Outside Magazine’s Top 15 Ski Resorts in North America
Outside Magazine rolled out their Top 15 Ski Resorts list ensuring that the marketing people at Snowbird won’t have to change their New Hire Powerpoint Presentation for another season. Alta and Snowbird took the first spot based on snow quality, and Vail beat out Jackson Hole likely because it’s insanely cheaper to get a season pass in Colorado. Solitude, my favorite resort, made it into the Top 15, ensuring that its namesake is permanently a thing of the past.
1. Alta/Snowbird, Utah
2. Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia
3. Vail, Colorado
4. Jackson Hole, Wyoming
5. Snowbasin, Utah
6. Fernie Alpine Resort, British Columbia
7. Silverton Mountain, Colorado
8. Aspen Highlands and Snowmass, Colorado
9. Squaw Valley, California
10. Steamboat, Colorado
11. Mammoth, California
12. Telluride, Colorado
13. Solitude, Utah
14. Alyeska Resort, Alaska
15. Taos, New Mexico
via Outside
By- rockythompson
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
That map of Sunburst was my local “mountain” in Wisconsin. They have a run called Vertical Drop (DOUBLE black diamond, folks), it’s 200 feet long and a 40 degree angle.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:31 pm
My favorite resort is Solitude as well. It couldn’t be more different than all the others above it on the list — though I haven’t see Taos. You saying this reaffirms what I tell people all the time. However, it takes so real know how to find out why. It’s much harder to find the perfect run at solitude than it is at alta or snowbird.