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Hesperus Ski Area; Hoedown Hill; Howelsen Hill; Kendall Mountain; Keystone; Lake City Ski Hill [citation needed] [3] Lee's Ski Hill; Loveland; Monarch Mountain; Powderhorn Resort; Purgatory Resort (name changed back from Durango Mountain Resort in 2015) [4] Silverton Mountain; Ski Cooper; Ski Granby Ranch (formerly SolVista Basin and Silver ...
A rundown of the best resorts in the skiing capital of the US for varied terrain, off-the-slopes fun and everything in between
The mountain opened for the 1939–40 season as Winter Park Ski Area [3] and was owned and operated by the city and county of Denver until 2002, when Denver entered into a partnership with Intrawest ULC, a Canadian corporation headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, which operated the resort until Intrawest was acquired by Alterra Mountain Company in 2018.
Vail Resorts was founded as Vail Associates Ltd. by Pete Seibert and Earl Eaton in the early 1960s. Eaton, a lifelong resident, led Siebert (a former WWII 10th Mountain Division ski trooper) to the area in March 1957.
Telluride Ski Resort is a ski resort located in Mountain Village, southwest Colorado, United States. The resort is located in the northwestern San Juan Mountains , part of the Rocky Mountains , and is home to the highest concentration of 13,000- and 14,000-foot peaks in North America. [ 2 ]
Purgatory Resort is a ski resort located in the San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado, 25 miles (42 km) north of the town of Durango. Established in 1965, Purgatory offers 105 trails, including 5 terrain parks, over 1,500 skiable acres, and 12 lifts, including one six-person and two high speed quad lifts.
One of a few Colorado ski resorts on the east side of the continental divide, Eldora is eighteen miles (29 km) west of Boulder and about fifty miles (80 km) from downtown Denver. A bus (Route NB), operated by RTD, runs between Boulder and the ski area seven times daily during ski season and serves as easy transportation from town to mountain. [2]
Operated by the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, it is located on Mount Werner, a mountain in the Park Range in the Routt National Forest. Originally named Storm Mountain ski area, it opened on January 12, 1963. [1] [2] The ski area has 297 named trails spread over 2,965 acres (4.6 sq mi; 12.0 km 2). Of those, 14% are classified as beginner ...