The Skiers' Guide to Winter Park

Great tree runs when there’s snow. Not a lot of good off piste terrain. The resort is set up such that certain lifts become bottlenecks and can become crowded.

It was my first trip to a ski resort in the United States. I was blown away as to how much quieter it was with less waiting at the ski lifts and seemingly empty slopes than where I'd previously been in Europe. Of course Colorado was just epic! The vastness of the mountains was breathtaking. The whole time I was there I was thinking how can I get to live here permanently. However, the distance from the UK and the travel time makes it only suitable for a longer trip of a week or more. I'd recommend Winter Park every day of the week!!

Winter park provides hundreds of acres of skiable terrain, from beginner slopes to steep double black tree runs. They maintain one of the top terrain parks in Colorado, and the Mary Jane backside of the resort offers the premier long mogul runs. The winter of 2025-2026 is one of the worst for Colorado snow in history, so much of the terrain was still closed at the time of my visit.

Amazing trip, great powder, great stay and everything was right there! Apres was phenomenal and we were able to shuttle right to the lift from the hotel!

I love Winter Park but it is lacking in childcare options outside of ski school. While it is close to the city of WP, you still have to go offsite. However, for the kid free days - it’s a great mountain with fun/technical terrain and offers a sick park. Plenty of dining options on and off mountain and the vibes are always immaculate.

Mostly Enjoy the Mary Jane side for start and Finish. Mid day finest powder stash in the the trees thru out the Winter Park side. Eagle wind lift area a favorite. Plenty of on mountain food choices to satisfy a stop.

Winter park has worked really hard to provide off piste skiing and open runs even in a challenging winter.

Even thought the snow isn’t great this year the staff and local vibes are always amazing! Met my partner at the top of Mary Jane ❤️ So will always hold a special place for me.

One of the best places to go with a group of friends, they have all runs for every level and some great spots to meetup on the mountain and off.

Winter park will always be one of my faves as a Colorado local :) amazing views all around and love the tree runs

Winter park is a great resort. Especially when mary jane is open and its a powder day. Great views and strong drinks.

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Not much snow in Dec 2025. Only 25 of 171 runs open so hard to evaluate.
No large ski lockers for week rental so that sucked.

Great mountain but has a few croud problems in early season when less terrain is open. Great variety of terrain and there is a ton of inbound terrain. One of my favorite easily accessible mountains!

Winter Park is still at early season and it’s been a late start for snow across the west but all things considered Winter Park was in pretty good condition and the Aprés is always good along with eating accommodations. I’ve been going to Winter Park for a decade now and I still love going.

Some of the best tree skiing in Colorado if you stay on the Mary Jane side. Can get very crowded with local Denver day trippers

Winter park is an amazing resort 60mi from denver with amazing bumps and the cirque is pretty sweet even tho it’s a short lap

Great ski weekend for my first time at Winter Park. I am an East Coast skier so the dumping snow during the trip was a great treat! I enjoyed the groomed runs and the glades as well!

Winter Park has a wide variety of runs from beginner to lots of advanced tree runs and backcountry steep bowls.

This year we have had very good snow, among the most in Colorado. Because of how Winter Park faces the snow is usually stays very nice.

Recent upgrades to the lifts have improved lift lines a lot.

Mary Jane moguls and Eagle wind trees are really good. There is not much extreme terrain but if you look hard enough you can get into some really steep chutes and areas with a lot of cliffs to drop. The main draw are the ungroomed Mary Jane trails and the trees. There is not much open bowl skiing and the groomers are just ok. You can usually escape weekend crowds on some of the smaller slower lifts.