Holidays in Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park in Colorado, first developed for the citizens of Denver, has the best snowfall record of all Colorado's major ski resorts.
The mountain is world class and the village at the base has a character all its own.
Ski holidays in Winter Park:
Winter Park started life at the turn of the century and was originally a railway town. The rail workers would climb up the slopes to ski down. The railway still plays an important part, with a regular service from Denver, allowing good weekend skiing for many of the town's citizens.
Now Winter Park is quickly evolving from a secret mountain getaway to one of the state's top winter sport destinations.
The end of 2007 will see significant progress made on the new village at the Winter Park base.
Due for completion for the 2007-8 ski season, the Panoramic Express lift. will be the highest six pack chair lift in North America.
There are 5 distinct and well linked sectors, and even by US standards, the area is big.
See the winter factfile for more information.
winter activities: cross country skiing, skiing and snowboarding, snow mobiles, snow shoe walks.
Summer holidays in Winter Park:
Winter Park is a fun as a summer destination - with a good and varied programme of events and activities.
Activities include mountain biking, hiking, sightseeing, horse riding, river rafting, golfand much more.
