl cover then applying Armor All, emptying then scrubbing the fiberglass interior of the spas and then promptly refilling them with fresh water and balancing agents. Christmas tree lights are being taken down and stowed away. Fairly soon, after the threat of snowstorms have passed, the hoses, rakes and lawn furniture will be placed back outside ready for the family’s use. Notes are being made on the particular needs of each residence such as condition of the windows; “do they need a pre-arrival cleaning?”, the conditions of the wooden decks; “did the decks get hammered by any ice sliding off of the roof?” and so on. Each mountain residence has problem areas, location specific challenges and predictable areas requiring monitoring this time of year. WE are all over it!
If you want to meet with a high country gardener and revamp your outside landscaping we have a few experienced professionals ranging from a one woman operation all the way up to a full service company with many yard workers in tow. The building season is upon us and many service vendors, tradesmen, contractors and specialty trades get gobbled up quickly. Give us a call to get ahead of the line for projects.
Coverage when and where you need it; year-round, 24/7, 365- days a year- Kastle Keepers, LLC
Kastle Keepers, LLC rises up to meet the market trend! While still maintaining a strong sense of personalized service we are giving the leash away to one loyal and wonderful house checker extraordinaire while taking on a new employee. Another caretaker has joined our team at managing fine mountain properties. Keith Gerry who has been a Telluride area resident since 1993 has worked side by side with Trevor at the Boot doctors previously, guided Jeep tours and been a taxi driver! He loves mountain motorcycling from which he can easily scout locations for Jeep touring, camping and being out in nature. All his people skills, trustworthiness and one on one service background experience sized up to be one opportunity that we felt we could not pass over. Especially in light of the fact that Lee’s mother Freddie, who has been the Mother of house checking for what seems like decades, will fall back as extended family commitments are calling upon her most recently and urgently. Freddie will continue to be involved in an as needed basis and an integral part of the operations- doing what all moms do- all sorts of things! Keith’s placement is timely and needed. His position creates a fall back for handyman chores, caretaking responsibilities and concierge services. Another guarantee that year-round, 24/7 365- services for whatever you need is available through Kastle Keepers, LLC.
Activities: Time to get outside! The weather is warming up in general (just ignore the recent snow) and it is time to be active. The local rivers are going strong with the runoff starting. River runners have already been heading down the San Miguel, doing overnights down in the peaceful Trevor |
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Gondola Opens
The Gondola reopens for the summer season.
Friday, May 23, 2008 - Monday, May 26, 2008
Mountainfilm in Telluride
Filmmakers, artists and outdoor enthusiasts celebrate mountains, culture and the environment with films, presentations and a symposium that will focus on "water" as this year's theme.
970.728.4123
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Photo Retrospective Exhibit Opening
An exhibit featuring local photographers and their historical Telluride images. Telluride Historical Museum, 5 p.m.
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Kastle Retreats, LLC officially ran paying guests through several of our fine properties last summer and to an even greater extent this past holiday and winter season. Not surprisingly we have received and expect more requests for return visits from our seasonal visitors who are willing to enjoy a week or two at a privately owned mountain retreat. This clientele receive the same level of personalized service that the homeowners themselves have come to expect without the decisions and involvement required of owning a mountain property. If you are curious as to how we operate the luxury rentals …….For an explanation of this luxury rental experience please call Lee.
