Winter Park Resort

Winter Park Resort consists of four connecting areas: Winter Park, Mary Jane (including Parsenn Bowl), Vasquez Cirque, and Vasquez Ridge.

General Information

www.winterparkresort.com
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Snow Line: (970) 726-SNOW
(970) 726-5514, (303) 316-1564
72nd Season: Nov. 12, 2011–April 22, 2012

Hours of Operation: 9am-4pm weekdays, 8:30am-4pm weekends and holidays. Note: Panoramic Express and Pioneer Express lifts close at 3pm. Eagle Wind closes at 2:15pm.

Twenty-five Chairlifts. Uphill capacity is approximately 40,000 passengers/hour. Foot passenger tickets are available to The Lodge at Sunspot via the Zephyr Express chairlift between 11am and 1:30pm. Friday and Saturday evenings the Zephyr Express chairlift converts into an enclosed gondola for evening dinners at The Lodge at Sunspot.

The Lift is the free, local, shuttle service that runs to and from most lodging properties and activities in the valley and Winter Park Resort. See pages 40-43 for the day and night schedules.

Parking

There are close to 4,700 free parking spaces at the base of Winter Park and Mary Jane, including the 822 spaces in the newly paved Vintage Hotel parking lot. The Village Cabriolet is a free, open-air gondola between the parking at the Vintage Hotel and the entrance of The Village at Winter Park.Many of these lots are serviced by the free Park-N-Ride shuttle service. No overnight parking in Winter Park or Mary Jane parking lots.  Pay Parking is available on the three levels of The Village Parking Garage in the center of the Village. Parking is free after 3pm. Handicap Parking Free handicap parking on Winter Park Drive north of the Parking Hut and the Vintage Lot. Pay handicap parking in the Moffat Lot and Level 1 of the Parking Garage. Wheel chair vehicles may park adjacent to the Balcony House or West Portal Station.

Rentals and Demos

• Mountain Adventure Center
• Showcase Snowboards
• Winter Park Resort Rentals offer three convenient slopeside locations: West Portal Station, The Jane Shop and The Village.

Dining on the Mountain

• The Lodge at Sunspot and The Provisioner At the top of Winter Park Mountain.
• Snoasis Market Located on mid-mountain Winter Park.
• Sundance Café Sits at the top of Vasquez Ridge.
• Lunch Rock on Mary Jane Mountain.

Dining in The Village

• Back Bowl Soup Company
• Lime
• Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Café
• Goodys
• Pizza Pedal’r

Dining at Winter Park Base

• The Derailer Bar Full-service lunch menu.
• Moffat Market At West Portal Station food court.
• Coffee and Tea Market Located in the Balcony House.

Dining at Mary Jane Base

• Mary Jane’s Club Car At the base of Mary Jane Mountain, open daily for lunch and après ski.
• Pepperoni’s Pizza and Sports Bar and Mary Jane Food & Drink Court Located in the Mary Jane base lodge.

Adult Ski and Ride School

Daily ski and ride lessons for all levels (13 years and older) can be purchased online. If you already have your ticket and equipment, tune your skills for just $60 when booking online at winterparkresort.com/lessons. Registration is 8am-9am. (970) 726-1590, winterparkresort.com/lessons. 

Kids’ Ski & Ride School
Traditional all-day ski and snowboarding lessons, all abilities, ages three and older, can be purchased for $120/person online. Registration is 8am-9am at Kids’ Ski & Ride School. Willie’s Child Care is a non-ski program for children two months through six years. Reservations required. Open daily 8am-4pm. 800-420-8093, winterparkresort.com/lessons.

Non-Skiing Activities
Contact Guest Services,
(970) 726-1616 for information.

Snowshoe Tours Two-hour guided tours daily.

Scenic Snowcat Tours Two-hour tours depart at 10am and 12pm daily and at 2pm Friday-Sunday.

Ice Skating A family-friendly pond in The Village at Winter Park. Pond use is free, skate rentals available.

Test Your Skills
The NASTAR recreational race course is open every day 11am-2:30pm on Lower Cranmer trail, just above Snoasis restaurant. (970) 726-1564

Get Gnarly, Dude!
Six terrain parks, one superpipe and over 85 features. In Dark Territory, a special pass is required. rlyrd.com.