Winter Park, Colorado - Practicalities and nightlife. Nightlife starts at the base of the ski lifts at The Slope (tel 970/726-5727), before progressing downtown to the likes of Carlos and Maria's in Cooper Creek Square

Winter Park, Colorado
Practicalities and nightlife
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

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Year-round serice to Winter Park is proided by Greyhound, stopping downtown outside the isitor center at the junction of Hwy-40 and asquez 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 Dener International Airport ($34; phone303/726-5060 or 1-800/451-4844).

The Winter Park Ski Train does round-trips from Dener every Saturday and Sunday during ski season, leaing at 7.15am and starting back at 4.15pm ($35; 2hr; reserations 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 aailable at the isitor center.

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 bevers and tasty pasta.

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