skier days
Utah ski areas recorded 6.5 million skier and snowboarder days in the 2024–25 season.
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2025 ↗2026 reference page
Utah ski industry
statistics.
A plain-English reference for writers, planners, and anyone looking for sourced numbers on Utah skiing, ski travel, and the four resorts at the heart of a Salt Lake ski trip.
Last updated November 4, 2026. Economic figures below cover the 2024–25 ski season unless noted.
The short version
A big ski economy built around real trips.
Utah skiing is more than a lift ticket. Visitors book rooms, eat out, arrange transportation, rent gear, and build multi-day trips around the mountains. That is why the state's ski numbers matter to travelers as much as to the businesses that welcome them.
This page gathers the latest available statewide ski-industry figures alongside current resort-published terrain statistics for Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude. Every number links to the organization that published it.
2024–25 statewide figures
skier and rider spending
Spending by skiers and snowboarders in Utah during the 2024–25 season.
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2025 ↗direct jobs supported
Jobs supported by Utah's ski industry during the 2024–25 season.
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2025 ↗state and local tax revenue
Estimated tax revenue generated by the industry in the 2024–25 season.
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2025 ↗What a ski trip looks like
Lodging is part of the mountain economy.
stayed in paid accommodations
Nearly three in four Utah skiers and snowboarders used paid lodging during the 2024–25 season.
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2025 ↗nights was the average Utah stay
The reported average length of stay for skiers and snowboarders in Utah during the 2024–25 season was 6.4 nights.
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2025 ↗average spending per skier, per day
This statewide average includes purchases such as lift access, lodging, meals, rentals, and transportation.
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2025 ↗Four Wasatch resorts
Terrain and snowfall, by the numbers.
These are each resort's published mountain statistics, not a snow forecast. Annual snowfall averages and open terrain can change with conditions and operations.
Alta
2,614skiable acres
543"average annual snowfall
118 runs. Alta is a skiers-only mountain.
Source: Alta mountain statistics ↗Brighton
1,050skiable acres
500"average annual snowfall
66 runs and 30 night-riding trails.
Source: Brighton mountain statistics ↗Snowbird
2,500skiable acres
500"average annual snowfall
Skiing and snowboarding are both permitted.
Source: Snowbird mountain statistics ↗Solitude
1,200skiable acres
500"average annual snowfall
82 named runs across a range of terrain.
Source: Solitude mountain statistics ↗7,364 acres: combined listed skiable acreage across these four resorts, calculated from their individual published figures.
Methodology and sources
How to use these numbers.
Statewide economic and visitor figures come from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute's 2024–25 Utah ski-industry fact sheet. Resort terrain and annual snowfall figures come from the resorts' own current mountain-information pages. A “skier day” counts one person skiing or snowboarding for one day, so it is not the same thing as a unique visitor.
We review this page roughly monthly during ski season and update it sooner when a primary source releases a newer report. Resort statistics describe published averages and terrain, not a guarantee of current conditions.
For writers and researchers
Cite this page.
Utah Ski Trips. “Utah Ski Industry Statistics.” Updated November 4, 2026, https://utahstate.com/utah-ski-statistics.
Putting the numbers into a real trip