During Winter Park's sixty year history, many individuals have made significant contributions to the development and image of the ski area. Over the years several ski trails have been identified as Historical Trails. A commemorative sign, with a brief narrative about the individual's contribution to the ski area, has been installed at a convenient location along each trail. Please take the opportunity to visit these trails while you're skiing and enjoy a bit of Winter Park history.
Dates
Ski Season:November 2008- April 19, 2009
Winter Park:
Base 9,000 feet (2,743 meters)
Summit at Sunspot 10,700 feet (3,261 meters)
Vertical drop: 1,700 feet (518 meters)
Mary Jane:
Base 9,450 feet (2,880 meters)
Summit at North Cone 12,060 feet (3,676 meters)
Vertical drop: 2,610 feet (796 meters)
Vasquez Ridge:
Base 9,486 feet (2,486 meters)
Summit 10,700 feet (3,261 meters)
Vasquez Cirque:
Base 10,400 feet (3,170 meters)
Summit 11,900 feet (3,627 meters)
Vertical drop: 1,500 (457 meters)
Combined:
Vertical drop: 3,060 feet (933 meters) Summit at North Cone to Winter Park base
Total skiable acreage: 2,770 acres (1,121 hectares)
Trails: 134 designated trails and 715 acres (289 hectares) of off-piste terrain.
Longest Run
Winter Park: 2 miles (3.2km)
Mary Jane: 4.5 miles (7.2km)
Vasquez Ridge: 1.4 miles (2.3km)
Vasquez Cirque: 2.9 miles (4.6km)
Combined: 5.1 miles (8.2km) North Cone to Turnpike
Terrain Parks and Pipes:
Winter Park offers a natural progression for freeriders of all levels with three terrain parks. Small features and rails in Discovery Park are designed for beginners. Kendrick Terrain Park is a step up for intermediates and Rail Yard is geared toward advanced riders. The Superpipe, located on the face of Allan Phipps, is 450-feet long and has 18-foot walls. New this season, amplitude banners in the pipe let riders see how much air they're getting. A half-pipe is located next to the Superpipe. Winter Park 's Terrain Park and Pipes were ranked #9 in the nation by SKI magazine.
Lifts:
Twenty-four lifts including eight high-speed express quads, four triples, seven double chairlifts, two surface lifts and three Magic Carpets provide an uphill capacity of 36,000 riders per hour. For special occasions such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Martin Luther King holiday, President's Day and Valentine's Day, the Zephyr Express is modified to accommodate 20 gondola cabins for dinner service at The Lodge at Sunspot atop Winter Park mountain.
Snowfall:
An average of 351 inches (8.9 meters) annually based on snowfall from the past 10 years.
Snow Making:
Winter Park has snowmaking on 26 trails covering 294 acres (119 hectares).