Did you know? ….letting your car idle in the Town of
About TOWN:
Beginning on Friday, June 13th and continuing each Friday throughout the summer you will be drawn to downtown Telluride sometime before noon to engage in what has become none less than a full-on frontal sensory attack; the Farmers Market. Artists, musicians, cheese purveyors, farmers with bushels of bright yellow squash, exotic potatoes, and purple leafed cabbages, chai seeds to control diabetes symptoms, handmade beeswax candles, and homemade chocolate zucchini bread and so on are on display to sample, to hold and just to enjoy the harvest. This season the market will expand onto the gondola plaza area as well. Come early, bring you own bags and rejoice in summers bounty! *Closed Friday July 3rd
Telluride has a raw juice bar once again! Thanks to La Cocina de Luz for delivering yet another viable healthful option in this remote neck of the woods! Carrot, beet, celery, ginger, apple, pineapple and wheatgrass- available all day into the night long! Grab and go for your early morning Nature Walk (see March 2008 newsletter) while you watch the beavers frolic! La Cocina is located mid-downtown next to the coffee cowboy horse trailer/café and serves up exceptionally tasteful authentic, mostly organic Mexican fare. Incase you find yourself lacking materials to conduct business as usual the Office Outpost can get you next day business supplies. The Town of
In the
A new project with a whopping 27,408 footprint called the Mondrian Hotel Project was recently proposed to the TMV town council this past April. The developers are requesting their application for a 189-room hotel condo project be approved with a myriad of extravagant requests for variances; most notably a 85-foot height variance which towers over the villages present height restriction guidelines, a 91% variance (increase) on the allowable building envelope (walls and footprint). In exchange for the over the top variances the developer suggests they are offering to build a roundabout at the intersection of the
The Capella project on Lot 50/51 in the village core has completed its excavation projects which will alleviate the flow of traffic problems caused last summer along that section of the Mountain Village Boulevard accessing the Peaks Hotel, Wells Fargo, the parking lots behind Boot Doctors and so on. On the other side of this massive construction site you will notice that the foot pavers between the villages’ central plaza area and the Capella will be replaced this summer requiring pedestrians to be slightly inconvenienced. Maintained walkways will be available for normal access to all the shops, restaurants and businesses in the plaza during this upheaval of the walkways. Upgrades to the existing snowmelt system and general appearance of the heritage plaza are anticipated. Also in the works will be a cleanup of radioactive materials along the Highway 145 and Silver pick Bridge area- an access way to wilderness and the
A 12,000 sq. ft. expansion is slated to begin for the Clarks Market (grocery store in Town) this June. The Cornet Creek flood plane will receive a debris management/cleanup and culvert improvements which will cause a street closure and diversion for the majority of the summer in that immediate neighborhood (upper
News:
OIL SPILL
On April 10, more than 1000 gallons of diesel were discovered to have seeped from an underground fuel tank at the Peaks Resort. The fuel spilled into Gorrono Creek carrying it into a pond which sits besides the 18th green of the nearby golf course. From this point the contaminated water entered Prospect Creek, a tributary of the
At this point no one can estimate the extent of the damage or predict the cost of cleanup. Crews from Envirotech of Farmington, N.M. were called to sop of the remaining fuel and begin to analyze the impact on soil, wetlands and the creeks. The current thought is that as diesel oil is much lighter than water, it immediately rises to the top which evaporates within days. Fish, amphibians or birds coming into contact with the diesel can be killed.
Blackstone Group spokesperson, Anne Hersley, stated in an article in the Daily Planet: "We are currently working with authorities to expedite any cleanup, determine how the leak occurred and ensure that it does not happen again". Blackstone Group is presently under contract to sell the Peaks to a pair of
In the same article, Greg Sparks, the
Kastle Keepers, LLC updates;
Getting the contractors in line and scheduling projects around homeowner’s visits is always a priority. No one wants to deal with a crew or a project while getting away from it all. For the past 18-plus years during the springtime of the calendar year Lee has always tended to the upkeep requirements of the homes. Expect Lee and Trevor to either anticipate or respond to your project management needs. It is time to take an overall picture, evaluate and dismiss reports about status quo at the properties and work with homeowners individually as to their upkeep and improvements at the homes. The gamut runs from smallish items like the “the blinds are really dusty and need a good cleaning” to “the deck is being pulled off the house by the hillside falling away” keep the guys on their toes. Expect communication and know that we “Got Your Back”. The remaining month of April will be dedicated to sending owners a list of items that need to be tended to after one of the biggest winters Telluride has seen in 20 years. In fact it continues to snow at least one day a week since the beginning of May!
Have a great spring and we look forward to seeing you this summer if it ever returns!
The best beach we have seen in months!
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