Winter Park

Pros: Great for people with disabilities. A very rustic ski area with breathtaking views.
Cons: Limited choices of restaurants, steep beginner run at the base

Long before we had kids, the hubby and I used to take trips out west to escape the bunny hills of the midwest. Once we started having kids, we looked back fondly on nights of sitting outside in hot tubs with snow falling gently around us. Our skis...

Pros: Super convenient and great variety of terrain
Cons: Not cheap, small number of trails for novices

Winter Park claims to be the most popular ski resort in Colorado, and I bet they're right! They have a great mix of terrain in all skill levels and a lot of advanced terrain and bump runs in its Mary Jane area. Most of all, they do it by being the ...

Pros: Ski schools, slopes, options!
Cons: High prices of restaurants in the area

This year we decided to spend Spring Break with the kids on the slopes. After living in Colorado for 13 years, I knew we had to go to Winter Park one of the best, and biggest, ski resorts. And since it was the first time for my kids to ever put on...

Pros: Exceptional Scenery, Incredible Values even if you are not there to ski.
Cons: None

We were visiting our youngest son in Denver Colorado during this past November. He had scheduled a 3-day weekend in Winter Park, Colorado to get away from the hustle and bustle of Denver and enjoy some extra mountain biking, hiking and rest. Bryan has...

Pros: Diverse, beautiful ski resort, down to earth.
Cons: Expensive without discounts.

I am fortunate enough to live only about 60 miles from this wonderful ski resort. Everyone in my family has a season pass to Winter Park this year, except for me! I don't ski quite as much, so I decided not to buy the pass this year. Winter Park offers a...

Pros: great snow, challenging terrain, great tree skiing, lots of mogul practice
Cons: long lift lines, expensive, poor ski school management, poor parking, lack of restaurants

This is the third winter my husband, daughter (8 yrs old) and I have gone to Colorado to ski. In the last two years, we've gone to Vail and Steamboat respectively, and felt that Winter Park did not measure up. There are many positives at Winter Park ...

Pros: Number of Trails, Wide Trails, Excellent ski school.
Cons: Not open at night Ending trail a bit too steep for a green

We visited WinterPark Ski Resort a few weeks ago. A first time visit for us. Not first for skiing tho.

Being from Florida, we generally ski on the east coast.
Yes, there are some great places to ski on the east and they are not too...

Pros: Tons of Advanced Trails
Cons: Back Country Skiing was closed by this point

I just got back from a wonderful ski trip to Winterpark. Winterpark has a wonderful array of skiing, services, and nightlife. For those of you looking for a trip with everyone in your family included, this is the place to go.

During spring...

Pros: Something for everyone!
Cons: we don't live there anymore!

I actually, at the "ripe OLD age" of 24, learned to ski at the Winter Park Resort. My now-husband and I moved to Granby, CO in October of 1994 after finishing seasonal jobs in Maine. (For those who don't know, Granby is just a little...

Pros: Great bumps and expert terrain
Cons: Lots of flats on the beginner/intermediate runs

Winter Park is divided into two separate areas - the Winter Park side and the Mary Jane side. The Jane is for advanced and expert skiers with its legendary bumps, rightfully considered the best around. Most of the terrain on this side is steep, with...

Pros: Choice of terrain, layout of resort, closest from Denver
Cons: Honestly, none....as long as you can sequester your need to party all night long for some of the best skiing ever.

I remember it well...March of '97 followed with a return trip exactly one year later. I was younger then...we all were, but I enjoyed some of the best snow ever! Back then the Park was serving up a dry spell of snow, but on the way out of Denver it...

Pros: Hard, great bumps, short lift lines
Cons: Fewer runs

There's the kind of skier who leans over with butt out making a tee-pee (let the smoke out at the top) and scrapes down the slope with an incline like a Kansas highway and STILL wipes out--skis, poles and body parts spilling across the snow. Mary Jane,...

Pros: User-friendly resort, a variety of trails, not far from Denver, nice towns near-by (Winter Park, Fraiser), great restaurants and grills
Cons: April skiing (start at 10 AM to avoid the ice and finish at 3 PM to avoid the slush), small condo units

This past April I had the privilege to ski Winter Park for two days. Although I would love to say I am an "advanced" skier I am not. When you grow up in Illinois there is not too many ski resorts to try out. However being an intermediate skier...

Pros: Great snow, No lift lines, laid back resort and town, very cool place
Cons: None for me, the town may be too slow for those from Vail or Aspen.

Winter Park still is my favorite resort, GREAT SNOW!!, no lift lines, best all around mountain there is. I have skied Tahoe, Montana, Colorado, Vermont, and the midwest, and after every trip i still remark on how my trips to Winter Park are my...

Pros: something to do during EVERY season
Cons: crowded during peak seasons

Here is a place I should've immediately rated upon joining Epinions! I used to live there, after all. I moved there in late summer of '91, right when the summer season was winding down. I made it just in time to enjoy the last days of the summer...