Its October and winter sports enthusiasts are already looking out for snow.  Wolf Creek Lodge at 2,400 feet elevation with its Mediterranean climate  can expect snow on only a few days. The snow soon melts as the sun rises.  However,  it is only an hour away from Donner Summit and the Sugar Bowl ski resort at over 7,000ft.
Sugar Bowl has just announced that they will be managing Royal Gorge – north America’s largest cross country area. A little further over the summit is Tahoe Donner Cross Country – another world class cross country center.

Here is an extract from Sugar Bowl’s press release:
“Sugar Bowl Resort has signed an agreement to operate Royal Gorge Cross Country Resort, America’s largest cross-country operation, which is being purchased by the Truckee Donner Land Trust, the Trust for Public Land and the Northern Sierra Partnership.

The Sugar Bowl Resort operating agreement was inked on Monday, Oct. 1, and includes the 3,000 acres the conservation groups have agreed to purchase. The Truckee Donner Land Trust, the Trust for Public Land and the Northern Sierra Partnership put down a $500,000 non-refundable deposit on the property on Oct. 1, and plan to complete the $11.25 million purchase on Dec. 20, 2012. The previous owners of Royal Gorge defaulted on their loan on the property, and Royal Gorge was taken over by the lender last summer.

The agreement unites two of North Tahoe’s premiere ski resorts. Sugar Bowl Resort, founded in 1939, is a 1,500-acre downhill ski resort with four peaks, 13 lifts and North Tahoe’s deepest annual snowpack. Royal Gorge is America’s largest cross-country ski resort. Its 200 kilometers of trails and approximately 6,000 acres of terrain stretch from the open expanse of Van Norden Meadows to the foot of majestic Devil’s Peak. The Summit Station lodge is the center of the cross-country resort and eight warming huts dot the expansive eight track trail system. Sugar Bowl has trail leases with Donner Summit landowners, which will ensure the entire 6,000 acres of cross-country ski will be open for skiing this winter.

Sugar Bowl Resort and Royal Gorge are already connected by an “interconnect trail” that allows skiers to ski back and forth between the Donner Summit resorts, and plans are in the works to further enhance the connection with two additional beginner-friendly routes. Sugar Bowl is now offering a season pass that allows holders to downhill ski at Sugar Bowl and cross-country ski at Royal Gorge for one affordable rate. Sugar Bowl passholders can add on an unrestricted Royal Gorge pass for $149 (adult price), and can purchase an unrestricted, standalone Royal Gorge pass for $299.”

The Wolf Creek Lodge Grand Opening is on Saturday, October 6th.

The lodge is at 800 Freeman Lane at the corner of Freeman Lane and McKnight.

This is a unique opportunity to meet the members of Wolf Creek Lodge.  You also will meet Katie McCamant and Chuck Durrett, the project manager and architect of Wolf Creek Lodge.

You will  tour this unique build.  It has been specially designed to meet the needs of a senior cohousing community.  It’s design fosters community.  There are extensive common areas including a patio, dining room, kitchen, work shop and guest rooms.  It has many features to make it energy efficient.

Hello to all subscribers to www.wolfcreeklodge.org,

Tomorrow, Saturday, is the Grand Opening starting at 1:00 pm.  See the website for details.

Wolf Creek Lodge was the subject of an excellent article in The Union. The on-line version included photographs such as this one:
It also included a short video interview:
Follow these links:

On-line report

and

video interview

We hope to get additional coverage of the Grand Opening on Saturday, October 6th.

September 21 – 23  “Art of Community”.

Wolf Creek Lodge members plan to have a table at this conference.

See their websites:

http://www.ic.org/

http://www.artofcmty.com/

From their website:

On the weekend of Sept. 21-23, Art of Community is once again being hosted in the beautiful coastal redwoods of Occidental, CA. A unique conference experience, AoC offers a wealth of opportunities for building and practicing skills of a cooperative culture and for sharing ideas and knowledge about creating and living in intentional communities.

Alameda, September 18th

Katie McCamant, project manager of Wolf Creek Lodge and partner in the architectural firm of McCamant and Durrett, will talk about cohousing in Almeda at 1:30pm. The public is welcome. It is free to OLLI members.

The address is:

Mastick Senior Center,
1155 Santa Clara Ave.,
Alameda

Katie will discuss her 25 years of experience designing and building award-winning, sustainable communities throughout the United States. She is presently developing Wolf Creek Lodge, a pro-active cohousing community under construction in Grass Valley, CA. The project has recently been awarded the prestigious California State 2011 Governor’s Environmental & Economic Leadership Award for sustainable communities.

San Francisco Mime Troupe, Sacramento, Sunday September 9th.

Three members of Wolf Creek Lodge will be attending a performance of the San Francisco Mime Troupe at Southside Park, Bandshell, 6th & T St., in Sacramento on Sunday, September, 9th at 4:00pm.

They will have a table dedicated to Wolf Creek Lodge. starting at 3:30pm.  Please drop by and meet them.

Jerry Diller and Vicki Dotterer,  members of Wolf Creek Lodge, will host a  coffee gathering in Berkeley on Saturday, September 8th at 3:00pm.  See Jerry’s and Vicki’s bios  here and here.

Jerry and Vicki will introduce the concept of senior co-housing and invite  guests to discuss how it may relate to their situation.

Where:
Cafe Leila
1724 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702.

To sign up call Nisanda at 530-478-1970 or email info@wolfcreeklodge.org with “Coffee” in the subject field to sign up.

Making the rope piping for the cushions in the common room and living room — off to a good start but a long way to go.

Sewing the rope piping - September 5, 2012

The marketing team has tried many marketing approaches over the years. We know there are many people out there who would love to live with the Wolf Creek Lodge Community but how to find them?

Recently we have been taking Wolf Creek Lodge business cards with us on our hikes in the Northern Sierra. We have left one at the top of Twin Peaks, on Castle Peak, on the rock outcrop near Rose Knob north of Lake Tahoe and most recently on the stove in the Benson hut on the way from Sugar Bowl to Squaw.

This should be a way of finding “pro-active’ adults with an emphasis on the “active.”
Tell us about your innovative marketing activities.