Ability Levels for Downhill Skiers

SkiMeisters Description of Downhill Ski Levels (2025)

Level 3: ALL GREEN trails; and ALL GROOMED BLUE trails

Level 4All level 3 trails; ALL BLUE TRAILS; ALL GROOMED BLUE/BLACK AND BLACK trails; and the following SMALL BUMP BLUE/BLACK trails skied slowly:

Winter Park and Vasquez Ridge trails: Jaberwocky, Cheshire Cat, JabberRabbit, Chuck Wagon, Engeldive, and (if one side is groomed) Bradley’s Bash

Mary Jane trails: Sleeper, Side Track, Sleepy Hollow, the top of Mary Jane, lower Rainbow Cut and (if one side is groomed) Railbender

Sunnyside trails: the bottom of Roundhouse

Parsenn Bowl trails: Larkspur, Sky Pilot, Fireberry Glade and Lupin

Level 5: All level 4 trails; ALL BLUE/BLACK trails; and the following MEDIUM BUMP BLACK trails:

Winter Park and Vasquez Ridge trails: all black trails

Mary Jane black trails: Gandy Dancer, Narrow Gauge, Sterling Way, Golden Spike, Upper Arrowhead Loop, Little Ten, Phantom Bridge, Railbender, Derailer and Grand Tour (a combination of Sidetrack and, cutting to the left at each segment, lower Upper Arrowhead Loop, the bottom of Golden Spike and the bottom of Gandy Dancer)

Sunnyside: all Sunnyside trails

Parsenn Bowl trails: all Parsenn Bowl trails

Eagle Wind black trails: Thunderbird Traverse and Thunderbird trail

Level 5+: All level 5 trails; ALL BLACK trails, including Eagle Wind and Vasquez Cirque; and the following TREE AREAS not named on the trail map:

High Lonesome trees: Tree area to right of High Lonesome and to the left of Whistlestop

Old man trees: Just to the right of the rope between Winter Park trails and Eagle Wind trails, accessed from the top of Parsenn Bowl or from Thunderbird Traverse and coming out onto Village Way trail

Wild Spur trees: Tree areas to left of Stagecoach; tree areas between Wild Spur trails; and tree areas to the right of Gambler, accessed from the Gunbarrel trail and coming out on Lonesome Whistle

Level 6:  ALL MOUNTAIN with no restrictions; moderate speed with periodic stops

Level 7ALL MOUNTAIN with no restrictions; high speed with few stops