set in the Arapaho National Forest, it is the closest resort to Denver (1½ hours driving time). Consisting of four mountains: Winter Park, Mary Jane, Parsenn Bowl, Vasquez Cirque, and Vasquez Ridge, making it one of the largest resorts in Colorado. The 2009/2010 season marks Winter Park Resort's 71st season, making W.P. the oldest continually operated resort in Colorado

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Winter Parks: 25 lifts including two high-speed six-pack lifts (the newest is the Panoramic Express - the highest in North America), seven high-speed express quads, four triples, six double chairlifts, three surface lifts and two t-bar/platters and one rope tow provide an uphill capacity of 38,370 riders per hour. For special occasions such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Martin Luther King holiday, President's Day and Valentine's Day, the Zephyr Express chairlift is modified to accommodate 20 gondola cabins for dinner service to The Lodge at Sunspot atop Winter Park Mountain.