This is a list of every alpine ski area I know of in Colorado. I’m sure I’m missing quite a few of the backcountry sites so let me know and I’ll add them. Click on them to go to the area’s web site.
The dollar signs: indicate approximate relative cost of the commercial areas. Five $$$$$ is most expensive and one $ is least expensive. Of course the resorts with more $ sometimes have more to offer.
The numbers: represent the approximate driving time in hours from Denver, typically rounded UP to the nearest hour.
Commercial Ski Areas / Resorts
| Arapahoe Basin $$$ 1 | Monarch $$$$ 4 | |
| Aspen-Snowmass $$$$$ 5 | Powderhorn $$ 4 | |
| Beaver Creek $$$$$ 2 | Silverton Mountain $$$ 5 | |
| Breckenridge $$$$$ 2 | Ski Cooper $$ 2 | |
| Copper Mountain $$$$ 2 | Ski Granby Ranch $$$ 2 | |
| Crested Butte $$$$ 5 | Steamboat $$$$ 4 | |
| Durango/Purgatory $$$ 7 | Sunlight $$ 3 | |
| Echo Mountain $$ 1 | Telluride $$$$$ 7 | |
| Eldora Ski Area $$$ 1 | Winter Park $$$$ 1 | |
| Howelson Hill $ 4 | Wolf Creek $$$ 5 | |
| Keystone $$$$$ 1 | Vail $$$$$ 2 | |
| Loveland Ski Area $$$ 1 |
The major free and backcountry Areas
| Berthoud Pass 1 |
| Flattop Mountain (RMNP) *fee to enter park 2 |
| Hidden Valley (RMNP) *fee to enter park 2 |
| Loveland Pass 1 |
| Ruby Hill Rail Yard 0 |
| St. Mary’s Glacier (year-round) 1 |
| Guanella Pass 1 |