The 1973 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont at the twentieth annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.

Defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their fourth, and second consecutive, national championship, finishing 4.04 points ahead of Wyoming in the team standings.

These were the first NCAA championships in which Denver did not finish in either first (fourteen titles) or second (five times).

Repeat champions were Colorado's Vidar Nilsgard (jumping) and Kim Kendall (skimeister) of New Hampshire,

Venue

This year's championships were held March 7–10 in Vermont at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock. Middlebury College, located in nearby Middlebury, served as hosts.

The twentieth edition, these were the second NCAA championships hosted by Middlebury (1961), third in Vermont (Northfield, 1955), and seventh in the East, all in New England.

Program changes This was the final year that skimeister was included in the event program. This award went to the skier with the best performance across all four disciplines.

Team scoring

Rank Team Points Colorado381.89 Wyoming 377.83 Vermont 376.85 Denver 372.55 Middlebury 362.38 Dartmouth 361.14 Fort Lewis 355.70 Northern Michigan 350.52 New Hampshire 345.78 Western State 341.05 Montana 335.23 Washington 187.20 Michigan Tech 178.37 Alaska Methodist 90.79

Individual events

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles. Wednesday: Cross Country Thursday: Slalom Friday: Downhill Saturday: Jumping Event Champion Skier Team Time/ScoreAlpine Peik Christensen Denver 3:35.06Cross Country Steiner Hybertsen Wyoming 53:41Downhill Bob Cochran Vermont 1:46.94Jumping Vidar Nilsgard Colorado 226.3Nordic Pertti Reijula Northern Michigan 6:31.7Skimeister Kim Kendall New Hampshire 336.45Slalom Peik Christensen Denver 1:20.31

See also List of NCAA skiing programs

References