Winter Park Resort Alpine/Downhill Resorts Resort (Are you this resort?)

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PO Box 36
Winter Park, CO 80482
USA

Is this resort/area easy to get to? 3
Is the parking & transportation drop-off near the lifts? 3
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 5
Snow quality 4
Terrain met my expectations 5
Quality of slope grooming 5
Terrain parks and related features NA
OVERALL children's facilities: child friendly? NA
Crowds, traffic flow and lift lines? 4
Quality of on-mountain dining NA
Quality and speed of lifts 4
Rate this resort's ski/snowboard school NA
Did you get your money's worth? 5
Area shopping: includes nearby towns or villages 3
The OVERALL service at this resort is 3
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): various 2005 to present
Total number of days spent on this mountain: 6

Comments

General Comments/Likes

If Denver has a local hill, it would be Winter Park. I use the term hill colloquially because if you include Mary Jane, this area has about every kind of terrain and lots (3000 acres) of it. Big vert (3000’) too. Generally good snow, catches a lot of the cold front snows that often elude the Summit County areas when there’s not a major storm system. Not crowded once you get on the fringes. Natives friendly. At WP proper, Hughes is a great speed groomer/race course. The ski train apparently is no longer operating as of this (09-10) season but that would have been a fine way to get there from Denver. Hope they restart service.

You’ll want to eat at the Shipwreck on the old route 40. Great Po Boys. The Gasthaus is a nice lodge in town with very good food. They also serve Dortmunder (iirc) beer in enormous mugs, but you can get a regular-sized glass too. Star of India has decent food in town.

Dislikes

I-70. $12-$20 Belgian beers. Probably not the best choice for destination skiers, because between the base and the town of Winter Park there is not too much happening. New base area development has a hollow look and feel about it.

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