Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Expert
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Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the mountain, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Trail map
2026–27 season · artist not stated
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 500 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs.
Getting there
Denver International (DEN) 5 h 4 min · Albuquerque International (ABQ) 4 h 43 min · Colorado Springs (COS) 4 h 4 min · San Luis Valley Regional (ALS) 1 h 16 min · Durango–La Plata County (DRO) 1 h 31 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
Passes, rankings and every number
Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.
Passes
IndependentIndependent — not on Epic, Ikon, Indy, Mountain Collective or Power
On no multi-resort pass: not on Epic Pass, Ikon Pass, Indy Pass, Mountain Collective or Power Pass.
Rankings
15 — #7 base15 — #7 base, #13 top lift, #15 summit in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#15 of 341 U.S. · #13 in Colorado
- Highest lift-served elevation#13 of 471 U.S. · #11 in Colorado
- Base elevation#7 of 316 U.S. · #6 in Colorado
- Advertised vertical drop#108 of 388 U.S. · #20 in Colorado
- Lift-served vertical#109 of 304 U.S. · #19 in Colorado
- Skiable acres#47 of 316 U.S. · #13 in Colorado
- Named trails#22 of 347 U.S. · #11 in Colorado
- Longest run#61 of 177 U.S. · #13 in Colorado
- Advanced + expert terrain#41 of 202 U.S. · #12 in Colorado
- Beginner runs#15 of 202 U.S. · #5 in Colorado
- Total lifts#62 of 479 U.S. · #12 in Colorado
- Average annual snowfall#15 of 252 U.S. · #1 in Colorado
- Drive from the fly-in airport#198 of 504 U.S. · #17 in Colorado
- Drive from nearest major airport#452 of 504 U.S. · #25 in Colorado
- Drive from closest airline airport#364 of 506 U.S. · #26 in Colorado