Our friend and partner Gale McClurkan, Global Sales Director of Auberge Resorts Collection, and Catherine Stewart, Senior Sales Director of their Colorado properties, will hand us our skis and whisk us away by gondola to these snow-rific locations.
Enjoy these videos to get you in a festive, adventurous, wintry mood!
Summer and Winter in Telluride
XGames Aspen 2020 - and enjoy the thrill of the downhill!
Gale McClurkan
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Gale McClurkan started in hotel sales in 1998. After numerous roles with Ritz-Carlton, she jumped at the chance to join Auberge Resorts Collection as Global Sales Director, representing the entire brand portfolio.
Gale is a native Texan and lives in Coppell, Texas, with her husband, Steve, daughter, Olivia, and son Blake. She is addicted to any sport her kids participate in, as well as a huge fan of the Dallas Cowboys and Texas A&M Aggies.
Catherine Stewart
330 East Main Street
Aspen, CO 81611
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F +1970.920.2050
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What I love about working for Auberge Resorts Collection is that they encourage everyone to be their authentic selves. It creates such a collaborative, positive workplace- and I enjoy going to work each day.
I am a mom to two daughters, Ellie (18) and Clarke (16). After 13 years of being a professional soccer mom- I am being forced into retirement with Ellie graduating high school this spring! When I am not cheering on the sidelines- you can find me reading, gardening, and dreaming of my next trip!
Hotel Jerome
The 130-year-old Hotel Jerome is perfectly positioned in the heart of downtown Aspen, Colorado, within walking distance of Ajax Mountain. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is a brick structure built in the 1880s, often described as Aspen’s “crown jewel.”
The Jerome offers an elegant yet relaxed ambience, impeccable service, unsurpassed accommodations and exquisite dining. Each of the 99 richly appointed guestrooms and spacious suites provide a haven of comfort and sophistication. The celebrated J-bar and sophisticated Living Room are favorites of locals and guests alike. The hotel embodies the philosophy of Aspen – a balance of mind, body, and spirit, while living your best life!
WELCOME TO ASPEN
Aspen’s iconic landmark since 1889, it’s more than just a place to stay. Hotel Jerome is a place to immerse yourself in Aspen’s colorful past! During the height of Colorado’s silver boom, the Hotel Jerome evolved from the vision of Jerome B. Wheeler, who built the hotel in 1889 to emulate the great European hotels of the time. Built in the heart of downtown, it was designed to be a paragon of hospitality for its day
THE PLACE TO BE, THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY...
During the 1950’s, the hotel became a popular watering hole for writers, avant-garde artists and screen stars, including Gary Cooper, Lana Turner, Hedy LaMarr and John “Duke” Wayne. With the emergence of the Aspen Institute, it was not unusual to find intellectuals, artists and notable industrialists gathered around the swimming pool listening to informal lectures by some of the leading thinkers and innovators of the era- and this is still going on to this day! (visit the Aspen Ideas Festival)
Madeline Hotel & Residences
Avid adventurers and ardent fans of the great outdoors call Telluride their spiritual home, nestled at the end of a lush box canyon, where red rocks rise from the canyon floor, and the snowy peaks of the San Juan Mountains loom majestically ahead. You’ll feel right at home with the relaxed mountain lifestyle—and cocooned by the warmth of the Madeline Hotel family.
POOLSIDE, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER.
Guests and residence owners can take in sweeping views and legendary sunsets while they sip on handcrafted cocktails and join in poolside après events.
GREAT SKIING, SNOW JOKE.
Access to the Auberge Ski Valet is the above and beyond service that the brand is known for. Just let them know when you’re ready to hit the slopes, and they’ll lay your skis out the backdoor (tips pointed downhill, of course) for a true ski-out experience.
There’s something for everyone, from the meandering green and blue runs of Sunshine (Lift 10), Ute Park (Lift 11) and Prospect Bowl (Lift 12) for beginners to the Plunge (Lift 9), a jaw-dropping black diamond that descends 3,140 vertical feet from the top of the mountain down to Telluride, for your expert skiers!
APRES SKI IDEAS
Since we can’t ski at home (of course, unless you have a very hilly backyard!) we thought these apres ski ideas might be a little more feasible:
And, 10 books that were actually burned in fires...
Songs about skiing/snowboarding
Fun facts about Telluride. (BTW, some speculate that the name “Telluride” actually derived from the phrase “To Hell You Ride,“ which described the treacherous journey to get to the remote mountain town back in the day.
Kelly McAlister, Maui Jim
Kelly McAlister of Maui Jim will be with us on the calls each week as judge and jury to see which planner really goes all-in with the theme. So engage, be creative, and have fun... and you may be the winner!
She’ll be doing some gifting that will surely lift your shelter-in-place spirits!
