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1. In 2009, Winter Park Resort was awarded a Silver Eagle Award for its Excellence in Visual Impact. This award was based on the efforts taken to address the mountain pine beetle’s impact in the Cooper Creek and Vasquez Ridge area of the resort.
2. In 2007, Winter Park Resort was awarded a Silver Eagle Award for its Excellence in Visual Impact.  This award was based on the efforts taken during the resort's Backside Parsenn Peak Project.
3. Also in 2007, Winter Park Resort was awarded a Bronze Achievement Award from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) for its area of excellence in pollution prevention and commitment to the environment surrounding the resort's 2006 Backside Parsenn Peak Project.

   

4. The Thorne Ecological Institute recognized Winter Park Resort President and CEO Gerald Groswold when he received their annual award for outstanding contributions to the environment of Colorado.
5. Winter Park received a Certificate of Environmental Achievement from the National Awards for Environmental Sustainability for our recycle program.
6. Winter Park Resort was awarded the USFS Regional Foresters award for the effort in Little Vasquez Creek that improved the habitat of the Colorado River Cutthroat Trout. We were also a 2001 finalist for the prestigious Mountain Sports Media Golden Eagle Award for Environmental Excellence in Fish and Wildlife Habitat Protection. Wrote the judges, "Winter Park's project is a perfect example of how a resort can proactively improve habitat. The resort's specific and determined efforts to save a rare and threatened population of aquatic species demonstrates a deep commitment to the preservation and restoration of wildlife habitat."
7. Winter Park received the 1998 Renew America Certificate of Achievement for:
   1. Parsenn Bowl
   2. Bonfils Stanton Foundation Outdoor Center
   3. Community Outreach and Recycling Program
   4. Vasquez Creek and the Colorado Native Cutthroat Trout program
8. Winter Park was a finalist for the Silver Eagle Award in Community Outreach in 1998.
9. Winter Park was a finalist for the 1994 Golden Eagle Award for Overall Excellence.
10. Winter Park was a finalist for the 1994 Silver Eagle Award for recycling.
11. Winter Park was awarded the Rocky Mountain Lift Association Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award in 1993 for the environmental measures taken during the construction of the Timberline lift.