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Winter Park is located in southeastern Grand County at the southern end of the Fraser Valley. It is bordered to the north by the town of Fraser. U.S. Route 40 passes through the town, leading south and east over Berthoud Pass 66 miles (106 km) to Denver and northwest 20 miles (32 km) to Granby.
The mountain opened for the 1939–40 season as Winter Park Ski Area [4] 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.
Colorado offers many ski resorts. The following table compares their various sizes, runs, lifts, and snowfall: ... Winter Park: Winter Park: 3,081 12,060 9,000 3,060 ...
Fraser is located in southeastern Grand County. [10] It is bordered to the south by the town of Winter Park and to the north by unincorporated Tabernash. U.S. Route 40 leads south and east across Berthoud Pass 71 miles (114 km) to Denver, and northwest 15 miles (24 km) to Granby, the largest town in Grand County.
The Winter Park Express is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on winter weekends between Denver Union Station and Winter Park Resort, Colorado.The scenic 56-mile (90 km) route uses the same line as the California Zephyr, climbing 4,000 feet (1,200 m) into the Front Range and passing through 30 tunnels—including the historic 6.2-mile (10.0 km) Moffat Tunnel under the Continental Divide ...
Moffat Tunnel is owned by the State of Colorado. It was initially operated by Union Pacific (UP) under a 99-year lease agreement. The use fee was $12,000 per year and was set to expire on January 6, 2025. [4] In late 2024, Colorado and UP negotiated a new lease for the tunnel with a 25-year term, to be initiated on May 1, 2025.
Colorado weather map National winter weather forecast. The map below shows the probability that an area could receive more than 4 inches of snow. Use the slider at the top left to toggle by day.
SH 134 west – Toponas, Stagecoach Reservoir State Park: Eastern terminus of SH 134: Kremmling: 184.529: 296.971: SH 9 south (6th Street) – Dillon: Northern terminus of SH 9 209.165: 336.618: SH 125 north – Walden: Southern terminus of SH 125: Granby: 211.081: 339.702: US 34 east – Grand Lake, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park ...