Tag: Winter Park
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‘No Pain, No Jane’: Winter Park’s Mary Jane opens just in time to celebrate 50th birthday
Alli Salaman lifted her billowing red velvet skirt to step into her skis at the top of Winter Park Resort’s Super Gauge lift Saturday afternoon. Salaman was one of thousands of people who gathered at Winter Park’s Mary Jane for the ski area’s 50th birthday, but she was dressed differently than most. Rather than ski…
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A skier’s guide to Winter Park Resort: Terrain, dining, lodging, parking, and more
Winter Park is Colorado’s longest continually operated major ski resort. The ski area features over 3,000 acres of terrain, including everything from wide groomed runs to ungroomed glade skiing. With its combination of scenic beauty, reliable snow, terrain diversity, and welcoming atmosphere, Winter Park offers guests a well-rounded skiing experience. It’s also worth noting that…
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In a chilly real estate market, resorts ring in a brighter outlook
Colorado Realtors are wrapping up a dreary year marked by falling prices and grinch-like sales. But the latest numbers are showing evidence of stabilizing prices that are offering some holiday cheer, according to a new report. That’s doubly true in the ski resort markets, according to the latest Market Trends report by the Colorado Association…
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Amtrak expands Winter Park ‘ski train’ amid surging demand for mountain rail
Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train is launching holiday runs starting Dec. 19, plus is expanding to four days a week beginning Jan. 8 to meet booming demand for travel through Colorado’s mountain corridor. With 57 round-trips planned through late March, the rail line hopes to ease congestion on U.S. Highway 40 over Berthoud Pass…
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Major Colorado resort to host early-season ‘ski ballet’ competition with $1K prize
Lifts aren’t spinning quite yet at Colorado’s Winter Park Resort, but an early-season event that’s sure to be entertaining is already on the calendar. On November 15, the resort will be hosting an ‘Amateur Ski Ballet’ competition, scheduled to take place on Cranmer to Snoasis. For a cost of $15, participants will be able to…
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Winter Park Ski Train ridership increases 153% in 2025
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Winter Park Express ski train posted extraordinary ridership numbers, showing its popularity is a “roaring success,” with ridership in 2025 exploding to 153% of last year’s total, according to the governor’s office The train, operated through a partnership between Winter Park Resorts and Amtrak,…
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More than 100 people evacuated by rope from Winter Park Resort gondola after malfunction
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WINTER PARK — More than a hundred skiers and snowboarders on the Winter Park Resort gondola had to be evacuated from the cabins by rope after the lift shut down on Saturday. A spokesperson for the resort said the gondola had an operation malfunction and stopped, as it is designed to do. The shutdown was…
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Snow Mountain Ranch: Colorado’s ‘5,000-acre memory maker’ of endless winter fun
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GRANBY • The road weaves through young pines, short enough that the view is unobstructed: the Continental Divide, Indian Peaks and high points of this western side of Rocky Mountain National Park. The sky seems endless above. And below, a snowy canvas of endless possibilities.…
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Lifts, price drops, hang-outs and more new to Colorado ski country
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Last year around this time, we were talking about terrain debuting at Aspen Mountain and Steamboat; about a chairlift reaching Keystone’s Bergman Bowl; about the latest in an ongoing series of lift and base upgrades at Breckenridge. There’s always something to talk about at the start of ski season. As more resorts open this month,…
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A look at 9 Colorado passes over the Continental Divide — and what to see on the drives
Call it the great separator, or the thing that unifies us as Coloradans. That’s the Continental Divide, or the Great Divide, so named for the mighty formation that separates our North American watersheds between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In Colorado, we know it as the rugged wall between the Front Range and the Western…