Ski Areas
Snow is celebrated in Colorado. When the snow begins falling in the state's high mountains, people prepare for a fun season of deep snow. Colorado is graced with 26 ski and snowboard areas in a number of beautiful mountain towns.
Skiing and Snowboarding Areas:
|
Ski Area Name
|
|
Expert Runs
|
Number of Chairlifts
|
Skiable Hectares
|
Snowfall in Meters
|
Distance from Denver in kilometers
|
|
|
Arapahoe Basin
|
45%
|
40%
|
6
|
198
|
9.3
|
105
|
|
|
|
Aspen Highlands
|
30%
|
52%
|
4
|
320
|
7.6
|
354
|
|
|
Aspen Mountain
|
48%
|
52%
|
8
|
272
|
7.6
|
354
|
|
|
|
Beaver Creek Resort
|
39%
|
27%
|
16
|
658
|
7.9
|
177
|
|
|
|
Breckenridge Ski Resort
|
33%
|
52%
|
27
|
894
|
7.6
|
145
|
|
|
|
Buttermilk
|
39%
|
26%
|
9
|
174
|
5
|
354
|
|
|
|
Copper Mountain
|
25%
|
54%
|
22
|
991
|
7.2
|
121
|
|
|
|
Crested Butte
|
57%
|
20%
|
15
|
434
|
6
|
370
|
|
|
|
Durango Mountain Resort
|
51%
|
26%
|
11
|
486
|
6.6
|
531
|
|
|
|
Eldora
|
50%
|
30%
|
12
|
275
|
7.6
|
76
|
|
|
|
Howelsen
|
20%
|
55%
|
4
|
10
|
3.8
|
266
|
|
|
|
Keystone
|
32%
|
49%
|
19
|
1161
|
5.8
|
113
|
|
|
|
Loveland Ski Area
|
41%
|
46%
|
10
|
552
|
10.1
|
85
|
|
|
|
Monarch
|
37%
|
42%
|
5
|
271
|
8.9
|
256
|
|
|
|
Powderhorn
|
50%
|
30%
|
3
|
219
|
6.1
|
402
|
|
|
|
Silverton
|
0%
|
100%
|
1
|
670
|
10.1
|
523
|
|
|
|
Ski Cooper
|
40%
|
30%
|
2
|
162
|
6.4
|
208
|
|
|
|
Snowmass
|
50%
|
44%
|
21
|
1255
|
7.6
|
354
|
|
|
|
Solvista
|
30%
|
20%
|
5
|
164
|
5.9
|
126
|
|
|
|
Steamboat
|
56%
|
31%
|
20
|
1200
|
8.6
|
253
|
|
|
|
Sunlight
|
55%
|
25%
|
4
|
190
|
6.4
|
257
|
|
|
|
Telluride
|
38%
|
38%
|
16
|
688
|
7.8
|
531
|
|
|
|
Vail
|
29%
|
53%
|
34
|
2140
|
8.8
|
161
|
|
|
|
Winter Park
|
34%
|
57%
|
24
|
1121
|
8.9
|
108
|