Ski townsColorado2026

Colorado Ski Towns

Breckenridge, Steamboat Springs and Keystone were the most booked of the 26 ski towns in Colorado on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, with an estimated 68,858, 35,806 and 26,901 stays. July is the busiest month across them, and the typical stay is 4.8 nights.

Source: AirROI Reviewed by Jun Zhou, Founder @ AirROI Updated November 4, 2026

Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made

Among the 23 towns with 200+ homes

Most booked of these 23: Breckenridge 68,858 stays
Highest revenue per home of these 23: Aspen $92,818 a year
Highest rated of these 23: Crested Butte 4.90 out of 5
Lowest nightly rate of these 23: Leadville $269 a night
Longest typical stay of these 23: Edwards 5.9 nights

Ranking

Colorado Ski Towns Ranked by Airbnb Stays

Every one of the ski towns and resort villages in Colorado with 100 or more Airbnb homes and recent stays, most booked first.

Colorado Ski Towns ranked by Airbnb stays, with homes, typical stay, busiest month, nightly rate, occupancy, revenue per home and guest rating

1	Breckenridge	68,858	3,119	4.9 nights	February	$591	39%	$67,156	4.80
2	Steamboat Springs	35,806	2,267	4.6 nights	February	$599	32%	$48,608	4.78
3	Keystone	26,901	1,441	4.4 nights	March	$411	35%	$39,725	4.75
4	Durango	23,446	1,085	5.0 nights	July	$392	37%	$39,371	4.82
5	Winter Park	22,335	1,184	4.3 nights	February	$439	33%	$41,233	4.85
6	Vail	22,260	1,553	4.9 nights	February	$842	32%	$58,606	4.82
7	Frisco	16,338	880	5.0 nights	March	$455	37%	$46,526	4.81
8	Pagosa Springs	16,259	847	5.0 nights	July	$303	35%	$31,199	4.84
9	Silverthorne	13,705	701	5.6 nights	March	$427	39%	$46,723	4.82
10	Telluride	13,278	628	4.7 nights	July	$728	36%	$65,164	4.83
11	Granby	12,966	569	4.1 nights	July	$349	35%	$36,587	4.82
12	Mount Crested Butte	11,859	546	4.5 nights	July	$422	36%	$42,586	4.80
13	Snowmass Village	10,995	637	5.1 nights	July	$800	36%	$68,874	4.83
14	Fraser	10,932	581	4.4 nights	July	$406	33%	$37,570	4.87
15	Aspen	10,614	654	5.8 nights	July	$1,079	37%	$92,818	4.84
16	Dillon	10,019	519	5.4 nights	March	$349	37%	$34,563	4.79
17	Leadville	9,298	291	4.5 nights	July	$269	43%	$37,332	4.88
18	Crested Butte	9,116	399	5.1 nights	July	$572	41%	$61,910	4.90
19	Avon	8,068	588	5.4 nights	March	$531	33%	$39,527	4.86
20	Beaver Creek	6,138	539	4.9 nights	February	$964	29%	$59,371	4.88
21	Blue River	5,116	189	5.1 nights	July	$657	43%	$88,354	4.85
22	Mountain Village	4,790	343	5.0 nights	February	$1,233	31%	$89,038	4.84
23	South Fork	4,209	235	4.5 nights	July	$315	32%	$27,841	4.79
24	Copper Mountain	2,944	194	4.7 nights	March	$566	32%	$44,982	4.72
25	Edwards	2,514	205	5.9 nights	July	$663	33%	$43,682	4.87
26	Silverton	2,369	101	3.9 nights	July	$306	38%	$34,174	4.87

Figures are AirROI estimates for the 12 months to October 2026, and stays count Airbnb bookings only. Typical stay is a booking's length, occupancy the share of available nights booked, and revenue the yearly average per home, before costs. Guest rating is out of 5.

Town by town

Where the Top Towns Stand Out

4 of 8 are busiest in February. Keystone and Frisco peak in March, and Durango and Pagosa Springs in July. Among guests who left a review, Denver is the top home city in 6 of the 8. Apartments and condos are the largest home type in 6 of the 8. The lines below add what the table can't show, where one of the 8 most booked towns leads its peers or differs from the rest.

Breckenridge
Of the 23 ski towns in Colorado with 200 or more homes, Breckenridge had the most Airbnb homes, at 3,119, in the 12 months to October 2026.
4
Durango
In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in Durango, Colorado, at 47% of homes. Among guests who left a review, Albuquerque was the top home city for Durango, at 6.5%.
8
Pagosa Springs
In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, at 45% of homes. Among guests who left a review, Albuquerque was the top home city for Pagosa Springs, at 8.1%.

