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Winter Park is a home rule town in southeastern Grand County, at the southern end of the Fraser Valley.

Winter Park was founded on August 1, 1978, and incorporated on September 1, 1979, making it one of Colorado's youngest towns.

At the 2020 United States census, Winter Park had a permanent population of 1,033 people in 511 households.

Although the town counted 2,736 housing units at the 2020 census, 81.3 percent of them were vacant, reflecting Winter Park's large seasonal and second-home population.

Winter Park is home to Winter Park Resort, a ski resort owned by the City of Denver and managed by Alterra Mountain Company.

Winter Park bills itself as "Colorado's Highest" and claims to be the highest incorporated town in the United States, a claim based on the July 2006 annexation of 5,214 acres of resort land, though the claim is disputed because no one lives above 9,550 feet in town.

The town center sits at about 9,000 feet above sea level, and the town covers 16.89 square miles.

U.S. Route 40 passes through Winter Park, crossing Berthoud Pass 66 miles to Denver, and the town is bordered to the north by Fraser.

Amtrak's Winter Park Express ski train carries passengers between Denver and the slopes, and the California Zephyr also stops at the Fraser-Winter Park station.

Winter Park's subarctic climate leaves it snow-covered for about six months of the year, with average annual snowfall of about 214 inches.