Hughes at Winter Park Resort

Advanced · 1134 m long with 337 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

Snow and sun

Hughes is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Hughes

Lifts that reach the top: Explorer Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

1. Ride Explorer Express
2. Ski Bradley's Bash (intermediate)
3. Ski Hughes (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Hughes, Little Pierre. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Gondola (2 min).

What people say

i and snowboard season. At Winter Park Resort in Colorado, Alterra is continuing a multi-year rebuild of the resort’s snowmaking infrastructure. Additional automated fan guns and mobile snow guns are being installed for 2026–27. Alterra says the latest work will double snowmaking capacity on Lower Hughes, improve wate…
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lle Reservoir or the Provo River. And at Winter Park, the resort is continuing a multiyear effort to rebuild its snowmaking system from the ground up. New automated fan guns and mobile guns will increase early-season snowmaking capacity, including doubling capacity on Lower Hughes, while improving water-use efficiency.…
— Alterra Is Spending $350 Million on its Resorts This Winter. Here’s What Skiers Will Actually Notice.