Ski townsUS2026

Ski Towns in the US

Source: AirROI Reviewed by , Founder @ AirROI Updated

Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made

Among the 104 towns with 200+ homes

Most booked of these 104
Big Bear Lake 80,927 stays
Highest revenue per home of these 104
Teton Village $123,240 a year
Highest rated of these 104
Victor 4.92 out of 5
Lowest nightly rate of these 104
Ogden $175 a night
Longest typical stay of these 104
Ogden and Edwards 5.9 nights

Ranking

Ski Towns in the US Ranked by Airbnb Stays

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

Ski Towns in the US ranked by Airbnb stays, with homes, typical stay, busiest month, nightly rate, occupancy, revenue per home and guest rating
1Big Bear Lake, California80,927$457
2Breckenridge, Colorado68,858$591
3Mammoth Lakes, California66,329$458
4Park City, Utah53,790$655
5Bend, Oregon51,657$333
6South Lake Tahoe, California41,654$527
7Steamboat Springs, Colorado35,806$599
8Truckee, California31,033$582
9Ruidoso, New Mexico30,878$301
10Big Bear City, California27,444$359
11Keystone, Colorado26,901$411
12Leavenworth, Washington25,191$391
13Sunriver, Oregon24,922$458
14Stowe, Vermont24,034$570
15Durango, Colorado23,446$392
16Whitefish, Montana22,488$502
17Winter Park, Colorado22,335$439
18Vail, Colorado22,260$842
19Bartlett, New Hampshire19,299$347
20Big Sky, Montana18,414$850
21Conway, New Hampshire18,221$426
22Boone, North Carolina17,643$360
23Beech Mountain, North Carolina17,431$356
24Tahoe City, California16,967$571
25Frisco, Colorado16,338$455

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. Airbnb data files some places as one district or township, so Kidder Township and rows like it cover several towns.

By region

Stays and Top Town by Region

Ski Towns in the US by region: towns, Airbnb stays and the top town in each
RegionStaysTop town
Colorado381,133Breckenridge
California327,755Big Bear Lake
Vermont101,787Stowe
North Carolina97,994Boone
Oregon90,022Bend
Utah88,206Park City
New Mexico67,298Ruidoso
Idaho62,989Driggs
New Hampshire60,346Bartlett
New York59,733Hunter
Montana50,478Whitefish
Washington39,675Leavenworth
Virginia34,269Wintergreen
Wyoming25,819Jackson
Maine25,551Bethel
Nevada21,219Incline Village
Pennsylvania20,387Kidder Township
West Virginia19,919Snowshoe
Michigan18,242Boyne City
South Dakota15,660Lead
Maryland13,792McHenry
Arizona7,410Pinetop Country Club
New Jersey6,605Vernon Township
Alaska5,289Girdwood
Massachusetts4,251Great Barrington

Town by town

Where the Top Towns Stand Out

4 of 8 are busiest in February. Bend, South Lake Tahoe and Truckee peak in July, and Big Bear Lake in December. Among guests who left a review, Los Angeles is the top home city in 2 of the 8. Apartments and condos are the largest home type in 4 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.

  1. Big Bear Lake, California

    In the 12 months to October 2026, cabins, campers and other outdoor stays were the largest home type in Big Bear Lake, California, at 54% of homes.

  2. Breckenridge, Colorado

    In the 12 months to October 2026, among guests who left a review, Denver was the top home city for Breckenridge, Colorado, at 11%.

  3. 4
    Park City, Utah

    Of the 104 ski towns in the United States with 200 or more homes, Park City (Utah) had the most Airbnb homes, at 4,115, in the 12 months to October 2026.

  4. 5
    Bend, Oregon

    In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in Bend, Oregon, at 65% of homes. Among guests who left a review, Portland was the top home city for Bend, at 14%.

  5. 6
    South Lake Tahoe, California

    In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in South Lake Tahoe, California, at 51% of homes. Among guests who left a review, San Francisco was the top home city for South Lake Tahoe, at 8.2%.

