These are the 33 Colorado ski areas expected to run in the 2026-27 season, from Vail and Aspen to small town hills that open when the snow comes. Pins are colored by the pass that gets you on the lifts: Epic (blue), Ikon (red), Indy (green) or independent (purple). Click a resort for its acres, summit and vertical, or open Filters.
Which pass gets you where
| Pass | Colorado ski areas (2026-27) |
|---|---|
| Epic | Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Crested Butte, and Telluride (up to 7 days) |
| Ikon | Arapahoe Basin, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, Snowmass, Copper Mountain, Eldora, Steamboat, Winter Park |
| Indy | Loveland, Echo Mountain, Granby Ranch, Howelsen Hill, Powderhorn, Sunlight, Kendall Mountain, Cuchara, Hoedown Hill |
| Independent | Ski Cooper, Monarch, Purgatory, Silverton Mountain, Wolf Creek, and four town hills |
Pass details (unlimited days, blackout dates, day limits) vary by pass tier; check the pass itself before you buy.
What the map shows
- Vail is the biggest, at about 5,317 skiable acres, followed by Steamboat (3,741) and Snowmass (3,342).
- Silverton Mountain has the highest summit, 13,487 feet, served by a single chairlift. Telluride (13,150) and Arapahoe Basin (13,050) are next.
- Snowmass has the most vertical, 4,406 feet, just ahead of Telluride (4,400).
- Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs, run by the city since 1915, is the oldest operating ski area in North America.
- Cuchara is back: its chairlift carried skiers on January 17, 2026, for the first time since 2000.
- Keystone was the first to open last season, on October 25, 2025, a day ahead of Arapahoe Basin. Neither had set a 2026-27 opening date by mid-October.
Every resort, with its numbers, is in the spreadsheet of all 33, free to download.
How this map was checked
Resort details come from Colorado Ski Country USA's resort pages, the resorts' own sites and Wikipedia; pass access comes from the Epic, Ikon and Indy pass resort lists for 2026-27. Where sources disagreed on a number, we used the resort's own figure. Two areas that are closed are left out: Hesperus (no lift since 2023) and Bluebird Backcountry (closed in 2023). Four small town hills run on natural snow and open only when there's enough of it.
Make a map like this
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