Winter Park Resort now open
Winter Park Resort opens for the 68th Ski season on Wednesday, 15 November 2006 with 57 inches of snow so far. If October every indication that they are in store for another epic season. Last month was recording mode with several moving through storms, a drop more than 2 feet of snow!
Winter Park Mountain is now open from top to bottom with a 29-inch base in the middle of the mountain. 9 lifts (including the Zephyr Express, Express and Eskimo Prospector Express) and 20 trails are already upand running. Open slopes include the popular Cranmer, March Hare, White Rabbit and Jabberwocky, plus Discovery Park, is to beginner skiers and boarders. Dog Patch Terrain Park is also open to those who improve their freestyle skills, more runs are expected to open for you later this week.
"UK skiers and snowboarders tend to forget what the skiing until Christmas time, but early December in North America is a great time skiing.", Says Helen Gienke, a Briton who Now settled in Winter Park "The snow is great, the slopes are empty and lift queues rare until Christmas …". Helen runs chalets USA, the only luxury villa independent businesses in Winter Park, whose villas, including Chalet Bluebell, open its doors on 2 December '06, to ensure guests can take advantage of early snow and peaceful slopes.
Winter Park has gained a world-class reputation for its skiing, consists of 5 interconnected mountains and is the third largest ski resort> Resort in Colorado to Vail and Aspen. This previously little-known resort has the highest average snow of the main places Colorado, with an average rainfall of 359 inches of snow per year – more than 30 meters.