In Colorado Ski Country USA, we don’t rest on our laurels—and our laurels include North America’s longest-running ski area, several of the world’s bucket list destinations, and a snow sports legacy that dates back over a century.
Our 20 member resorts continue to roll out improvements and debut exciting new amenities for skiers and snowboarders, and the 2024–25 season is no exception.
Visit Colorado Ski Country USA this winter, and you’ll find new lifts that move guests around mountains faster, shortening liftlines and expanding access to all types of terrain; the return of legacy events and the launch of a host of new festivals, competitions, and special experiences; updates to rental fleets and remodeled eateries; and evidence everywhere of our resorts’ commitment to keeping their operations energy efficient and earth-friendly.
Guest Services
Two group lesson deals will roll out this season for guests looking to learn and/or improve their skills: $225 half-day morning lessons and $199 half-day afternoon lessons. Both packages include lessons, gear rental, and lift tickets; the offer will become available as beginner and intermediate terrain opens later this season.
Sustainability
Arapahoe Basin will celebrate its first full year of carbon neutrality.
Facilities, Food & Beverage
Snowmass’s Lynn Britt Cabin will open this season with an expanded patio, an outdoor grill, and a bar area, along with a wider range of bookable experiences. These will include après parties, specials, live entertainment, and snowcat dinners throughout the 2024-25 season.
Lifts
Skiers and snowboarders at Snowmass can look forward to the new Coney Express lift this winter. This high-speed quad replaces the Coney Glade chair with a larger footprint and a new loading terminal in the Snowmass base area, boosting the mountain’s out-of-base capacity. The Coney Express will also include a midway station for access to Snowmass’s world-class terrain park and provide foot traffic access to Lynn Britt Cabin and the Spider Sabich Race Arena.
Lifts
Copper is debuting their new Timberline Express chairlift, expanding access to Colorado’s most popular intermediate terrain. The 6-person lift replaces the old 4-person chair, significantly boosting uphill capacity. The chair replacement is part of Copper’s larger multi-year development of the Western Territory, which is designed to improve the skiing and riding experience for beginners, families, and advancing athletes.
Lifts
Guests at Echo Mountain should watch for newly painted and more visible lift towers and chairs.
Facilities, Food & Beverage
Guests at Eldora can look forward to the opening of the new Caribou Lodge this winter. The facility will function as a children’s learning center and as headquarters for Ignite Adaptive Sports. Additionally, the Lodge will offer new food and beverage options and serve as a central hub for the lower-mountain area.
Terrain
Eldora has added a new trail connecting lower Around the Horn to Indian Peaks Chairlift.
Facilities, Food & Beverage
This summer saw the completion of Granby Ranch’s newly redesigned base lodge patio, which now wraps around three sides of the building. The revamped space features a new, larger fire pit, sail shades, and expanded outdoor dining options.
Sustainability
A state-of-the-art irrigation system is being installed at the base to improve water usage efficiency. The system will feature optimized storm drains to effectively manage water flow during snowmelt.
Terrain
Granby Ranch will be offering all-day uphill access to guests in the 2024–25 ski season, allowing ticketed uphillers to skin up the East and West peaks during the normal operating hours.
Rental Fleet
Loveland modernized their rental fleet, and renters will now benefit from Grip Walk soles on all ski boots, which help to prevent falls.
Special Experiences
Loveland offers free snowcat skiing along the Continental Divide, giving adventurous snow lovers access to some of the resort’s most exciting—and least skied—terrain.
Monarch Mountain celebrates 85 years of independence this season. Happy Birthday to our most majestic member resort!
Terrain
Teams at Monarch worked over the summer to construct an access road, extend powerlines, and clear trails in the expansion area known as No Name Basin. This development will introduce 377 acres of primarily intermediate to advanced skiable terrain on the west side of the Continental Divide; it is scheduled to open in the 2025–26 ski season.
Sustainability
This summer, as part a larger effort to preserve and enhance the natural resources at the heart of the resort, Powderhorn completed the cleanup and recycling of 20,00 pounds of steel waste.
Infrastructure
Visitors to Purgatory who plan to rent equipment will be able to enjoy skiing and riding on new skis and snowboards. The resort also increased parking and installed self-service ticket pickup boxes that will put snow lovers where they want to be—that is, on the slopes—faster than ever.
Lifts
This year will be the Wild Blue Gondola’s first complete season. Wild Blue gives skiers and snowboarders access to Steamboat’s Sunshine Bowl, where recently expanded, energy efficient snowmaking systems will mean that some of the most popular terrain maintains consistent snow coverage.
Sustainability
This summer, Steamboat Resort employees and volunteers planted more than 3,000 lodgepole seedlings, part of a revegetation effort that will help control erosion, sequester carbon, and provide habitat for native wildlife.
Lifts
Sunlight has begun breaking ground and preparing for the installation of new lifts that are set to open next season.
Ticketing
New RFID cards that streamline the ticketing process will enable Sunlight guests to get to the slopes faster this season.
Terrain
Telluride guests will enjoy ski-through features on the brand-new, immersive Heritage Trail, which takes skiers and snowboarders on a journey through the history, heritage, and evolution of the Telluride region.
Community
This will be the first full season of Conifer Commons, a 330+ bed employee housing complex. The project has been hailed by industry professionals and community leaders as a national model for other ski resorts.
Terrain
Guests to Winter Park this season can take advantage of $37 million in improvements to snowmaking at the resort. The new, state-of-the-art system will make snow more efficiently and give the resort the ability to open more terrain, sooner.
