Winter Park Colorado Lodging 

Winter Park  *  Fraser  *  Colorado

The Winter Park Ski resort, and the Winter Park area

   

 

The Winter Park Ski Area:

Winter Park Arial Photo

 With the most snowfall of any Colorado destination resort, it's no wonder that Winter Park is consistently voted "Colorado's Favorite"...

 

The Mountain:

  Winter Park MaryJane Vasquez Ridge Parsen Bowl Vasquez Cirque
Vertical Drop
feet/meters		 1700/
518		 2610/
796		 1214/
370		 1712/
522		 1500/
457
Maximum Run Length 2 miles 4.5 miles 1.4miles 5.1 miles NA
Elevation
Top
feet/meters		 10,700/
3,261		 12,060/
3,676		 10,700/
3,261		 12,060/
3,676		 11,900/
3627
Base
feet/meters		 9,000/
2,743		 9,450/
2,880		 9,486/
2,891		 10,348/
3,154		 10,400/
3,170

Winter Park Terrain

Winter Park Trail Map
The Winter Park Trails: 2,886 total ski-able acreage (1,169 hectares), includes 134 designated trails and 1,467 acres (594 hectares) of off-piste terrain, including Vasquez Cirque and glade skiing.  Plus  super-pipe, terrain park and the "rail yard".

 

  Total Winter Park Mary Jane
Parsen Bowl		 Vasquez Ridge Vasquez Cirque
Beginner 9% 33% 3% 14% 0%
Intermediate 21% 27% 24% 43% 0%
Advanced 13% 15% 12% 2% 0%
Most Difficult 54% 25% 60% 41% 86%
Expert Only 3% 0% 1% 0% 14%

The Winter Park Lift Facilities
22 lifts including 8 High-Speed Express Quads, 4 Triple Chairlifts, 7 Double Chairlifts, 3 Magic Carpets. Uphill capacity of 35,030 skiers per hour. The Zephyr Express is modified to accommodate 20 gondola cabins for dinner service to The Lodge at Sunspot.

 

 

 

The Winter Park (Grand County) Area:

Indian Peaks at Daybreak

 

 

 

 

 

 

As one of the largest but least dense counties in the state of Colorado, Grand county boasts a larger elk population than human population.  We also share this area with moose, deer, martin, marmot, ptarmigan, bear, fox, coyote, mountain lion, eagle and of course, ...trout.

Elevation:

  • Winter Park 8,800 ft

  • Fraser: 8,700 ft.

  • Berthoud Pass 11,315 ft

  • Highest point 13,391 ft (Parry Peak)

Average Precipitation:

  • snow: 369 inches

  • rain: 27 inches

Miles of Bike Trails:

  • Marked/maintained: 600

  • Unmarked Trails: 500 (est.)

Average High Temperatures (Fahrenheit/Celsius):

  • January: 30 (-1 c.)

  • April: 50.2 (10 c.)

  • July: 78.3 (26 c.)

  • October: 56.1 (13.4 c.)

Average Number of Sunny Days Per Year:  300

 

Number of Golf Courses: 4

 

 

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