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 […]