diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index 99950aae7..eb5f80982 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ const (
 
 	paramLabel = byte(':')
 	anyLabel   = byte('*')
+
+	// paramPlaceholder marks a path parameter while a route is inserted into the
+	// tree, so that a literal ':' from an escaped `\:` stays a static node.
+	paramPlaceholder = "\x00"
 )
 
 type routeMethod struct {
@@ -554,7 +558,7 @@ func (r *DefaultRouter) Add(route Route) (RouteInfo, error) {
 			}
 
 			paramNames = append(paramNames, path[j:i])
-			path = path[:j] + path[i:]
+			path = path[:j-1] + paramPlaceholder + path[i:]
 			i, lcpIndex = j, len(path)
 
 			if i == lcpIndex {
@@ -814,7 +818,7 @@ func (n *node) findChildWithLabel(l byte) *node {
 	if c := n.findStaticChild(l); c != nil {
 		return c
 	}
-	if l == paramLabel {
+	if l == paramPlaceholder[0] {
 		return n.paramChild
 	}
 	if l == anyLabel {
@@ -937,8 +941,8 @@ func (r *DefaultRouter) Route(c *Context) HandlerFunc {
 			searchIndex -= len(previous.prefix)
 		} else {
 			paramIndex--
-			// for param/any node.prefix value is always `:` so we can not deduce searchIndex from that and must use pValue
-			// for that index as it would also contain part of path we cut off before moving into node we are backtracking from
+			// param/any node prefixes are a single marker byte, so restore searchIndex
+			// from the value stored for that param instead
 			searchIndex -= len(pathValues[paramIndex].Value)
 			pathValues[paramIndex].Value = ""
 		}
diff --git a/router_test.go b/router_test.go
index 22c1dc759..85582c558 100644
--- a/router_test.go
+++ b/router_test.go
@@ -1320,6 +1320,65 @@ func TestRouterParamStaticConflict(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Issue #3111
+func TestRouterParam_escapeColonAndParamConflict(t *testing.T) {
+	var testCases = []struct {
+		name        string
+		routes      []string
+		whenURL     string
+		expectRoute string
+		expectParam map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "escaped colon route first, request escaped colon route",
+			routes:      []string{`/name\:verb/x`, `/name:id`},
+			whenURL:     "/name:verb/x",
+			expectRoute: `/name\:verb/x`,
+			expectParam: map[string]string{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "escaped colon route first, request param route",
+			routes:      []string{`/name\:verb/x`, `/name:id`},
+			whenURL:     "/name1",
+			expectRoute: "/name:id",
+			expectParam: map[string]string{"id": "1"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "param route first, request escaped colon route",
+			routes:      []string{`/name:id`, `/name\:verb/x`},
+			whenURL:     "/name:verb/x",
+			expectRoute: `/name\:verb/x`,
+			expectParam: map[string]string{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "param route first, request param route",
+			routes:      []string{`/name:id`, `/name\:verb/x`},
+			whenURL:     "/name1",
+			expectRoute: "/name:id",
+			expectParam: map[string]string{"id": "1"},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			e := New()
+			for _, route := range tc.routes {
+				e.GET(route, handlerFunc)
+			}
+
+			c := e.NewContext(httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, tc.whenURL, nil), nil)
+
+			handler := e.router.Route(c)
+
+			assert.NoError(t, handler(c))
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectRoute, c.Path())
+			for param, expectedValue := range tc.expectParam {
+				assert.Equal(t, expectedValue, c.pathValues.GetOr(param, "---none---"))
+			}
+			checkUnusedParamValues(t, c, tc.expectParam)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRouterParam_escapeColon(t *testing.T) {
 	// to allow Google cloud API like route paths with colon in them
 	// i.e. https://service.name/v1/some/resource/name:customVerb <- that `:customVerb` is not path param. It is just a string