Winter Park News

After emergency crews spent several seasons responding to horrible sledding injuries atop Berthoud Pass, the Forest Service in 2005 smartly nixed the zero-control sliding on the pass.

Fraser/Winter Park Police Department Det. Amy Zacek-Smith, left, and East Grand Fire Protection District Chief Todd Holzwarth look for evidence on Wanderer Way in Winter Park on Wednesday morning.

Although Wisconsin has yet to see any snow this season, the ski and snowboard club is eager to hit the slopes and is preparing for its annual winter break trip to Colorado.

Come Play at the Park! Winter Park Ski Resort is Authentic Colorado. From the moment you descend Berthoud Pass and into the Fraser Valley, you know that you've entered a special place.

First skiers of the year at Winter Park. a Winter Park became the sixth Colorado ski resort to open this morning, when the resort's lifts started turning at 9 a.m. . Winter Park is running three lifts up the mountain: Arrow, Endeavor, and Gemini.

Heavy smoke lingering in the Fraser Valley was the result of an illegal burn of 15 to 20 slash piles that were ignited around daybreak Tuesday without a permit, according to fire officials and Jennifer Scott of the Grand County Department of Natural Resources.

One of the great mysteries of Colorado skiing is how a ski area that racked up more snow than anywhere else in the state, was an hour and 15 minutes from downtown Denver and which had some of the steepest terrain in the country managed to go out of business.

The company seeking to run winter excursion trains to Winter Park as a successor to the Anschutz Co.'s Ski Train is selling tickets for the upcoming season.

Landon Gardner is still hoping to leap into the 2010 Winter Olympics. The U.S. Ski Team moguls skier has a few more shots to get himself on the roster that will be competing in Vancouver in February.

INTRAWEST HONORS MILITARY MEMBERS WITH SPECIAL PATRIOT PASS Active and Retired Military Members Receive Discounted Season Passes Valid at Winter Park and Copper Mountain Winter Park, Copper Mountain, Steamboat Springs, CO - "November 10, 2009 - " As America prepares to honor veterans, three ski resorts in Colorado are making winter vacations on the ...

Fans of froth and fermentation have access to the grail of Colorado craft beers in the newest edition of the “Beer Drinkers Guide to Colorado.”

Ski.com has come up with a list of this year's most affordable ski resorts, including Whistler-Blackcomb, site of the Winter Olympics.

The Lift Resort Shuttle, which runs seasonally between Winter Park Resort, downtown Winter Park, Fraser, and Granby, will start service again Nov. 18, with a few changes from last year.

Comcast announced Monday it is making the leap from broadband to wideband with the launch of next-generation DOCSIS 3.0 technology in Colorado's mountain communities.

2003 was my first summer living in Winter Park, Colorado. I moved to work at the ski resort and had broken my collarbone while downhill mountain biking within the first month of living here. I had some friends come for a visit to mountain bike and I was unable to go so I gave them the go ahead to enjoy the gravity logic trails this locale has to offer.

Winter Park is celebrating its platinum anniversary this year. That's 70 years, apparently, and the fine folks at the newly-septagenarian resort are offering free lift tickets with the purchase of at least two nights at participating lodges from opening day until Christmas.

Oct. 28, 2009 - Snow accumulations are mounting at Colorado Ski Country USA resorts as the first significant snowstorm of the ski season is leaving its mark on Colorado.

Following a firm recommendation from Town Attorney John Hayes, Winter Park Town Council approved an agreement Oct.

BERTHOUD PASS, Colo. (CBS4) ― Officially designated by the United States Congress in 1978, the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail follows the backbone of the North American continent through five western states -- New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.

It’s funny to see what motivates people to exercise. In my experience, it’s varied from wanting to keep off the freshman 15 to wanting to keep up with my kids. But for many of us, a sure fire way to kick start an exercise regime is the pending ski season.