Winter Park Resort

Winter Park/Mary Jane Resort
Winter Park Village
Location	Grand County, Colorado, USA
Nearest city	Winter Park, Colorado
Coordinates	39°53′13″N 105°45′45″W / 39.88694°N 105.76250°W / 39.88694; -105.76250 (Winter Park/Mary Jane Resort)
Top elevation	12,060 feet (3,676 m)
Base elevation	9,000 feet (2,743 m)
Skiable area	3,081 acres (1,247 ha)
Runs	143 total 8% beginner 18% intermediate 19% advanced 55% expert
Lift system	25 total (9 high-speed chairs, 10 fixed-grip chairs, 6 surface lifts)
Snowfall	370 in (940 cm)
Website	http://www.winterparkresort.com

Winter Park Resort is an alpine ski resort in Winter Park, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. Located just off U.S. Highway 40, the resort is about a 90-minute drive from Denver, Colorado.

The mountain opened for the 1939–1940 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 has operated the resort since then. For nearly 70 years a popular way for Denver residents to get there was via the Ski Train, which arrived at the resort's base area through the Moffat Tunnel. (The Ski Train was terminated by the railroad in spring 2009.) Winter Park Resort is home to one of the world's largest and oldest disabled skiing programs, the National Sports Center for the Disabled.

The resort consists of three interconnected mountain peaks (and 7 "territories") — 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, 435 acres (176 ha) 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 provides an easier escape back to Mary Jane after descending Vasquez Cirque.