Skier Visits Decreased in Utah Last Season

Ski Utah has released its visitation numbers for the 2024/25 ski season to the public. 

As of June 11, 2025, the state’s 15 ski resorts recorded a combined 6,503,635 visits throughout the winter 2024/25 ski season. This number comes in 3.6% lower than the previous season, but still sits as the third-highest number of skier visits in the state’s history. It’s also a 3.3% increase over Utah’s five-year average. 

The 2022/23 season still holds the record for Utah skier visits at 7.1 million. Alta Ski Area recorded 903 inches of snow that year.

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In a press release, Ski Utah noted that despite a year of ‘more variable’ weather patterns, ranking in third for yearly skier visits demonstrates the, “continued strength and resiliency of Utah’s ski industry.” Notably, Utah’s winter season was also plagued by the fallout of a two-week strike by Park City Mountain Resort’s ski patrol.

Low snowfall coupled with a lack of mountain ops personnel during the strike meant that PCMR only had 18% of its terrain open in the week between Christmas and New Years, a peak point in the season for ski areas. 

Despite a lackluster beginning of the season, Utah ski areas were able to bring it back with ski areas like Alta seeing a multitude of mid and late season storms. Notably, an April 1 storm brought a whopping 22.5 inches of snow to the Wasatch, bringing Alta’s season-to-date snowpack past 500″, before another 13″ fell just days layer to help close out the season.

“To hit our third-best season ever and generate $2.51 billion for Utah’s economy is a major win,” said Nathan Rafferty, President and CEO of Ski Utah. “The ski industry in Utah supports approximately 25,000 jobs, and with the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on the horizon, the eyes of the world will be on us once again. We’re excited about the opportunities ahead and grateful to all who helped make this season a success.”

Utah resorts currently have several major infrastructure projects in the works, such as the massive terrain expansion at Deer Valley and the Sunrise Gondola replacement at Park City. In the next two years, a total of thirteen new lifts are slated to open across Utah’s ski resorts. Utah also has the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on the schedule, adding to the docket of exciting moments in the coming years for Utah’s ski community.

Related: What’s Going on at Alta Ski Area This Summer?

Skier Visits Decreased in Utah Last Season first appeared on Powder on Jun 13, 2025