{"id":2341,"date":"2019-05-08T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitgrandcoun.wpengine.com\/articles\/10-best-skiing-and-snowboarding-trails-in-grand-county\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:53:15","slug":"10-best-skiing-and-snowboarding-trails-in-grand-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/blog\/10-best-skiing-and-snowboarding-trails-in-grand-county\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Best Skiing and Snowboarding Trails in Grand County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A man with skis on a snowy slope.\" class=\"wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-1529x860.png 1529w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3-711x400.png 711w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kremmling_Hero-3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Make no mistake about it: being nestled against the <a href=\"\/explore\/mountains-and-vistas\/continental-divide\/\">Continental Divide<\/a> has its advantages \u2014 like getting unbelievable amounts of snow each year. What to do with all that powder? Well, <a href=\"\/play\/snow-sports\/skiing-and-snowboarding\/\">ski and snowboard<\/a> of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve gathered together our favorite ski and snowboarding trails at the two resorts, from the best beginner slopes to iconic black-diamond runs that will fire up your adrenaline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Beginners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lonesome Whistle, <a href=\"\/vendors\/winter-park-resort\/\">Winter Park<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 For beginners, practice makes perfect, and Lonesome Whistle, which feeds into several other green runs and is served by the High Lonesome Express Lift, is ideal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prairie Dog to Jackalope, <a href=\"\/vendors\/ski-at-granby-ranch\/\">Granby Ranch<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Down the valley at Granby Ranch, beginners love to cruise this combination of runs, which descends the entire length of East Mountain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Intermediates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Butch&#8217;s Breezeway, <a href=\"\/vendors\/winter-park-resort\/\">Winter Park<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 The perfect warm-up run at Winter Park, Butch&#8217;s Breezeway offers some of the mountain&#8217;s best groomed conditions. Stretch your legs as often as you want \u2014 the Prospector Express takes you right back to the beginning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Forget-Me-Not to Edelweiss to Bluebell, <a href=\"\/vendors\/winter-park-resort\/\">Parsenn&#8217;s Bowl &amp; Mary Jane<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Starting at 12,000 feet above sea level, this run begins with breathtaking views of the Continental Divide from atop Parsenn&#8217;s Bowl, then cuts through beautiful glades and the fun cruisers of Edelweiss and Bluebell.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sundance to Buckaroo, <a href=\"\/vendors\/winter-park-resort\/\">Vasquez Ridge<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Vasquez Ridge is often overlooked at Winter Park, which is advantageous for skiers seeking solitude and perfect groomed conditions on these two runs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ghost Rider, <a href=\"\/vendors\/granby-ranch\/\">Granby Ranch<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 In recent years, this intermediate run, which races from the top to the bottom of Granby Ranch&#8217;s East Mountain, has earned a sterling reputation for entry-level moguls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Advanced<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Narrow Gauge-Mary Jane, <a href=\"\/vendors\/winter-park-resort\/\">Winter Park<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Kick it up a notch with the burly bumps of Narrow Gauge, a short but beautiful run that feeds into Mary Jane, one of Winter Park-Mary Jane&#8217;s top-rated cruiser runs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Experts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>South Forty, <a href=\"\/vendors\/ski-at-granby-ranch\/\">Granby Ranch<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 On big powder days, few places in Colorado have a better secret stash than this expert run on Granby Ranch&#8217;s West Mountain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Derailer to Long Haul, <a href=\"\/vendors\/winter-park-resort\/\">Mary Jane<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Mary Jane has become world famous for its bumps, and while Outhouse gets much of the attention, these two runs are sublime and preferred by mogul hounds in-the-know.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trestle, <a href=\"\/vendors\/winter-park-resort\/\">Mary Jane<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 The iconic black-diamond run of Mary Jane, Trestle delights experts because of its variety. Pitch changes, moguls, pockets of powder \u2014 pick a different line each time and you&#8217;ll never get bored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover favorite ski and snowboarding trails at our resorts, from the best beginner slopes to iconic black-diamond runs that will fire up your adrenaline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10513,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions\/10513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}