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Year-round service to Winter Park is provided by Greyhound, stopping
downtown outside the visitor center at the junction of Hwy-40
and Vasquez Road (daily 8am-5pm; phone970/726-4118 or 1-800/903-7275,
), by Amtrak, fie miles north in Fraser, and on Home James shuttles
from Denver International Airport ($34; phone303/726-5060 or
1-800/451-4844).
The Winter Park Ski Train does round-trips
from Denver every Saturday and Sunday during ski season, leaving at
7.15am and starting back at 4.15pm ($35; 2hr; reservations required;
phone303/296-4754, ). An excellent network of free shuttle buses
means that a car is not essential in town. Trail maps and general
outdoor information are available at the visitor center.
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Nightlife
starts at the base of the ski lifts at The Slope (phone970/726-5727), before progressing downtown to the likes of Carlos
and Maria's in Cooper Creek Square (phone970/726-9674), good for
low-cost margaritas and Mexican food, and Deno's (phone970/726-5332), with its hundred-plus
beers and tasty pasta.
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