Colorado Predicts Record Number of Skiers Last Winter

12th June 2023

Last modified on June 15th, 2023

It was a bumper year for snowfall and Colorado Ski Country reports skier visits increased nearly 8% over last year’s total. The final numbers are being crunched.

The company is projecting a record of 14.8 million visitors – that’s 1m more than the previous record set the year before at 13.8 million.

The ski state claims 23% of all US skier visits.

A skier visit represents one person skiing or snowboarding for any part of one day at a resort.

The numbers are preliminary and subject to final adjustment.

Here on PlanetSKI we have already reported on the record-breaking winter in Utah:

Record-breaking number of skiers in Utah last winter

We visited California last month that also saw record amounts of snow:

Skiing Mammoth Mountain in the Spring

Mammoth Mountain. Image © PlanetSKI

Not all the ski areas in Colorado are part of Colorado Ski Country.

Non-member resorts include the five owned and run by Vail Resorts — Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Crested Butte.

Wolf Creek is also not a member.

“The 2022-2023 ski season was buoyed by cold temperatures and consistent, abundant snowfall across the state, from the first days of the season in October to closing day on June 4th,” said Colorado Ski Country USA president and chief executive, Melanie Mills, as the figures were unveiled.

“We are today celebrating a significant new industry benchmark for visitation, meaningful growth in our business, and the positive economic impact that this success has for our employees, our communities, our partners, and our state,” she added.

Arapahoe Basin was the last ski area to close in Colorado when it shut down in early June.

The state saw bumper snow with records broken.