Even though the altitudeofthecityandits surroundingAlpsisn't enough toguaranteesnow, the good weather and breath-takingscenerymake Kitzbuhela world-classskiresort.
Fortunately Denver delivers, with the largest park collection of any U.S. city, more than 200 of them, including Winter Park, a world-class skiresort (okay, so it is 50 miles away).
The largest of these is massive Snowmass, which would easily be a standalone world-class destination skiresort anyplace else, the second largest in the nation, and one of the most varied with an unrivalled 4, 406 vertical feet and more than 3, 300-acres of terrain with 150 miles of trails for every ability served by 21 lifts.