<< Return to Mile High published Feb 15, 2005

Winter Park Resort

Winter Park is a Colorado Ski Resort located on Highway 40, about 25 miles north of I-70. Winter Park is famous for the Ski Train, which originates at Union Station in Denver and pulls up just yards from the ski lifts at Winter Park, after passing through the Moffat Tunnel.

The Moffat Tunnel was the first tunnel built through the Continental Divide, completed in 1926.Winter Park is one of Colorado's oldest ski resorts. In 1937, the U.S. Forrest Service installed a ski jump, followed by the first J-bar lift in 1939.

Compared with resorts like Vail which opened in 1962, Winter Park is where Colorado's recreational skiing industry began. Winter Park is still owned by the City and County of Denver but the operations and development of the resort was leased to Intrawest in 2001.

Related Links
Winter Park Resort
SkiTrain.com

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