Parks and Recreation

 

Denver Parks and Recreation, together with Winter Park Resort, announces the earliest recorded opening day of Ruby Hill Rail Yard, Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 12 p.m. Ruby Hill Rail Yard is a free urban terrain park for skiers and snowboarders, located in Ruby Hill Park at the intersection of Platte River Drive and Jewell Avenue in Denver.

This is the earliest opening for Ruby Hill since its inception in 2006. The rail yard will be open through the end f February, weather permitting. To prepare the park, snowmaking equipment has pumped more than an acre of snow and a snowcat, on loan from Winter Park Resort, is putting the final grooming touches on the terrain park.

Ruby Hill is a result of the partnership between Denver Parks and Recreation, Christy Sports and Winter Park Resort. Winter Park provides the rails, terrain park design and staff; Chirsty Sports provides free rental equipment; and Denver Parks and Recreation provides youth programs. Thirty volunteers and private donations also help make the terrain park possible.

Ruby Hill will be open daily from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Free ski and snowboard rentals will be available Tuesdays and Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. For kids ages 8 – 17, equipment rental requires a release and waiver completed by a parent. Forms will be kept on file at Ruby Hill for the season, so only one release needs to be completed by each participant.

Ruby Hill Rail Yard is made possible by Winter Park Resort, Denver Parks and Recreation, Christy Sports, Johnson Controls, S.O.S, Burton Snowboards, and Nomis.

For more information, call Denver 311 or visit: www.denvergov.org/rubyhillrailyard.

About Winter Park Resort
Located just 67 miles from Denver, Winter Park Resort has been Colorado’s Favorite® resort for 70 years for skiers and snowboarders seeking a big mountain experience at a great value. The resort has invested more than $40 million in on-mountain improvements in the last five years, not including the new Village at Winter Park just completed this past winter. For Winter Park Resort information: 800-453-2525 or www.skiwinterpark.com.

About Intrawest
Intrawest is a leader in the development and management of experiential destination resorts. The Company has a network of resorts at North America’s most popular mountain destinations including Whistler Blackcomb, host venue for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and Canadian Mountain Holidays, the largest heli-skiing operation in the world. In addition, Intrawest markets and sells real estate at its resorts in North America. Intrawest is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. For more information, visit www.intrawest.com.

About Denver Parks and Recreation
Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) facilities are unrivaled in the Rocky Mountain West. The DPR system spans over a 138-year history from the first park created in 1868 to nearly 15,000 acres of urban parks and mountain parkland today. It embraces nearly 3,000 acres of “traditional” parks and parkways, 2,500 urban natural acres and close to 8,000 acres of urban forest within the city alone. The system has evolved from the early years of jungle gyms and swings to more than two dozen recreation centers and 17 outdoor pools offering high-quality programs.

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