Winter Park, Colorado Winter Park, Colorado Part of downtown Winter Park with the Continental Divide in the background Part of downtown Winter Park with the Continental Divide in the background Location in Grand County and the state of Colorado Location in Grand County and the state of Colorado Winter Park is a home rule municipality in Grand County, Colorado, United States.
It is home to the Winter Park Resort, a ski resort owned by the City and County of Denver and managed by Intrawest.
The town and resort are served by the Winter Park Express ski train run by Amtrak.
Although the town center is at about 9,000 feet (2,700 m) above sea level, Winter Park, using administrative boundaries as a measure, became the highest incorporated town in the United States after the July 2006 annexation of 5,214 acres (21.10 km2) of Winter Park Resort to allow new on-mountain improvements.
This claim is disputed since Winter Park has no residences above 9,550 feet (2,910 m), while adjoining residentiary neighborhoods in Leadville, Colorado, extend to 10,360 feet (3,160 m) and in Alma, Colorado, to 11,680 feet (3,560 m), and Alma's town center is at 10,361 feet (3,158 m).
In the spring and summer, Winter Park is known for mountain biking, concerts, hiking, and fishing.
Winter Park is positioned in southeastern Grand County at 39 54 15 N 105 46 45 W, at the southern end of the Fraser Valley.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 16.5 square miles (42.7 km2), all of it land. Winter Park began as two small settlements, Old Town and Hideaway Park.
Hideaway Park was a village that began in 1932 and quickly advanced into the fourth town in the valley.
On August 1, 1978, the town was established and became Winter Park.
In 1980 Winter Park interval again, incorporating the West Portal Village.
Elizabeth Mc - Intyre (born 1965), freestyle skier, Olympic silver medalist; lives in Winter Park Ryan Max Riley (born 1979), freestyle skier, US Champion, and humorist; lived in Winter Park Michelle Roark (born 1974), freestyle skier, World Champion silver medalist and two-time Olympian; lived in Winter Park Onge (born 1983), freestyle skier, World Champion and two-time Olympian; lived in Winter Park Winter Park Resort State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Winter Park town, Colorado".
City of Winter Park official web site, Retrieved February 22, 2007.
Town of Winter Park official website CDOT map of the Town of Winter Park Winter Park Resort Winter Park History 3d - Ski - Map of Winter Park Winter Park (Colorado) travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Grand County, Colorado, United States
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