Winter Park Customer Reviews

Great snow and suitable for all levels of skiers. A few changes from last year. A gondola instead of the main 4 man chair lift from the base. So much better if weather is really cold. New underground heating and new surface on main pathway which made it easier for walking as not slippy. Found food more expensive. In down town Winter Park some of the restaurants have closed but still enough places to eat.

Wonderful mountain resort with lots of varied skiing -throughly enjoyed the moguls & trees! Enough to keep a good skier happy for a full week. A reasonably attractive base with all basic facilities. Not a great deal of atmosphere especially at night (but James did warn us of this). A shame that dining out was not that great - little choice, if you want to spend more than an hour or so over a meal. A better choice in Winter Park - a short, free shuttle bus ride which rn every half an hour.

We'd been here once before so knew what to expect. Our first day was Sunday, so some queueing with the trippers from nearby Denver, but the weekdays were fine. We only encountered one run with any bare patches or exposed rock, despite depth being a measly 1.2m - poor by normal North American standards. Great credit is due to the pisteurs for this. Unusually for a US resort, there were no hard-copy overnight grooming maps to be had, so an early morning Google was necessary, with a piste map and pen to the ready! We managed to find a few hardly-touched 'gems' by doing this. The areas are well linked and little poling was needed if you kept aware of the terrain ahead. The runs terminating at the Pioneer lift have a long, flat run-out, however, as has the long Corona Way on the Mary Jane side, so you are best to agree to meet at the lifts rather than stopping to re-group when on these. Talking of lifts, do be aware that only the 4/6 seaters have safety bars - none of the 2/3 seaters do. Fortunately, there are only a few runs that avoiding these exclude you from. We found Lunch Rock, at the top of Mary Jane, the best of the slope-side eateries. Advice was always at hand from highly-recognisable resort staff if needed. Winter Park is do-able as a 7-day trip from the UK, because it's such a short transfer and a direct flight from LHR.

Great resort with wonderful snow and glorious weather. Empty slopes with no queues!