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Mountain Lodge at Telluride Serves as Lodging Host for World Cup Snowboarding Event

- – U.S. Olympic qualifying competition comes to Telluride  - -

Telluride, Colo. – When America’s best snowboarders come to Telluride this December to compete for spots on the U.S. Olympic team, many of them  will be staying in style.

Mountain Lodge at Telluride will serve as a major lodging sponsor for the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup, providing lodging for the athletes, event sponsors and other VIPs. Telluride will be the sole U.S. stop of for the sport’s World Cup this season, with Telluride Ski Resort hosting the Visa U.S. Snowboardcross Cup Dec. 17-20.

The event – Telluride’s first World Cup competition – will feature SBX and PGS competitions in what will be the second in a series of five Olympic qualification events for the two sports. The location is “perfect” for the courses needed for the competition, according to Peter Foley, U.S. snowboarding head coach. “No place (else) in the world can get these kinds of courses done at that time of year,” Foley said. “I think it’s going to be one of the, if not the best World Cup of the year.”

Mountain Lodge at Telluride is preparing for the event with great anticipation, says Neil Hastings, director of sales and marketing for the resort. “All of us in the Telluride area are coming together to take on this event as a community,” he says. “It will be an honor to host some of America’s greatest athletes and others associated with the competition.”

The resort, explains Hastings, will afford relaxation and comfort to participants. In addition to a slopeside location, Mountain Lodge at Telluride offers lodge rooms, condominium units and cabins with private balconies or patios, jetted tubs, luxurious robes, and, in condo units and cabins, gourmet kitchens or kitchenettes with granite countertops. Guests can take advantage of property amenities including concierge services, a steam room, general store, grocery shopping service, outdoor deck with heated pool and Jacuzzi, and complimentary wireless Internet service.

And for all those skiers and boarders who might not be ready for the World Cup, but want to ski the famed Telluride slopes, Mountain Lodge is offering two early-season specials:

1.   40 percent off on all condominium stays between Oct. 16 and Dec. 12

2.   Savings of up to 40 percent for winter reservations. Check special offers at www.mountainlodge telluride.com.

For more information or to book reservations, contact Mountain Lodge at Telluride at 970-369-5000 or www.mountainlodgetelluride.com.

Mountain Lodge at Telluride (www.mountainlodgetelluride.com)

Mountain Lodge at Telluride is an exclusive, slopeside, upscale resort featuring an eclectic blend of rustic elegance and western charm. At 9,500 feet in the San Juan Mountains, the locale offers private luxury cabins, condominiums, and lodge rooms as well as executive conference rooms offer space for small meetings and retreats, reception space and full catering service. The View restaurant provides authentic Italian dining in a spectacular, intimate setting.

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Contacts: Neil Hastings, Mountain Lodge at Telluride, 970-369-5000, nhastings@destinationhotels.com

Gaylene Ore, Ore Communications, 970-887-2536, gaylene@orecommunications.com