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Ski areas in Colorado

Colorado has 36 ski areas: 7.1% of the US total of 506. That ranks #3 by count and #8 per person (0.6 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

#8
national rank (per capita)
36
ski areas
0.6
per 100k residents

The data

Source: OpenSkiMap (built on OpenStreetMap), October 2026. Operating downhill ski areas, one point each. The National Ski Areas Association counts 492. Small rope-tow hills vary in what counts.

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Colorado: 36 rows (CSV)All of the US (CSV)

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Named ski areas in Colorado include

Cranor Hill Municipal Ski Hill, CO · Aspen Highlands, CO · Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO · Copper Mountain, CO · Steamboat Ski Resort, CO · Loveland Basin Ski Area, CO · Arapahoe Basin, CO · Eldora, CO · Aspen Mountain, CO · Dutch Henry Ski Hill, CO · Purgatory Resort, CO · Beaver Creek, CO

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