 Winter Park, Colorado, known as Colorado’s Favorite outdoor playground, is visited by more Denver and Front Range residents than any other Colorado ski town. Why is that? The answer is easy. EPIC skiing & snowboarding, plus multitudes of additional ways to play in the snow.
The Small Ski Town with Big Skiing. Winter Park is the closest ski town to Denver at only 65 miles away. Our quaint town gets an average of 375 inches of snowfall falls each winter and is full of enthusiastic and friendly locals that have a passion for playing outdoors. Best of all, we don’t get the massive crowds of other famous ski towns of Colorado. Winter Park Resort ranks as the 2nd largest ski resort in Colorado, consisting of over three thousand acres of ski-able terrain, 25 lifts serving over 143 marked trails (and tons of off-piste terrain), on three mountains and two bowls.Winter Park mountain, the main mountain, is good for beginner to intermediate with 50% of trails being greens or blues. Head over to Mary Jane Mountain, Parsenn Bowl or Vasquez Mountain for more advanced terrain, or to Vasquez Cirque for advanced or expert-only trails. Endless Activities in a Winter Wonderland Looking for a place in Colorado where you can do other winter activities in addition to skiing? Look no further than Winter Park, where you’ll find experts to guide you on all sorts of activities and lots of things you can do on your own. Two giant tubing hills are located in Fraser, just three miles from downtown Winter Park and there’s a free sledding hill that’s great for smaller kids in downtown Winter Park’s Hideaway Park. A half a dozen ice skating rinks can be found, from the Village Rink at Winter Park Resort to the rink at Snow Mountain Ranch, which also has its own sledding and tubing hill. Choose from a hundred snowshoe or cross-country ski trails, either backcountry trails in the surrounding Arapahoe National Forest or at the groomed trails of Snow Mountain or Devil’s Thumb Ranch. Got kids or teens to entertain while on your Winter Park ski trip? They love the movie theatre, the tubing and sledding hills, the recreation center with indoor pool, climbing wall, gymnastics room, track, and workout rooms. Take your hunny on a romantic sleigh ride for two paired with hot cocoa, marshmallow roasting and a cozy fire, or… Take out a couple of snowmobiles to get away into the pristine wilderness on your own. Guided snowmobile tours are a great way to get the family out to explore untouched snow. We mustn’t forget dog-sledding tours led by a team of Alaskan Huskies and Malamutes! Bundle up on your very own sled for an adventurous ride through the wilderness with these incredibly intelligent and energetic creatures. Learn about the western & mining history of Grand County at Cozens Ranch Stagestop Museum and two other Grand County Historical Society Museums in the Valley. Pampering opportunities abound with Hot Sulphur Springs just a 45 minute drive from downtown Winter Park, the Devil’s Thumb Ranch state-of-the-art spa facilities only 15 minutes away and numerous day spas like Bella Vita just around the corner. We hope to provide you with plenty of information about Winter Park’s activities so you’ll know what to do on your ski vacation. Just click on the links to the right to find out more information about all of the fun winter activities in Winter Park, Colorado. Of course, feel free to contact us at Winter Park Lodging Company for the inside scoop on any of these activities. Just call 877-329-1383 or click here to email us. |
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