  6. 7
    Steamboat Springs, Colorado

    In the 12 months to October 2026, among guests who left a review, Denver was the top home city for Steamboat Springs, Colorado, at 17%.

  7. 8
    Truckee, California

    In the 12 months to October 2026, houses were the largest home type in Truckee, California, at 54% of homes. Among guests who left a review, San Francisco was the top home city for Truckee, at 18%.

When to go

Busiest and Quietest Months

July, August and February rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights across the ski towns in the United States, and November and April as the quietest. July is the busiest month in 78 of the 150, while Breckenridge and Mammoth Lakes peak in February, and Big Bear Lake in December. Across the 150 towns, nightly rates run lowest in September, at about $411, and highest in February, at about $605. Across the 150 towns, stays run longest in July, at 4.9 nights, and shortest in September, at 3.3 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 the United States by rank
RankMonth Typical stay Nightly rate
1July4.9 nights$486
2August4.1 nights$453
3February4.1 nights$605
4January4.1 nights$586
5June4.5 nights$449
6March4.0 nights$565
7December4.5 nights$558
8September3.3 nights$411
9October3.6 nights$429
10May4.1 nights$424
11November4.0 nights$440
12April4.1 nights$431

Who comes

Where Guests Come From

Among guests who left a review, 95.8% come from within the United States. The top home cities among those guests are New York, Los Angeles and Denver. Victor (Idaho) draws the most from abroad, at 10%, among towns with 200 or more homes.

Top home cities

Among guests who left a review

95.8% from within the United States

  • New York 3%
  • Los Angeles 2.7%
  • Denver 2.7%
  • San Francisco 1.5%
  • Portland 1.3%
  • San Diego 1.2%

The money view

Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate

Among the 104 towns with 200 or more Airbnb homes, Teton Village has the highest estimated revenue per home, at $123,240 a year. Of those 104, Wilson has the highest occupancy, at 52%, and Ogden has the lowest nightly rate on Airbnb, at $175. The most booked of the 150, Big Bear Lake, earns about $39,296 per home.

Highest revenue per home of these 104

A year, AirROI estimate

  1. Wyoming

  2. Jackson $103,681

    Wyoming

  3. Aspen $92,818

    Colorado

  4. Colorado

  5. Big Sky $79,294

    Montana

Highest occupancy of these 104

Nights booked, AirROI estimate

  1. Wyoming

  2. Idaho

  3. Wyoming

  4. Idaho

  5. Wyoming

Lowest nightly rate of these 104

On Airbnb, AirROI estimate

  1. Ogden $175

    Utah

  2. New Mexico

  3. Basye $248

    Virginia

  4. Taos $250

    New Mexico

  5. Colorado

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular ski town in the United States?

By AirROI's estimates, Big Bear Lake (California) is the most booked of the 150 ski towns in the United States, with 80,927 Airbnb stays in the 12 months to October 2026. Breckenridge is second, with 68,858. This counts Airbnb bookings only.

What is the most affordable ski town in the United States?

By AirROI's estimated nightly rate on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, among ski towns in the United States with 200 or more homes, the lowest are Ogden (Utah) ($175), Cloudcroft (New Mexico) ($222) and Basye (Virginia) ($248). 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 the United States?

By AirROI's count of active Airbnb homes as of October 2026, the smallest of the 150 ski towns it lists in the United States are Hailey (Idaho) (101), Ironwood Township (Michigan) (101) and Silverton (Colorado) (101). AirROI's list starts at 100 homes, so smaller places are not on it.

What ski towns in the United States 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 the United States with 200 or more homes, the highest are Teton Village (Wyoming) ($123,240), Jackson (Wyoming) ($103,681) and Aspen (Colorado) ($92,818). Among the same towns, Wilson (Wyoming) has the highest occupancy, at 52%.

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 4,560,698 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.