Winter Park, Colorado, has many pastimes for both Summer and Winter visitors. There are several places that close during the spring and fall, however.

Get in

Winter Park is a little over 65 miles from Denver, and is one of the closest ski resorts from Denver. The route is I-70 West most of the way, with the remainder on U.S. Route 40 West, which goes over Berthoud Pass. Be sure to check for current conditions on Berthoud Pass, as it's common for it to be snowing (sometimes heavily) on the pass with no snow in Denver or on the way up I-70.

There are shuttles to Winter Park from Denver International Airport, and the town has an adequate free shuttle between Winter Park Resort, the town of Winter Park, and the town of Fraser.

The Ski Train is a great way to get to Winter Park. There are winter and summer train schedules from Denver's Union Station direct to Winter Park.

Dining

 • Basecamp Bakery, fantastic breakfast and lunches. (Local, $7 per person)
 • Hernando's, Pizza and Pasta. One of our favorites. (Local, $7 per person)
 • The Shed, unique southwest inspired food, very good stuff though usually very busy. (Local, $12 per person)
 • Mad Munchies (30 miles north in Grandby), fantastic sandwiches. We always have a meal here when in Winter Park. (Local, $6 per person)
 • Pizza Shop in Frasier. Good pizza and Italian food, but I don't recall the name. (Local, $6 per person)
 • De Antonio's, Pizza and Pasta (2 miles north in Frazier). In the Alco strip-mall, across the street from Safeway. One of the best pizza by the slice I've had. Other stuff I've had is so-so. (Local, $7 per person)
 • Guido Chang's, a weird fusion of Italian pasta and rice bowls. I had the sweet chili bowl, which was fairly good, my SO had the green curry rice bowl which was only passable. The salads were really nice, though. (Local, $12 per person)
 • The Kitchen, breakfast in downtown Winter Park. It's fairly small, and almost always seems to have a wait. This seems mostly to be due to slow table turnover, and a small dining-room, though. They're fairly heavy on attitude, and the sign out front says "Hours Iffy", for example the day we ate there it was closed before 11am. The food was good, though. (Local, $8 per person)

Lodging

 • (Frasier) The Rocky Mountain Inn and Hostel in Frasier . Very cheap rooms and communal rooms. Has a computer with dial-up net access, but also has very good CDMA coverage.
 • About 10 miles north of Frasier is a golf resort that has many very nice condos as well as hotel rooms, for around $140 per night. The condos all seem to have hot tubs in them. No CDMA coverage though.
 • Vacations Inc - Condo and home rental listing service.
 • Moose Mountain Inn, Bed and Breakfast Lodging in Winter Park.

Contact

Winter Park has great Sprint CDMA coverage. This coverage extends north to Frasier, but not much further. The Hostel has dial-in on a public terminal.