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Eldora Mountain Ski Resort is a popular ski destination located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, just outside the town of Boulder. The resort is located approximately 30 minutes from the city of Boulder and about an hour from Denver, making it an easy day trip or weekend getaway for skiers and snowboarders in the Denver metropolitan area.

Eldora has just less than 300 inches of snowfall per season, with it being typically dry and powdery, which is for great skiing and snowboarding. The ski season at Eldora typically runs from mid-November to early April, and the resort offers over 680 acres of skiable terrain for all levels of skiers and snowboarders to enjoy.

We recently ranked all of Colorado's ski resorts, so you can see where Eldora stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Eldora is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Eldora around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Eldora Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Eldora has a total of 61 ski trails, which are serviced by 10 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 680 acres, Eldora Ski Resort has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 275 hectares, 1.1 square miles, or 2.8 square kilometers.

Eldora's slopes see on average 205 inches (5.2 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 17 feet every year!

Trails
Total Runs
61
Ski Lift
Lifts
10
Skier
Skiable Acres
680(3 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
205"(521 cm)

Eldora Ski Resort Elevation

Eldora Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 10,600 feet, or 3,231 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 9,200 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,400 feet (427 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

The summit of 10,600 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
10,600'(3,231 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
1,400'(427 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
9,200'(2,804 m)

Eldora Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
50.2out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Eldora can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 82% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.
 DID YOU KNOW?

At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.

Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Eldora has 680 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Eldora is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 18% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 82%.
Green Circle
Beginner
18%(122 acres)

Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.

Blue Square
Intermediate
48%(326 acres)

Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.

Black Diamond
Expert
34%(231 acres)

Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.

Is Eldora Ski Resort good for beginners?

Eldora can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 82% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Eldora Ski Resort Location

Eldora Ski Resort is located in the state of Colorado, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Nederland, CO.

Address:
Nederland, CO 80466 USA
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Website:
eldora.com

GPS Coordinates:
39.94000, -105.56000

Getting to Eldora Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Eldora Ski Resort), its coordinates of 39.94000, -105.56000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Nederland, CO to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Eldora Ski Resort.

NameCodeCityDistance
Denver International AirportDENDenver, CO47 mi

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Eldora.

NameCodeCityDistance
Eagle County Regional AirportEGEEagle, CO75 mi
Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy FieldASEAspen, CO85 mi
City of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportCOSColorado Springs, CO91 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Eldora Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Eldora Ski Resort.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Winter Park ResortWinter Park, CO12,060 ft86%11 mi
Ski Granby RanchGranby, CO9,202 ft32%12 mi
Echo Mountain ResortIdaho Springs, CO10,650 ft28%18 mi
Loveland Ski AreaDillon, CO13,010 ft65%25 mi
KeystoneDillon, CO12,408 ft76%31 mi
BreckenridgeBreckenridge, CO12,998 ft83%40 mi
Arapahoe Basin Ski AreaDillon, CO13,050 ft81%44 mi
Copper MountainFrisco, CO12,441 ft69%46 mi
VailVail, CO11,570 ft79%47 mi
Hoedown HillWindsor, CO5,000 ft1%48 mi
Ski CooperLeadville, CO11,700 ft56%56 mi
Beaver CreekBeaver Creek, CO11,440 ft64%56 mi
ButtermilkLarkspur, CO9,900 ft34%59 mi
Bluebird BackcountryKremmling, CO9,845 ft60%61 mi
Howelsen Hill Ski AreaSeamboat Springs, CO7,136 ft46%77 mi
Aspen Mountain Ski ResortAspen, CO11,212 ft82%85 mi
Aspen Highlands Ski ResortAspen, CO11,675 ft78%86 mi
Aspen Ski ResortsSnowmass Village, CO12,510 ft70%90 mi
Aspen SnowmassSnowmass Village, CO12,510 ft68%90 mi
Snowy RangeLaramie, WY10,000 ft41%92 mi
SteamboatClark, CO10,568 ft79%94 mi

Eldora Ski Resort Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation10,600 ft
Base Elevation9,200 ft
Vertical Drop1,400 ft
Trails61
(18% Beginner,  48% Intermediate,  34% Expert)
Lifts10
Skiable Acres680
Avg. Annual Snowfall205 inches
Eldora Ski Resort Mountain Stats
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