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Ski resort in Colorado, United States

Winter Park Resort is an alpine ski resort in the western United States, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado at Winter Park. Located in Grand County just off U. S. Highway 40, the resort is about a ninety minute drive from Denver.

The mountain opened for the 1939–40 season as Winter Park Ski Area and was owned and operated by the city and county of Denver until 2002, when Denver entered into a partnership with Intrawest ULC, a Canadian corporation headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, which operated the resort until Intrawest was acquired by Alterra Mountain Company in 2018. For nearly 70 years, a popular way for Denver residents to arrive was via the Ski Train, which arrived at the resort's base area through the Moffat Tunnel. Ski Train service ended in 2009 but returned as the Winter Park Express in 2017. Winter Park Resort is home to one of the world's largest and oldest disabled skiing programs, the National Sports Center for the Disabled. During Intrawest's stint operating the resort, they made several changes to the mountain's infrastructure, renovating the food services in the West Portal base lodge, opening new lifts in 2005 and 2006, and a new base village with hundreds of condominia, a parking structure, a "Village Pond," retail space, and an open air gondola known as "The Village Cabriolet." The historic 1955 Balcony House was listed as one of Colorado's Most Endangered Places by Colorado Preservation, Inc. This historic building was designed in the Googie style of architecture, which was a popular style in the 1940s to the 1960s. The resort consists of three interconnected mountain peaks — Winter Park, Mary Jane, and Vasquez Ridge — which share a common lift ticket. Mary Jane, opened in 1975, has a separate base area and is known for its moguls, tree skiing, hidden huts, and generally more difficult terrain. It encompasses the above tree line terrain of Parsenn Bowl. Vasquez Ridge, opened in 1986, offers intermediate terrain and mogul runs. In 1997, of backcountry terrain in Vasquez Cirque were opened to skiing, although access required hiking from the top of Mary Jane; the 2006 relocation of the former Outrigger triple chairlift to the backside of Parsenn Bowl (now called Eagle Wind) provides an easier escape back to Mary Jane after descending Vasquez Cirque. Beginning with the 2013 14 season, the resort was divided into seven "territories". The three peaks — Winter Park, Mary Jane, and Vasquez Ridge — are each considered their own territories. Parsenn Bowl is now considered its own territory separate from Mary Jane. The remaining three are Vasquez Cirque (the backcountry terrain behind Parsenn Bowl), Eagle Wind (the glade below Vasquez Cirque), and "Terrain Park" (the various terrain parks across the mountain). Winter Park is a year round resort; the resort operates the lifts during the summer months for mountain biking, hiking and sightseeing. The Arrow chairlift also services an alpine slide in the summer, and the base area features miniature golf, a climbing wall, and other diversions. While the Winter Park area is also a popular destination for golf, there are no golf courses located at, or operated by, the resort itself. Winter Park boasts the most extensive lift access summer mountain biking trails in Colorado. In 2018 Winter Park Resort was named "Best ski resort in North America" as voted by the readers of USA Today. In 2019 Winter Park Resort was named "Number 1 Ski Resort in North America". Winter Park hosted the NCAA Skiing Championships in 1956, 1959, 1972, and 1977. The team title went to Denver in 1956 and Colorado took the latter three.

Winter Park currently has 23 operating lifts. Lift Name Type Manufacturer Year BuiltTerritory Notes The Gondola Gondola 10 Leitner Poma 2018Winter Park Village Cabriolet Gondola 8 Leitner Poma 2008n/aDoes not serve any terrain, used as transportation between Vintage parking lot to Winter Park Village. Panoramic Express High speed six pack Leitner Poma 2007Parsenn Bowl When opened, it was marketed as being the highest high speed six pack in North America, a title it retained until the Kensho SuperChair at Breckenridge Ski Resort was built in 2013. Super Gauge Express High speed six pack Leitner Poma 2005Mary Jane Sunnyside Express High speed six pack Leitner Poma 2019Mary Jane Explorer Express High speed quad Poma 1999Winter Park Formerly called the Eskimo Express from 1999 to 2020 Gemini Express High speed quad Poma 1993Winter Park High Lonesome Express High speed quad Poma 1991Mary Jane Olympia Express High speed quad Poma 1996Winter Park Wild Spur Express High speed six pack Leitner Poma 2023Vasquez Ridge Contains a midway load station for skiers lapping the ridge, eliminating a lengthy traverse back to the base of the lift Prospector Express High speed quad Poma 1994Winter Park Arrow TripleYan 1979Winter Park Eagle Wind Triple Yan 2006Eagle Wind Former Outrigger chair from 1978 2003 Endeavour Triple Poma 1993Winter Park Challenger Double Heron Poma 1974Mary Jane Discovery Double Heron Poma 1984Winter Park Galloping Goose Double Heron Poma 1974Mary Jane Iron Horse Double Heron Poma 1974Mary Jane Looking Glass Double Riblet 1966Winter Park Pony Express Double Heron Poma 1974Mary Jane Lariat Rope Tow Poma 2002Winter Park Spirit Platter surface lift Poma 2004Winter Park Comet Conveyor Magic Carpet 2019Winter Park Meteor Conveyor Magic Carpet 2019Winter Park