5 Good Reasons to Ski Winter Park

Snow

Winter Park receives over 351 inches (8.9 m) a year of light dry Colorado powder a year.  Their Natural snow, along with extensive snowmaking systems covering 26 trails and its high elevation guarantees great skiing from mid-November through to mid-April.

Closest Resort to the Denver International Airport

Just 85 miles (approximately 1-1/2 to 2 hour) drive from Denver makes for more time skiing and less time travelling. They say getting there is half the fun.

Winter Park Resort consists of five adjacent mountains

Winter Park, Mary Jane, Parsenn Bowl, Vasquez Cirque, and Vasquez Ridge—making it one of the largest ski resorts in Colorado. A network of trails and lifts interconnects the five mountains.  Winter Park Resort is the oldest continually operated resort in Colorado.

Size

Winter Park, has a total of 3,060 total skiable acreage (1,521 hectares), that includes 145 designated trails, 25 Lifts and 1,212 acres (490 hectares) of off-piste terrain, including Vasquez Cirque and glade skiing.

Variety

One of the best aspects of the mountain is the VARIETY! The expert terrain, 56% of the mountain, is made up of a combination of the Mary Jane Mountain (the best expert mogul skiing in the USA) and Vasquez Cirque (some of the most extreme terrain in Colorado). The beginner terrain, 8% of the mountain, includes Discovery Park, which has been rated as one of the top five places to learn to ski in America. 17% of the mountain is intermediate and provides plenty of wide groomed cruisers for intermediate skiers, while the remaining 19% consists of advanced blue-black trails.