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Winter Park Resort is an alpine ski resort in Winter Park , Colorado in the Rocky Mountains .. alpine. alpine skiing. ski resort. ski resort. Rocky Mountains. Rocky Mountains. Colorado. Colorado. resort. resort. Located just off U.S. Highway 40 , the resort is about a 90-minute drive from Denver , Colorado .. U.S. Highway 40. U.S. Route 40 in Colorado. Denver. Denver. Colorado. Colorado. resort. resort. The mountain opened for the 1939 -- 1940 season as Winter Park Ski Area 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 has operated the resort since then .. Denver. Denver. Intrawest ULC. Intrawest. Canadian. Canadian. resort. resort. For nearly 70 years , a popular way for Denver residents to get there was via the Ski Train , which arrived at the resort 's base area through the Moffat Tunnel .. Denver. Denver. Ski Train. Ski Train. Moffat Tunnel. Moffat Tunnel. resort. resort. Ski Train service ended in 2009 but returned as the Winter Park Express in 2017 .. Ski Train. Ski Train. Winter Park Resort is home to one of the world 's largest and oldest disabled skiing programs , the National Sports Center for the Disabled .. disabled skiing. Paralympic alpine skiing. National Sports Center for the Disabled. National Sports Center for the Disabled. The resort consists of three interconnected mountain peaks -LRB- and seven `` territories '' -RRB- -- Winter Park , Mary Jane , and Vasquez Ridge -- which share a common lift ticket .. lift ticket. lift ticket. resort. resort. Mary Jane , opened in 1975 , has a separate base area and is known for its moguls , tree skiing , hidden huts and generally more difficult terrain .. moguls. mogul skiing. It encompasses the above-tree line terrain of Parsenn Bowl .. tree line. tree line. Vasquez Ridge , opened in 1986 , offers intermediate terrain and mogul runs .. In 1997 , 435 acre of backcountry terrain in Vasquez Cirque were opened to skiing , although access required hiking from the top of Mary Jane ; the 2006 relocation of the former Outrigger triple chairlift to the backside of Parsenn Bowl provides an easier escape back to Mary Jane after descending Vasquez Cirque .. backcountry. backcountry. chairlift. chairlift. Since taking over operation of the resort , Intrawest has made several changes to the mountain 's infrastructure , renovating the food services in the West Portal base lodge , opening new lifts in 2005 and 2006 , and publicly announcing plans for a new base village to include hundreds of new condominia , a parking structure , a `` Village Pond , '' and a `` family swim center , '' all accessible via a new open-air gondola known as `` The Village Cabriolet . ''. condominia. condominium. parking structure. parking structure. gondola. gondola lift. resort. resort. However , while this change has been great for the economic development of the town and the resort , it has also been a threat to the existing historic resort base .. resort. resort. The historic Balcony House remains under constant threat of demolition .. This historic building was designed in the Googie style of architecture , which was a popular style in the 1940s to the 1960s .. Googie. Googie. This building is a standing memory to the original history of Winter Park .. In an attempt to make Winter Park into a year-round resort , Intrawest operates the lifts during the summer months for mountain biking .. resort. resort. mountain biking. mountain biking. The Arrow chairlift also services an alpine slide in the summer , and the base area features miniature golf , a climbing wall , and other diversions .. alpine. alpine skiing. chairlift. chairlift. alpine slide. alpine slide. miniature golf. miniature golf. climbing wall. climbing wall. golf. golf. While the Winter Park area is also a popular destination for golf , there are no golf courses located at , or operated by , the resort itself .. resort. resort. golf. golf