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Winter Park best
known for Mary Jane
Avoid
the morning rush. Join the afternoon rush, instead. Winter Park insiders
recommend arriving at the resort the afternoon before you ski so you can
pick up the next day's rental equipment and lift tickets, register for
classes, make reservations at the Children's Center and take care of all
other details in advance.
But since Winter Park is
a mere two-plus-hours drive (129 miles) from Fort Collins, why not stick
to the standard plan and strike out around 5 a.m. to hit those slopes
nice and early.
The resort includes two
mountains: Winter Park and Mary Jane, the latter includes Parsenn Bow
and Vasquez Ridge.
Vital
statistics: The vertical rise is 3,060 feet with the 2,886 skiable acres,
22 lifts and 134 trails. They claim an average showfall of 365 inches.
Special facilities include a NASTAR course, video arena, three terrain
parks, half-pipe, snowshoe tours, snowcat tours, snowmobile tours and,
for the romantics, evening gondola rides. Season
is November 15 to April 22.
The Lift, a free local
shuttle, runs daily throughout the valley. Weekend nights, the Smart Shuttle
delivers patrons from local restaurants and bars to their doorsteps between
10:30 p.m. and 2 a.m.
Contact phone number is
970-726-5514 and snow report number is 1-970-726-SNOW.
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