Ski Destinations

United States

Aspen Snowmass combines four mountains in Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley — Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, and Snowmass — all on one lift ticket from Aspen Skiing Company.

Canada

Banff, Alberta is the base town for skiing in Banff National Park, with Banff Sunshine Village high on the Continental Divide and the local hill Mount Norquay minutes from downtown.

United States

Jackson, Wyoming pairs Jackson Hole Mountain Resort at Teton Village — famous for its steeps and the Aerial Tram — with the in-town Snow King Mountain.

United States

Killington, Vermont — "The Beast of the East" — is the largest ski resort in eastern North America, with sister mountain Pico just down the road under the same ownership.

United States

Lake Tahoe, straddling the California–Nevada border in the Sierra Nevada, has the densest cluster of ski resorts in North America — from Palisades Tahoe and Northstar on the north shore to Heavenly and Kirkwood in the south.

United States

Mt Hood in Oregon hosts several ski areas on a single volcano, including Mt. Hood Meadows and Timberline Lodge — the only US resort with lift-served skiing nearly year-round.

United States

Park City, Utah is home to two major resorts: Park City Mountain — the largest in the United States — and the famously polished, ski-only Deer Valley.

United States

Summit County, Colorado packs four of the state's best-known ski areas — Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain, and Arapahoe Basin — within about 30 minutes of each other off I-70, with Loveland just over the Continental Divide at the county line.

United States

Colorado's Vail Valley, in Eagle County off I-70, pairs Vail — one of the largest ski resorts in North America — with the more polished, family-oriented Beaver Creek a few miles west, both run by Vail Resorts.

Switzerland

Andermatt, in Switzerland's Urseren valley, connects across the Oberalp Pass to Sedrun and Disentis as the SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun — central Switzerland's largest ski area.

France

The Chamonix valley sits beneath Mont Blanc in the French Alps, with several separate ski areas — from the Grands Montets above Argentière to the Brévent–Flégère domain over town — covered by one valley lift pass.

Switzerland

Davos Klosters spans several ski areas across two Swiss Graubünden towns, with the Parsenn — linking Davos and Klosters over the Weissfluh — as its centrepiece.

Switzerland

St. Moritz anchors the high Engadin valley in Switzerland, where the Corviglia, Corvatsch, and Diavolezza–Lagalb sectors together form one of the Alps' most storied ski destinations.

Austria

The Gastein valley in Austria's Salzburgerland pairs the belle-époque spa town of Bad Gastein with the Schlossalm–Angertal sector above Bad Hofgastein, all covered by the Gastein regional pass.

Switzerland

Grindelwald, below the Eiger's north face in Switzerland's Jungfrau Region, shares the Grindelwald-Wengen ski domain, reached by the Eiger Express gondola.

Austria

Ischgl, in Austria's Paznaun valley, shares the high, snow-sure Silvretta Arena with duty-free Samnaun across the Swiss border.

Austria

Obergurgl-Hochgurgl sits at the head of Austria's Ötztal — among the highest village resorts in the Alps, with a reliably snow-sure season from November into late April.

Austria

Saalbach Hinterglemm anchors Austria's Skicircus, which links Saalbach, Hinterglemm, Leogang, and Fieberbrunn into one of the country's largest connected ski areas.

Italy

Val Gardena, in Italy's Dolomites, links the villages of Ortisei, Santa Cristina, and Selva into the Dolomiti Superski network and the famous Sellaronda circuit.

Japan

Hakuba Valley, in Japan's Northern Alps, links ten ski areas on a common pass. Happo-One — host of the 1998 Olympic downhill — is its flagship.

Japan

Niseko, on Japan's Hokkaido island, is world-famous for deep, dry powder. Four interlinked ski areas on Mt Niseko-Annupuri share the Niseko United pass, with neighbouring Moiwa on the same mountain.

South Korea

Pyeongchang, host of the 2018 Winter Olympics, groups South Korea's Yongpyong and Alpensia resorts in the snowy Daegwallyeong highlands of Gangwon Province.

Japan

Yuzawa, in Japan's Niigata snow country about 80 minutes from Tokyo by Shinkansen, clusters Naeba and Kagura — linked by the 5.5 km Dragondola — with station-side GALA Yuzawa.

New Zealand

Mt Ruapehu, an active volcano in New Zealand's North Island, hosts the country's two largest ski areas — Whakapapa on the north-western slopes and Tūroa on the south-west.

New Zealand

Queenstown is New Zealand's ski capital, with Coronet Peak and The Remarkables — both operated by NZSki — within a short drive of town.

New Zealand

Wanaka, across the Crown Range from Queenstown on New Zealand's South Island, is the base town for Cardrona and Treble Cone — the latter with the South Island's biggest lift-served vertical.