Visit Winter Park Blog

Just like that, another year enters its twilight months. The nights grow longer and colder, the smell of pumpkin spice wafts through the air, and the first of the major holidays take place. Yes, dear travelers, Halloween is just around the corner, and as it falls on a weekend, it can be the perfect time to make your getaway to Winter Park. We think you will soon discover that has...

Every season is destined to be your favorite one in which to enjoy the wonders of Winter Park, Colorado, but when your summer escape or your winter sojourn brings you to our favorite mountain town, do you REALLY know the best way to have fun? Your bucket list is probably all about skiing in the winter months, and in the summer, you know you want to hike and play, but...

When it comes to kid-friendly hikes and hiking in Winter Park, we have a few requirements. They must: Be easy to access Be easy to escape Minimal to no elevation gain Exhaust kids, (while not exhausting their parents) Not involve any dangerous features, (cliffs, roaring rivers, falling rocks, etc.) With that said we came up with the following kid-friendly hiking in Winter Park! The Fraser River Trail: Access Point(s): Safeway,...

With over 600 miles of bike trails, we invite you to explore the mountain biking in Winter Park mecca right here in our own backyard! Every few weeks we will have a local mountain biking in Winter Park maniac share their favorite single tracks, stories, or gear, but to start we figured we’d let you in on a few of the parks to get you started. Check out the Bike...

In case you were wondering, there are 420 national park sites in the United States, with 63 of those sites being considered elite; Rocky Mountain National Park rolls in at #3! Offering a serene beauty and a peaceful ambience, your Colorado vacation will be enhanced with a visit to our favorite national park, and when you are seeking a place to rest your head, our Visit Winter Park Lodging sanctuaries...

When we go on vacation, we are often looking to try new things and really be wowed so that we have stories to tell about upon returning home and memories to look back on in the future. However, if one goes deeper then that, what we are looking for even more is the chance to spend time with those with whom we cherish enough to travel. Well, what better way...

With a name like Winter Park, you might expect that summers would be pretty dead, but the opposite is true! Our small winter town is truly an all-seasons vacation destination, and as much as you will love the cold and snow in the winter, the cool and fiery colors of fall, and the promise that spring offers, your summer journey to Winter Park promises to make you fall even deeper...

There is nothing we love more than a good rainstorm here in Winter Park—except maybe a good snowstorm—and when the skies turn a gloomy gray and that wet stuff falls from the clouds during your Winter Park vacation, we can promise that you too will soon feel the same way! Yes, even if it dares to rain during YOUR vacation, these fun activities in Winter Park will keep you warm,...

The summer of 2021 is starting to look a whole lot more fun than pretty much all of 2020, and as you begin to make your summer plans, you may be excited to realize that this year you potentially have a bonus long weekend to enjoy! The Winter Park 4th of July falls on a Sunday this year, and many employers across the nation have given their hard-working employees the...

Summer 2021 in the Colorado Rockies is almost here! This has been an unusual year and we are all struggling to get to the “new normal”. Winter Park is no different, and we are quite excited to share that some of our favorites are back! Events such as Tuesday Picnic in the Park in the Town of Fraser at Town Hall and Thursday Concerts in the Rendezvous Events Center in...