Biggest-Vertical Ski Resorts in Colorado (United States)

Ranked by biggest-vertical across Colorado (United States).

Ranking

Rank	Resort	Value	Gap to next
1	Aspen Snowmass	1341.2	+118.20000000000005
2	Beaver Creek	1223	+73.5
3	Telluride Ski Area	1149.5	+38
4	Steamboat Ski Resort	1111.5	+46.5
5	Vail	1065	+4
6	Aspen Highlands	1061	+55.60000000000002
7	Aspen Mountain	1005.4	+12.699999999999932
8	Breckenridge	992.7	+79.80000000000007
9	Keystone	912.9	+116
10	Copper Mountain	796.9	+7.2999999999999545
11	Winter Park Resort	789.6	+83.89999999999998
12	Crested Butte Mountain Resort	705.7	+59.200000000000045
13	Summer Area Boundary Winter Park	646.5	+36.39999999999998
14	Buttermilk	610.1	+15
15	Purgatory Resort	595.1	+47.10000000000002
16	Loveland Basin Ski Area	548	+25.899999999999977
17	Sunlight Mountain Resort	522.1	+9.399999999999977
18	Arapahoe Basin	512.7	+9.400000000000034
19	Powderhorn	503.3	+48.80000000000001
20	Wolf Creek Ski Area	454.5	+43.60000000000002
21	Eldora	410.9	+57.69999999999999
22	Ski Cooper	353.2	+15.199999999999989
23	Monarch Mountain	338	+82.19999999999999
24	Granby Ranch	255.8	—

Methodology & caveats

Ranked on the biggest-vertical field as recorded for each resort. Figures come from OpenSkiMap/Wikidata and resort-reported statistics, which are not independently audited across resorts — see the per-resort page for sourcing.

Other rankings for Colorado (United States): Highest-Elevation Ski Resorts in Colorado (United States), Most-Lift Ski Resorts in Colorado (United States), Most-Runs Ski Resorts in Colorado (United States)

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Data sources

Last verified: 2026-09-13

Base facts from OpenSkiMap (ODbL), OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata (CC0), OurAirports (public domain) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). See /data-sources/.