Colorado Ski Country on Thursday announced the state’s ski areas hosted 13.8 million skier visits for the 2024-25 ski season, marking the third-busiest season ever.

The nation’s ski areas counted 61.5 million visits in 2024-25 , the second highest showing for American resorts. The record ski traffic affirms a hope that an uptick in outdoor participation following the pandemic could be permanent. Since 2021 , the U.S. resort industry has counted four of its five busiest seasons ever. Similarly, the last four seasons have been the busiest ever for Colorado ski areas.

Colorado Ski Country, a trade association, counts visitation from its 21 member resorts and estimates of visitation to Vail Resorts’ five Colorado ski areas.

Vail Resorts, the largest resort operator in North America, in

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