Less than 10% of trails open at some Colorado resorts amid snowpack near record lows
With Colorado’s statewide snowpack near all-time lows – at about 61 percent of its to-date long-term median and at a lower point than all but two of the last 39 years for January 5 (2000, 2018), here’s how much terrain is open at Colorado’s resorts as of January 5, 2025:
Editor’s Note: These numbers are subject to rapid change. For the most up-to-date information, check the website for each specific resort. All numbers in this piece came from resort websites on the morning of January 5. Spots reporting fewer than 10% of trails open have been highlighted in bold.
- Arapahoe Basin: 9 of 147 runs (6.1%)
- Aspen Highlands: 91 of 117 runs (77.7%)
- Aspen Mountain (formerly Ajax): 47 of 104 runs (45.2%)
- Beaver Creek Resort: 21 of 167 runs (12.6%)
- Breckenridge Ski Resort: 46 of 193 runs (23.8%)
- Buttermilk Ski Area (Aspen): 34 of 44 runs (77.3%)
- Copper Mountain: 38 of 157 runs (24.2%)
- Crested Butte Mountain Resort: 64 of 168 runs (38.1%)
- Echo Mountain: 4 of 12 runs (33.3%)
- Eldora Mountain Resort: 22 of 61 runs (36.1%)
- Granby Ranch: 17 of 45 runs (37.8%)
- Keystone Resort: 45 of 142 runs (31.7%)
- Loveland Ski Area: 21 of 96 runs (21.9%)
- Monarch Mountain: 56 of 80 runs (70%)
- Powderhorn: 7 of 57 (12.3%)
- Purgatory Resort: 51 of 107 runs (47.7%)
- Ski Cooper: 39 of 65 runs (60%)
- Snowmass (Aspen): 41 of 98 runs (41.8%)
- Steamboat Ski Resort: 93 of 183 runs (50.8%)
- Sunlight Mountain Resort: 1 of 77 runs (1.3%)
- Telluride Ski Resort: 2 of 149 runs (1.3%)
- Vail Ski Resort: 92 of 277 runs (33.2%)
- Winter Park Resort: 39 of 171 runs (22.8%)
- Wolf Creek Ski Area: 100% open (133 of 133, according to Piste Maps)
It is worth noting that some snow is set to hit the state this week, so changes in terrain status may occur.
As noted, these numbers are subject to rapid change. For the most up-to-date information, check the website for each specific resort. All numbers in this piece came from resort websites on the morning of January 5.
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