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Practicalities
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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; tel 970/726-4118 or 1-800/903-7275,
), by Amtrak, five miles north in Fraser, and on Home James shuttles from Denver International Airport ($34; tel 303/726-5060 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; tel 303/296-4754,
). 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.
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 (tel 970/726-9674), good for low-cost margaritas and Mexican food, and
Deno's
(tel 970/726-5332), with its hundred-plus beers and tasty pasta. Other useful information
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