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Winter Park Resort is a popular ski destination located in Colorado. It features a wide variety of terrain, including nine terrain parks that cater to skiers and snowboarders of all abilities. The resort receives an average of around 300 inches of snowfall each year, which allows for a long ski season from mid-November to mid-April.

The resort is known for its diverse terrain, which ranges from gentle groomers to challenging steeps, and its laid-back, welcoming atmosphere. Whether you're a seasoned pro or a beginner, you'll find something to love at Winter Park Resort. Winter Park Resort does not offer night skiing.

We recently ranked all of Colorado's ski resorts, so you can see where Winter Park Resort stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Winter Park Resort is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Winter Park Resort around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Winter Park Resort Terrain Overview

Winter Park Resort has a total of 171 ski trails, which are serviced by 28 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 3,081 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 1,247 hectares, 4.8 square miles, or 12.5 square kilometers.

Winter Park Resort's slopes see on average 345 inches (10.5 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 28 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
171
Ski Lift
Lifts
28
Skier
Skiable Acres
3,081(12 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
345"(10,516 cm)

Winter Park Resort Elevation

Winter Park Resort has a summit elevation of 12,060 feet, or 3,676 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 9,000 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 3,060 feet (933 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

The summit of 12,060 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
12,060'(3,676 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
3,060'(933 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
9,000'(2,743 m)

Winter Park Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
86.7out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Winter Park Resort is one of the hardest ski areas in the country, with a difficulty score of 86.7. This mountain ranks in the top 10% of most-difficult ski resorts in all of North America, mostly due to the fact that it has 74% of its trails rated as expert-level, and a vertical drop of 3,060 feet.
 DID YOU KNOW?

At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.

Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Winter Park Resort has 3,081 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Seeing as Winter Park Resort is one of the hardest ski areas in the country, it's no surprise that over 92% of its trails rated as either intermediate or expert-level. This leaves only 8% of its skiable acres as beginner terrain.
Green Circle
Beginner
8%(246 acres)

Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.

Blue Square
Intermediate
18%(555 acres)

Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.

Black Diamond
Expert
74%(2,280 acres)

Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.

Is Winter Park Resort good for beginners?

This is one of the hardest ski areas in the country to ski at, so it is not great for beginners. Winter Park Resort ranks in the top 10% of the most-difficult ski resorts in the country. It has 74% of its trails rated as expert, or black-diamond level.

Winter Park Resort Location

Winter Park Resort is located in the state of Colorado, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Winter Park, CO.

Address:
Winter Park, CO 80482 USA
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Website:
winterparkresort.com

GPS Coordinates:
39.88000, -105.75000

Getting to Winter Park Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Winter Park Resort), its coordinates of 39.88000, -105.75000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Winter Park, CO to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Winter Park Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Denver International AirportDENDenver, CO57 mi

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Winter Park Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Eagle County Regional AirportEGEEagle, CO64 mi
Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy FieldASEAspen, CO75 mi
City of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportCOSColorado Springs, CO93 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Winter Park Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Winter Park Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Ski Granby RanchGranby, CO9,202 ft32%3 mi
EldoraNederland, CO10,600 ft50%11 mi
Loveland Ski AreaDillon, CO13,010 ft65%16 mi
Echo Mountain ResortIdaho Springs, CO10,650 ft28%18 mi
KeystoneDillon, CO12,408 ft76%22 mi
BreckenridgeBreckenridge, CO12,998 ft85%31 mi
VailVail, CO11,570 ft79%36 mi
Copper MountainFrisco, CO12,441 ft72%37 mi
Beaver CreekBeaver Creek, CO11,440 ft64%45 mi
Ski CooperLeadville, CO11,700 ft56%46 mi
Arapahoe Basin Ski AreaDillon, CO13,050 ft81%52 mi
Bluebird BackcountryKremmling, CO9,845 ft60%55 mi
ButtermilkLarkspur, CO9,900 ft34%63 mi
Howelsen Hill Ski AreaSeamboat Springs, CO7,136 ft46%71 mi
Aspen Mountain Ski ResortAspen, CO11,212 ft62%74 mi
Aspen Highlands Ski ResortAspen, CO11,675 ft78%76 mi
Aspen Ski ResortsSnowmass Village, CO12,510 ft74%80 mi
Aspen SnowmassSnowmass Village, CO12,510 ft68%80 mi
SteamboatClark, CO10,568 ft79%90 mi
Sunlight MountainGlenwood Springs, CO9,895 ft66%91 mi
Snowy RangeLaramie, WY10,000 ft41%93 mi
Crested ButteCrested Butte, CO12,162 ft77%96 mi
MonarchSalida, CO11,952 ft53%98 mi

Winter Park Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation12,060 ft
Base Elevation9,000 ft
Vertical Drop3,060 ft
Trails171
(8% Beginner,  18% Intermediate,  74% Expert)
Lifts28
Skiable Acres3,081
Avg. Annual Snowfall345 inches
Winter Park Resort Mountain Stats
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