GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Peak Rankings has released a list of the best Colorado ski resorts for the 2023-24 season. The best resorts according to the report are as follows:

  1. Vail
  2. Snowmass
  3. Beaver Creek
  4. Telluride
  5. Arapahoe Basin
  6. Copper
  7. Aspen Highlands
  8. Winter Park
  9. Breckenridge
  10. Keystone
  11. Crested Butte
  12. Steamboat
  13. Wolf Creek
  14. Aspen Mountain
  15. Loveland
  16. Purgatory
  17. Buttermilk
  18. Eldora
  19. Monarch

Colorado has a total of 28 mountain resorts, according to colorado.com. Many of those resorts are on the western slope including:

  • Aspen
  • Beaver Creek Resort
  • Breckenridge
  • Buttermilk
  • Crested Butte Mountain Resort
  • Hesperus Ski Area
  • Kendall Mountain Ski Area
  • Powderhorn Mountain Resort
  • Purgatory Resort
  • Snowmass
  • Steamboat
  • Sunlight Mountain Resort
  • Telluride Ski Resort

The first snowfall was reported on Colorado peaks on September 11, meaning ski season might be just around the corner.