Mary Jane Alpine/Downhill Resorts Resort (Are you this resort?)

The Mary Jane, or better known to her loyal fans as simply “The Jane”, is the sister ski hill to the Winter Park Resort. Completed in 1975, the genius of the Jane’s trail design came from Steve Bradley, the creator of modern slope grooming and inventor of the Bradley Packer.

This is interesting only because The Jane is known for her blistering bumps and tree skiing, not her groomed trails!

Rate This Resort

US Highway 40
Winter Park, CO 80482
USA

Is this resort/area easy to get to? 4
Is the parking & transportation drop-off near the lifts? 5
Walking access: distance, stairs, steep walkways 5
Trail maps/signage are easy to find and understand 5
The trails I experienced were 5
Restrooms well placed, functional and clean 4
Snow quality 5
Terrain met my expectations 5
Quality of slope grooming 2
Terrain parks and related features NA
OVERALL children's facilities: child friendly? 2
Crowds, traffic flow and lift lines? 3
Quality of on-mountain dining 2
Quality and speed of lifts 4
Rate this resort's ski/snowboard school 4
Did you get your money's worth? 5
Area shopping: includes nearby towns or villages 1
The OVERALL service at this resort is 5
Recommend this resort/area to others? 5
Would you visit this resort/area again? 100 %

Additional Data

How did you get there?: Drive
Year/Month/Day of visit (Approx. if not known): 2005/04/17
Total number of days spent on this mountain: 30

Comments

General Comments/Likes

The Mary Jane is a really challenging ski area with great mogul trails, big bumps, steep bumps, great chutes, awesome tree skiing and more huts than you can shake a stick at.
Favorite runs: Hole-in-the-Wall, Needles Eye, Golden Spike, Coupler, Boiler, Brakeman, Trestle.
Favorite huts: Ladder Hut and Twiggy’s Hut.

Dislikes

As a ski instructor the double fall lines of the Mary Jane can make it difficult to teach beginners and lower intermediates, but if you’re looking to learn the moguls the Jane is the place to do it, take a bump clinic with Bob Barnes.