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Xanterra Offers Yellowstone Winter Getaway Packages
Xanterra Parks & Resorts, operator of lodging, restaurants and activities in Yellowstone
National Park, has announced its lineup of Winter Getaway packages for the upcoming season.
The park's winter season begins Dec. 20, 2006 with the opening of the Old Faithful Snow Lodge. The Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel opens Dec. 22, 2006. The lodges provide the only wintertime accommodations within the park. Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel will close for the season on March 4, 2007, and Old Faithful Snow Lodge will close March 11, 2007.
Winter Getaway packages are available Jan. 1 through March 2, 2007 at Mammoth Hot Springs and through March 9 at the Snow Lodge.
Frosty Fun at Mammoth. This package includes a minimum of two nights at the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, two breakfasts per person, welcome gift, a one-hour hot tub rental, unlimited ice skating and skates and a "Snow Card" good for 10 percent discount on certain gift shop items, meals and equipment rental. Rates start at $99 per person, plus tax, based on double occupancy.
Frosty Fun at Old Faithful. This package includes a minimum of two nights of lodging at the Snow Lodge, two breakfasts per person, welcome gift, unlimited ice skating and skates, round-trip snowcoach transportation and Snow Card. Rates start at $245 per person, plus tax, based on double occupancy.
Nordic Heaven at Mammoth. This package includes a minimum of two nights of lodging, two breakfasts per person, welcome gift, full-day ski rental and one ski drop per person, a one-hour hot tub rental, unlimited ice skating and skates and a Snow Card. Rates start at $119 per person, plus tax, based on double occupancy.
Nordic Heaven at Old Faithful. This package includes a minimum of two nights of lodging at the Snow Lodge, two breakfasts per person, welcome gift, full-day ski rental, one ski drop per person and a round-trip snowcoach tour per person, unlimited ice skating and skates and Snow Card. Rates start at $265 per person, plus tax, based on double occupancy.
Guided Snowmo-deal at Mammoth. This package includes a minimum of two nights of lodging at the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, two breakfasts per person, welcome gift, a one-day guided snowmobile tour (including snowmobile clothing) to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone or Old Faithful, a one-hour hot tub rental, unlimited ice skating and skates and Snow Card. Rates start at $199 per person, plus tax, based on double occupancy.
Guided Snowmo-deal at Old Faithful. This package includes a minimum of two nights of lodging at the Old Faithful Snow Lodge, two breakfasts per person, welcome gift, unlimited ice skating and skates, a one-day guided snowmobile tour (including snowmobile clothing) to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone or Mammoth and Snow Card. Rates start at $345 per person, plus tax, based on double occupancy.
Winter rates for single or double occupancy, plus tax, for individual room nights at Mammoth Hotel start at $76 for a room without a private bathroom or $102 for a room with a bathroom. Rates at the Snow Lodge are $171 for a lodge room, $123 for a Western Cabin or $85 for a Frontier Cabin, all with private bathrooms.
Except for the road from Gardiner, Montana to Cooke City, Montana via Mammoth Hot Springs, transportation within the park is limited to snowmobiles and enclosed heated snowcoaches during the winter. Snowcoach transportation is available daily to a variety of park locations. Xanterra also offers a variety of half- and full-day snowcoach, ski and snowshoe tours and ski and snowshoe rentals as well as expert instruction and other services.
Xanterra and the Yellowstone Association Institute also offer seven Lodging & Learning programs combining expert guides, accommodations, transportation and meals. Lodging, meals and transportation are available individually as well.
Winter Getaway packages must be booked by phone. Complete tour details and at Yellowstone can be made by calling (1) 307-344-7311 or toll-free 866-GEYSERLAND (866-439-7375), or visiting the web site www.TravelYellowstone.com.
Expires: 03/09/2007
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