Colorado saw 13.8 million skier visits during the 2024-25 winter season, according to a ski industry trade association.

The preliminary data makes the 2024-25 ski season the third-highest ever for skier visits, according to a Colorado Ski Country USA news release issued Thursday.

“This season brought a little bit of everything, starting off strong with solid snowfall in November, followed by weather variability mid-season and a snowy spring that kept many ski areas open well into May,” Colorado Ski Country USA President and Chief Executive Officer Melanie Mills said in a statement.

“Our member resorts did a great job of adapting to changing conditions while offering a welcoming and enjoyable experience for a broad range of visitors,” added Mills.

An industry trade association of 21 member resorts throughout Colorado, Colorado Ski Country USA said it uses publicly available information to project statewide skier visits each year. Skier visits are a metric used to track participation in skiing and snowboarding, representing one person participating in the sport at a ski resort for any part of one day. The National Ski Areas Association announced preliminary nationwide data last month.

While skier visits were up slightly season-over-season in the United States during the 2024-25 season, Colorado saw a slight decline from last season. Skier visits peaked in both Colorado and the U.S. during the 2022-23 season, with 14.8 million skier visits and 65.4 million skier visits, respectively, according to industry data.

Most years, Colorado accounts for just less than one-quarter of all skier visits in the U.S. That continued during the 2023-24 season, with Colorado accounting for about 22% of all skier visits in the country, according to the data.

During the 2024-25 season, the U.S. logged 61.5 million skier visits — the second-highest on record — and up slightly from the 2023-24 season, when the country saw an estimated 60.5 million skier visits, according to industry data. 

But Colorado saw a slight decline in skier visits between those two seasons, losing about 200,000 skier visits during the 2024-25 season compared to the 14 million total skier visits during the 2023-24 season.

Overall, the numbers remain strong for Colorado and suggest that the pandemic-driven spike in interest in skiing may be plateauing.

“In a chaotic world, skiing remains a meaningful touchstone for so many,” Mills said. “Colorado’s ski areas welcome skiers and snowboarders from around the state, the country and the world to escape to our slopes and enjoy our genuine Colorado hospitality.”