Fly to your favorite Colorado resort this winter!

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Posted By: tamara October 6, 2015

This winter, new flights and expanded service from major hub airports will make Colorado skiing even more accessible to skiers and snowboarders from all over the world. New service from Chicago (ORD), New York (LGA), Los Angeles (LAX) and Las Vegas (LAS) as well as expanded service on existing routes from Chicago (ORD), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX), Minneapolis – St. Paul (MSP), Newark (EWR), Phoenix (PHX), Seattle (SEA) and Washington – Dulles (IAD), will bring domestic and international guests directly into the heart of Colorado Ski Country more conveniently than ever before.

Whether a short drive from Denver, a direct flight from across the country, or a direct international flight from one of eight different countries, guests to Colorado resorts have easy, efficient, and comfortable options available to land them at their favorite Colorado resorts. In many cases, additional flight options allow guests to fly right to a resort direct from their originating city. These regional hotbeds include nonstop flights from cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Newark, New York, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. With eight regional airports in mountain and resort communities, direct flights can put travelers slopeside in no time.  These airport include:

  • Denver International Airport (DEN), the largest airport in the United States, from which travelers can reach numerous resorts within a two hour drive including Eldora Mountain Resort, Loveland Ski Area, Winter Park Resort, Arapahoe Basin, Cooper, Copper Mountain, Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, and Ski Granby Ranch;
  • Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (ASE), which boasts more than 200 direct and connecting weekly flights, including expanded service on several major carriers for the 2015/16 ski season. From the airport, it’s only six miles to Snowmass Village and three miles to Aspen. American Airlines expands their Aspen service with new daily non-stop flights from Chicago/O’Hare along with a third daily non-stop from Dallas/Fort Worth for the holidays. New non-stop flights from Chicago will facilitate connections from markets throughout the Midwest and Northeast, including all four NYC airports.  Also, a re-timed morning inbound trip from DFW will now allow ideal connections from South America throughout the winter.  United has continued to expand the frequency of their nonstop flights into Aspen/Pitkin County Airport with an additional daily nonstop from Chicago/O’Hare. Delta Air Lines offers daily nonstop service to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL), and such flights are ideal for connections both to and from South America as well as the Middle East. We snowgrrls hope the expanded service will help prevent travelers from being stranded in Aspen due to high winds!  If you’ve ever had that experience, or spoken to locals there, you know the joke that no one ever really intended to buy a house there. . . it was just less expensive than continuing to stay in a hotel while flights were grounded due to weather!
  • Gunnison/Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) hosts direct flights from Denver, Dallas, Houston, and Chicago/O’Hare. Through American and United Airlines’ extensive flight networks, guests can get to Crested Butte from anywhere in the world. Upon landing, shuttles are available to transport guests to resorts in the area such as Crested Butte or Monarch Mountain. Guests can also utilize rental car services from Hertz, Avis, or Budget.
  • Steamboat’s winter flight program will feature expanded nonstop air service from six of the 11 cities with flights into Steamboat/Hayden Airport (HDN) for the 2015/16 winter season. The 2015/16 winter flight schedule provides convenient connections from more than 300 airports nationwide and worldwide, keeping Steamboat one of the most easily accessed resorts in the Rocky Mountains. Airfare and packages are currently available for purchase through Steamboat at 1-800-922-2722 or http://www.steamboat.com/flights.
  • Telluride/Montrose Airport (MTJ) 2015-16 winter flight program has expanded significantly and will feature 14 direct flights from 11 major domestic hub airports. New flights to the Telluride/Montrose airport include New York (LGA) on United, Los Angeles (LAX) and Chicago/O’Hare (ORD) on American, and Las Vegas (LAS) on Allegiant. Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Phoenix (PHX) will also see major jumps in service to MTJ.
  • On the western slope of Colorado, passengers arriving into Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT) will find themselves at Powderhorn’s lifts in under an hour. GJT hosts nonstop daily service from Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston. Sunlight Resort, nestled in nearby Glenwood Springs, is accessible via Aspen/Pitkin airport as well as Grand Junction Airport and Eagle County Airport (EGE), which will host increased daily service from Dallas and Miami on American Airlines and weekly non-stop service from Chicago on United. The Sunlight Shuttle runs to and from Glenwood Springs, as does the Roaring Fork Transit Authority. Perched on Tennessee Pass just outside of historic Leadville, Ski Cooper is a hidden gem resort that is easy to find. Eagle County Airport is just over an hour drive from Ski Cooper.
  • The Durango/La Plata Airport serves as Purgatory, Wolf Creek Ski Area and Silverton’s main portal for guests who are traveling by air. American Airlines offers daily nonstop jet service from the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, US Airways offers daily service from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and United offers daily service from Denver International Airport. The San Luis Valley Regional Airport, which lies closest to Wolf Creek Ski Area, hosts three daily nonstop flights from Denver International Airport.