Ski Vacation in Winter Park Colorado
August 12, 2009
Winter Park Ski Resort is your final decision on where you should take your ski vacation this year. What a great place to come! Colorado is a place for families , singles and friends and you can get it all up here in Winter Park.
The Resort is located 62 miles west of Denver, Colorado and is owned by the city of Denver and managed by Intrawest, the ski resort developer. The area was originally a playground for the rich families of Denver who belonged to the Arlberg Club that is still located on the slopes of the Mary Jane side of the resort. The City of Denver took over and the ski hill has been Colorado’s favorite ever since!
The ski area receives the most snowfall of any of Colorado’s destination resorts and is known for it’s great family atmosphere and the best bump/mogul skiing in all of North America. The resort is really made up of four distinct groups of mountains: Winterpark, Mary Jane, Vasquez Ridge and Vasquez Cirque. The oldest is Winterpark itself and then the 1970’s gave us Mary Jane and with the 1990’s Vasquez Cirque and Ridge were all linked in form what is the greater Winter Park Ski Resort. Read more