When to go

Busiest and Quietest Months

July, March and February rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights across the ski towns in Colorado, and May and April as the quietest. July is the busiest month in 14 of the 26, while Breckenridge and Steamboat Springs peak in February, and Keystone in March. Across the 26 towns, nightly rates run lowest in September, at about $441, and highest in February, at about $751. Across the 26 towns, stays run longest in July, at 5.4 nights, and shortest in September, at 3.4 nights.

July ranks first, April last

Airbnb months in calendar order. The number is the month's rank, and 1 is the busiest. The bar shows its part of Airbnb nights.

Three busiest months
Other months

Month by month: rank, typical stay and nightly rate

Months in Colorado by rank
Rank	Month	Typical stay	Nightly rate
1	July	5.4 nights	$513
2	March	4.4 nights	$711
3	February	4.6 nights	$751
4	January	4.8 nights	$717
5	December	4.9 nights	$671
6	August	4.4 nights	$477
7	June	4.7 nights	$477
8	September	3.4 nights	$441
9	October	3.9 nights	$479
10	November	4.6 nights	$501
11	May	4.7 nights	$473
12	April	4.5 nights	$506

Who comes

Where Guests Come From

Among guests who left a review, 96.2% come from within the United States. Among those guests, the largest group from abroad comes from Mexico. The top home cities among those guests are Denver, Colorado Springs and New York. Vail draws the most from abroad, at 8.4%, among towns with 200 or more homes.

Top home cities

Among guests who left a review

96.2% from within the United States

Denver 12%
Colorado Springs 1.6%
New York 1.6%
Austin 1.4%
Boulder 1.2%
Houston 1.1%

The money view

Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate

Among the 23 towns with 200 or more Airbnb homes, Aspen has the highest estimated revenue per home, at $92,818 a year. Of those 23, Leadville has the highest occupancy, at 43%, and the lowest nightly rate on Airbnb, at $269. The most booked of the 26, Breckenridge, earns about $67,156 per home.

Highest revenue per home of these 23

A year, AirROI estimate

Aspen $92,818
Mountain Village $89,038
Snowmass Village $68,874
Breckenridge $67,156
Telluride $65,164

Highest occupancy of these 23

Nights booked, AirROI estimate

Lowest nightly rate of these 23

On Airbnb, AirROI estimate

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular ski town in Colorado?

By AirROI's estimates, Breckenridge is the most booked of the 26 ski towns in Colorado, with 68,858 Airbnb stays in the 12 months to October 2026. Steamboat Springs is second, with 35,806. This counts Airbnb bookings only.

What is the most affordable ski town in Colorado?

By AirROI's estimated nightly rate on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, among ski towns in Colorado with 200 or more homes, the lowest are Leadville ($269), Pagosa Springs ($303) and South Fork ($315). That is the average asking price on booked nights, not what it costs to live or buy there.

What are some small ski towns in Colorado?

By AirROI's count of active Airbnb homes as of October 2026, the smallest of the 26 ski towns it lists in Colorado are Silverton (101), Blue River (189) and Copper Mountain (194). AirROI's list starts at 100 homes, so smaller places are not on it.

What ski towns in Colorado offer the strongest Airbnb returns?

Returns depend on what a home costs to buy and run, which AirROI's figures do not cover. On AirROI's estimated revenue per home in the 12 months to October 2026, among ski towns in Colorado with 200 or more homes, the highest are Aspen ($92,818), Mountain Village ($89,038) and Snowmass Village ($68,874). Among the same towns, Leadville has the highest occupancy, at 43%.

Method

How These Lists and Numbers Are Made

How a town gets on this list. A town needs 100 or more Airbnb homes with recent stays. A language model then judges the place from its name, state, country and coordinates, not from words in its name: a lift-served ski area has to be in the town or within about 30 minutes' drive, and skiing has to be a main reason to come in winter. The town's own listings can back that up, with 10% of its homes listing ski-in or ski-out, or 10% of its titles naming skiing. A town whose listings do not gets a second, stricter check, which asks whether people go there for that or mainly for something else. Big cities stay off. Corrections come last: places the checks got wrong are added or taken off, and rows that name one place are joined.

How the figures are made. Stays, occupancy, nightly rate and revenue are AirROI estimates built from Airbnb listing data, and cover Airbnb only. A town's stays are its bookings in the period, and the typical stay and busiest month come from the same data. Guest ratings, home sizes and how far ahead guests book are the latest figures in each town's AirROI data. Month ranks compare each month's part of Airbnb nights. Origin rests on 977,313 reviews and describes guests who left a review, not everyone who stayed. A town needs 1,000 reviews before this page gives its share from abroad.