Gorgoza Park
Add a few more letters, and you’d think the little yurt-shaped buildings just off I-80 near Jeremy Ranch make up an Italian cheese factory.
To be sure, Gorgoza Park is only the big cheese of sledding hills. Its goods offer a super fun family- and date-friendly winter activity. Here, you can rent a colorful tube, be effortlessly rope-towed to the top of a pretty Summit County hill, and plunge down any of seven groomed trails (some beginner, some advanced) … and laugh like you haven’t since you were a kid on a toboggan.
All you have to do is sign your life away (OK, just a waiver), hand over $8 for one ride, $19 for two hours of fun, or $27 for four die-hard hours, and the rest is winter memories in the making.
Gorgoza Park is open daily from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Once the sun goes down, the lights go on for nighttime tubing. It also offers mini snowmobile rides and a “Fort Frosty” park for youngsters. Learn more here.
The park address is 3863 W. Kilby Road. To get to there, exit I-80 at Jeremy Ranch (#141) and head east on the frontage road on the south side of the freeway.
January 24th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
This place is so awesome. What a great excuse to get out of the city and head for the hills! Plus, I hear some of the Sundance famous folk make it their annual ritual to head here before they settle in for a few days in PC.
January 24th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
We’ve wanted to do this for a long time… Thanks for the info!
January 24th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
I love tubing! We’ve made it our annual Christmas Eve tradition. I haven’t tried this site, but the Soldier Hollow hill is also great!
January 25th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
I went to a similar tubing hill in Midway at Soldier Hollow and it was super super fun! The prices were about equal, but the hours were later at Soldier Hollow…we were there until at least 10pm! It is a great activity especially with a large group!!