Library Corner: Get all set to appreciate wintertime!

Grand County Library District (GCLD) is listed here to enable you make the most of winter, with or with no snow.

Should really it snow, get started with checking out GCLD’s latest addition to our Library of Factors — snowshoes! Every single library now has sets of Redfeather snowshoes and poles in an simple-to-have tote for teenagers and older people, with smaller dimensions arriving before long.

Want to check out snowshoes on groomed trails?



Entry Grand has free passes to Snow Mountain Ranch YMCA of the Rockies, in which up to 4 persons for each reservation can examine 120 kilometers of entire world-course groomed trails. If the YMCA Nordic Heart is even now ready on winter precipitation, there are a good deal of other activities to get pleasure from, from roller skating to an indoor pool to mini golfing and far more.

Want to devote a working day swishing at Winter Park Vacation resort? Folks from all-around the environment flock to our yard to ski or snowboard. GCLD has worked with Winter season Park Vacation resort to supply a single-day ski passes to our patrons with the Entry Grand library pass plan.



Make the most of Access Grand to enable you get in tip-leading form for any winter activity. Pay a visit to one or all of the under:

• Fraser Valley Rec

• Middle Park Wellbeing Wellness Centre in Kremmling

• Grand Lake Fitness Middle

• Jenny Smith Yoga Classes in Grand Lake

Going to Summit County with a youngster? Reserve an Entry Grand go to Wild and Cost-free, an awesome character primarily based indoor participate in area for youngsters. This five-star indoor playground was commenced by Michelle Flickinger, who believes in “imaginative, absolutely free-perform and fostering a strong connection in between youngsters and nature.” Flickinger also created positive this is an ecosystem for grown ups to take it easy while little ones participate in.

How to chill out? Sign up for GCLD’s Winter Reading through Journey for all ages, reading through 3 books of 3 genres in 3 months. You may want to select one particular of the pursuing:

• “Could You Be a Major Mountain Skier?” by B.A. Hoena (Juvenile)

• “The Snow Dancer” by Addie K. Boswell (Simple)

• “Avalanche!” by Terry Lynn Johnson (Juvenile)

• “Ice Hockey” or “Nordic Skiing” each by Ellen Labrecque (Juvenile sequence on Olympic athletics)

• “Hut to Hut United states of america: The Comprehensive Manual for Hikers, Bikers, and Skiers” by Sam Demas (Adult non-fiction)

• “Powder Days” by Heather Hansman (Adult non-fiction)

• “First Tracks” by Catherine O’Connell (Grownup fiction)

There is much more!

Check out out sketch kits to seize and share the magnificence of Grand County, a Warren Miller DVD, video games like Exploding Kittens, musical instruments and craft kits.

Stream motion pictures and documentaries on Kanopy like “Aspen,” “Avalanches,” “Mountain Ski Operations” and “Alpine Skis.”

Just take a Common Course on the net to enable with your winter ambitions like The Art of Breathing, Anatomy and Physiology, Excess weight Instruction 101 or Life span Wellness 101.

Indicator up for GCLD’s amazing packages which include crafts, academic talks, game titles, reserve clubs and extra to hold you lively and understanding.

No matter what your wintertime passions or ambitions may well be, GCLD is listed here to enable you make them appear to fruition. To study much more about your regional libraries, visit a single or all five branches or go to gcld.org. We seem forward to looking at or listening to from you!