The nearest ski area with 1,000-plus feet of vertical is 1h 15m from downtown Denver with no traffic, and 10 are within a 2.5-hour drive. That's closer than for 10 of the other 12 metros.
Drive times are free-flow, from downtown, to the nearest area with at least 1,000 feet of vertical.
The A Line train is the easy way to the airport, but most trips here are by car. On powder Saturdays, leave early: I-70 traffic to the ski areas can add an hour each way.
Every metro here has a standout stat. Denver's advantage is that it rarely trails: it finishes in the top nine of 13 on 38 of 42 measures (90%), more than any other metro, and near the bottom on just 4.
This page is one stat in that record. The full scorecard has all 42.
Share of all 42 scored measures in each band, among the 13 metros. The number is the top-nine share. See every metro →