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Cross-country ski trails in Colorado

49 venues, 817 km of trail

Colorado has 49 groomed cross-country ski venues on XC Index, with 817 km of trail mapped between them. The largest trail systems are Aspen Snowmass Nordic Trail System near Aspen (94 km), Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center near Tabernash (79.6 km) and Devil’s Thumb Ranch near Tabernash (60 km). The biggest clusters are around Telluride (13), Crested Butte and Gunnison (12) and Winter Park and Summit County (10).

Great snow and tracks at Snow Mountain Ranch
Great snow and tracks at Snow Mountain Ranch · January 2022
Filled dots have snow on the ground.

Colorado cross-country ski conditions

3 of 49 venues have snow on the ground; 0 have snow in the forecast for the next four days.

VenueOn the groundNext 4 daysLatest report
Forest ServiceOphir1.6 in0 in—
Forest ServiceGrand Mesa0.8 in0 in—
Ironton Park Cross-Country Ski AreaIronton0.4 in0 inMar 22, 2026

3 venues here post condition reports we track. Most recent: Ironton Park Cross-Country Ski Area (Mar 22, 2026), Vinegar Hill (Mar 22, 2026) and Gunnison Nordic Club (Feb 22, 2026).

Updated Nov 10, 13:00 UTC. An Open-Meteo model estimate, not a grooming report.

A typical Nov 10

30 of the 49 venues here usually have snow on the ground on Nov 10, and 2 have six inches or more. The deepest is usually at Wheeler Lakes Trail (6.1 in), Grand Mesa Nordic Council (5.9 in) and Wolf Creek Ski Area (4.1 in). That is the median of the last 10 winters in NOAA’s SNODAS snow analysis; the map’s Typical layer shows it everywhere.

Largest cross-country ski trail systems in Colorado

Telluride · Crested Butte and Gunnison · Winter Park and Summit County · Leadville · Steamboat Springs · Grand Junction and the Grand Mesa · Glenwood Springs and Carbondale · Pagosa Springs · Elsewhere

Cross-country skiing near Telluride

Cross-country skiing near Crested Butte and Gunnison

Cross-country skiing near Winter Park and Summit County

Cross-country skiing near Leadville

Cross-country skiing near Steamboat Springs

Cross-country skiing near Grand Junction and the Grand Mesa

Cross-country skiing near Glenwood Springs and Carbondale

Cross-country skiing near Pagosa Springs

Elsewhere in Colorado