Colorado Snowboarding: Terrain Park Paradise

Are you ready? It’s going to be epic! Colorado snowboarding terrain parks prep each fall for an unbelievable winter season. And as host to the nation's three largest halfpipe contests — Aspen's X Games and Copper Mountain's Dew Tour and Grand Prix — you know Colorado is ground zero for snowboarders.

By: Colorado.com Staff Writer
Updated: February 20, 2024

Check the resorts' websites to get the latest snowboarding terrain conditions and updates on features before you hit these parks. And read about all 28 Colorado ski & snowboarding resorts.

Breckenridge Ski Resort

At Breckenridge Ski Resort, multiple terrain parks and an expansive superpipe mean jibbers and shredders have more than enough variety to keep them coming back. The resort has a four-decade-long snowboarding tradition and the climate is perfect for creating ideal terrain park conditions.

Buttermilk

Snowboarders are always amped when they experience the creative rails and jibs dreamed up by Buttermilk’s crew. Buttermilk, one of the four mountains that make up Aspen Snowmass, is in constant evolution and has more than 100 features including a 22-foot superpipe. The Winter X Games have made their home in Aspen Snowmass for well over a decade, so you know you'll find some amazing terrain for shredding.

Keystone Resort

There’s always buzz around A51, Keystone Resort’s terrain park, that impresses seasoned boarders, but the park has enough beginner features to ensure you don’t have to go big all at once. A dedicated chair lift means you never have to leave the park.

Winter Park Resort

With seven terrain parks, one massive superpipe and more than 80 features, you'll be itching to shred at Winter Park Resort. From the Bouncer to the Ash Cat, the areas in the terrain park are named to honor the railroad history of the area.

Vail Mountain

It’s usually the 5,000 acres of terrain and the Back Bowls that gets everybody’s attention at Vail Mountain. But we’d like to suggest dropping in at Vail’s Golden Peak or Bwana terrain parks to experience awesome, well-kept features and lots of space to attempt gnarly tricks.

Telluride Ski Resort

With parks for all ability levels, Telluride makes sure everyone in the family gets to shred. Beginners and families can head to the Ute Terrain Park that serves as a perfect introduction and then progress to Misty Maiden and Hoot Brown as skills improve. 

Arapahoe Basin

With the highest advanced terrain park in North America, Treeline, and four other parks, including one for newbies, Arapahoe Basin is always a legendary experience for any skill level.

Hoedown Hill

Set just 30 minutes southeast of Fort Collins in Windsor, Hoedown Hill offers boarders two terrain parks that keep the fun and challenges coming with sweet weekly rotating jibs, rails and jumps.

Copper Mountain

Often the first to open, Copper's 22-foot superpipe is a real crowdpleaser. The Woodward at Copper Barn — a 19,400-square-foot indoor facility with foam pits, trampolines, simulated snow and more — allows riders to test their skills before launching outdoors.

Steamboat Ski Resort

Parks include Mavericks, a playground for advanced boarders with jumps ranging from 50–70 feet and the 450-foot-long Mavericks Superpipe; Rabbit Ears for intermediates and Lil’ Rodeo Park for beginners — Steamboat has adrenaline-pumping terrain for everyone. Plus, the roomy gondola and ADA parking pass allows wheelchair travelers and their families to enjoy the fun in an accessible fashion.

Snowmass

With three terrain parks, a 22-foot Zaugg-cut superpipe, countless features and a beginner pipe for little ones, Snowmass caters to snowboarders of all skill levels. 

Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Crested Butte's parks are carefully tended to by snowmakers, cat operators and park rangers with the goal of moving boarders to bigger and better skill levels. The Lower Twister, has a sequence of three big jumps people talk about long after they've left the slopes, and there are even chances to get into the woods for a few surprise organic features.

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