13 Colorado Ski Deaths This Winter

17th May 2026

The fatalities occurred at 11 resorts and were all men aged 25 to 74.

They included three heart attacks, nine deaths from trauma, and a skier who suffocated in a tree well.

No one died in a collision with another skier.

The number is about the same as recent seasons despite a very poor winter for snow and a sharp drop on skier visits.

Colorado ski areas do not publicly report deaths or injuries, but the total has been reported by The Colorado Sun newspaper.

The highest number of deaths recorded in recent years was in 2011-12, another very low snow year, when there were 22 deaths at Colorado ski areas.

Only one person died in an avalanche in Colorado last winter.

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