Colorado Saw the Lowest Skier Turnout in More than 35 Years This Past Winter
Warm temperatures and weak snowfall cut resort days open and reduced mountain-town spending, even as advance pass sales softened the hit to operators.
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Colorado saw the lowest skier turnout in more than 35 years this past winter
Visits to Colorado plunged off a cliff this past season, hitting the lowest levels in more than three decades after one of the warmest and driest winters on record. Statewide skier visitation numbers published on Thursday, June 4, by Colorado Ski Country USA estimate that 10.5 million skiers and riders turned out to the state’s roughly 28 ski resorts during the 2025-26 season. That’s down 3.3 million skier visits from last season and is the leas…
Visits to Colorado ski resorts collapsed in 2025-26 with the steepest annual decline in decades
The streak is over. Colorado ski areas saw a 24% collapse in visitation in 2025-26, marking the sharpest downturn for the state’s signature resort industry in more than 40 years. After four years of record-setting traffic, visits to the state’s 26 ski hills fell to 10.5 million in 2025-26, down from 13.9 million the previous […]
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