Summer arrived over the 4th of July with perfect weather, Legacy Park ready for resort visitors and the first ever Backcountry Aviation Exhibit at Alpine Village.  The Aviation exhibit offered a close peak at the Saint Alphonsus Life Flight helicopter and two planes that were taxied from the McCall Airport to Alpine Village.

Under sunny blue skies, the amazing snow sculptures of the McCall Winter Carnival have been judged and admired by thousands of locals and visitors. The US Forest Service exhibit, always a crowd favorite and sponsored by Homes and Land of McCall, was judged to be the Child’s Favorite while the towering castle by McCall Alpine Village is a show stopper. Underway in town near Legacy Park is where snow carvers will create sculptures to enter in the State of Idaho Snow Sculpture Championship with judging to take place this Friday, February 6. With cold temperatures and the possibility of snow in the forecast, this weekend will be a great time to travel to McCall to take in the sights and sounds of our Winter Carnival.

Dogs of all shapes and sizes, from a four month old Yellow Labrador Pup to oversized Saint Bernards were drawn to compete in the MCPAWS Regional Animal Shelter’s Monster Dog Pull last Sunday on the opening weekend of the McCall Winter Carnival. The event was a huge success with over 80 dogs competing for valuable prizes and the satisfaction of a job well done!

McCall is ready for summer fun with plenty to do here while the Legacy Park renovation is underway. Alternative Payette Lake access is easy whether you’re downtown at Art Roberts Park which is located right next to our Coldwell Banker McCall Real Estate office; Davis Beach just west of the entrance into Ponderosa Park; Brown Park just north of the new Lakeside Grill (formerly Babblefish) and Rotary Park on the other side of the bridge at Whitetail Resort. Launching your boat is easy at the Mile High Marina as well as Ponderosa Park.

Can you dig this??

Today the City of McCall commenced the renovation of Legacy Park on Payette Lake here in McCall. In the background, The Lakeside Grill, formerly Babblefish, has reopened under new management. And Alpine Village in downtown McCall is going vertical .

On top of that, Payette Lake is almost back and we expect to see completely open water by end of week.

Locals have waited long enough for Payette Lake to return! Payette Lake is almost back while Brundage Mountain in the background welcomes skiiers in its closing day on Saturday – kids under 17 and Mom’s ski free! Closing festivities will bid farewell to the epic ski season of 2007-2008 with the second snowiest winter on record – 428 inches of the best powder snow in Idaho!

goto www.Brundage.com for all the details

Brundage Mountain Resort just logged in over 400 inches of snow for this epic 2007-2008 ski season! Friday night we got pounded with over 8 inches of new powder and more is on the way tonite. Nordic trails at Ponderosa Park were freshly groomed early Saturday morning and you couldn’t have asked for better snow/grooming at Little Bear Basin last Friday. With overnite temps just over zero we’ll wait for warmer air and trail conditions early afternoon tomorrow.

While Brundage normally closes around the second weekend of April, the resort will be open the third and fourth weekends of April. Go to www.brundage.com for all the details and end of season festivities.

Perfect snow conditions, sunny skies and enthusiasm permeated the 2008 Masters World Cup competition at Ponderosa Park in McCall over the last week. We shot much of the competition from the start/finish lines as well as along the trails so stay tuned for our event photo album.

The 2008 Masters World Cup at Ponderosa Park is well underway in McCall with record crowds, great snow conditions and marvelous competitors in our midst. It is a rare privilege to watch world class athletes compete in all age groups from 30 to 87 years of age.

The event’s website at http://www.mwc2008.com/ is being updated daily to record race results and news.