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Which state has the most ski areas? ⛷️

1Guess
Which states have the most skiing businesses — ski and snowboard areas with lifts and runs? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Utah! Everyone talks about its powder 🐾
2Answer
The real order is…
    Colorado takes it — but by a whisker, with New York a hair behind! New York's slopes are small next to the Rockies; it simply has a lot of them. It even has more ski businesses than Vermont, and more than Utah.
    📚 Background Colorado wins — but by a whisker, with New York right behind it. New York's slopes are small next to the Rockies; it simply has a lot of them, close to towns. New York even has more skiing businesses than famous ski states like Vermont and Utah — because this counts places, not size, snow or visitors. (U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns)
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    I bet… Utah! Everyone talks about its powder 🐾
    3Compare
    Skiing businesses (by state, 2022)
    Colorado #1 34 ski businesses
    Highest: Colorado (34 ski businesses); lowest shown here: North Dakota (3 ski businesses).

    Note: counts skiing-facility business locations — not size, snow or visitors. A giant resort and a small town hill each count as one. 2022, U.S. Census Bureau. Only states where the Census published a count for this industry are shown — the rest have no published ski-business count.

    My paws would freeze! ❄️
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    : 2022
    Census County Business Patterns 2022: skiing facilities (NAICS 713920), establishments by state (2026-07-28) — Official published establishment counts (a business location with paid employees counts once, whatever its size; the committed raw file holds the API values verbatim with the NAICS code). Only the states the Census publishes for this industry appear.
    ↳ On the Census CBP data (data.census.gov or api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp), filter NAICS 713920 (Skiing Facilities) and read ESTAB (number of establishments) for 2022 by state.