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| Winter Park Ski Area,
Winter Park Colorado |
| Winter in the Rocky
Mountains had come to mean some of the finest skiing in America.
The Berrier Hughes Memorial stands near the ski trail built by him
at Winter Park in 1939, beginning much of the greatest skiing in the
country right in this area. |
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| Winter Park Ski Area,
Winter Park Colorado |
| Climbing is fun, too
at Winter Park, on the Lower Hughes Lift. Five seperate lifts
give skiers a choice of seventeen runs and slopes, where most of the
thrills are in skimming downhill through fresh powder snow. |
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| Winter Park Ski Area,
Winter Park Colorado |
| Near US Highway 40
are seventeen different tuns and slopes at Winter Park, ranging up
to two miles in length and 1800 feet of vertical descent. Five
tows save climbing. A real challenge for every skier, from
beginner to expert. |
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Winter Park Ski Area, Winter Park
Colorado |
| The New Swiss Comet Lift (left) and
the Lower Hughes Lift save slimbing to the top. These high
capacity T-bar lifts can pull thousands uphill every hour so that
most of the day is enjoyed skiing downhill in beautiful powder snow. |
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Winter Park Ski Area, Winter Park
Colorado |
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With Beginner's slope and Practice
Slope Lift nearby, the Ski School is in full session at Winter Park.
Excellent instruction is available for one lesson or a complete
course, with the Ski Shop ready to supply every equipment need. |
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Winter Park Ski Area, Winter Park
Colorado |
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Every need and pleasure is
anticipated at Balcony House, where the skier can warm and watch the
surrounding slopes in comfort. It houses the information
center. Adjacent are the well stocked ski shop and pleasant
restaurant. |
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Winter Park Ski Area, Winter Park
Colorado |
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Gay, challenging flags mark the
course of a major slalom event on the slopes of Winter Park, as a
trainload of skiers arrive via the Moffat Tunnel from denver, only
an hour and forty minutes away. |
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Winter Park Ski Area, Winter Park
Colorado |
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Many great ski runs of Winter Park
are seen in panorama across US Highway 40, which leads directly to
the ski area. On a firm base and almost daily, fresh powder
snow, experts and beginners alike find thrills to suit every taste. |
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Winter Park Ski Area, Winter Park
Colorado |
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One of seventeen alternate runs and
slopes, Lower Hughes Run adjoins the New Swiss Comet Lift (left) and
the Lower Hughes Lift, which start thousands of skiers to the top,
minutes after their arrival at Winter Park. |
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