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Best Ski Areas in the United States
By Steve Hoenisch
Last updated on January 17, 2008
Copyright 1996-2008
www.Criticism.Com
Table of Contents
1 Overall Ranking
2 Soulful Ski Areas
3 Soulless Ski Resorts
4 Related
1 Overall Ranking
As of December 2007, I've skied at 60 ski areas. Here's a list of them, ranked roughly by preference:
- Alta, Utah
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Alpental, Washington
- Crystal Mountain, Washington
- Mt. Baker, Washington
- Stevens Pass, Washington
- Arapahoe Basin, Colorado
- Snowbird, Utah: Photo
- Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
- Mad River Glen, Vermont
- Sugarbush, Vermont
- Solitude, Utah
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Squaw Valley, California
- Stowe, Vermont
- Big Mountain, Montana
- Powder Mountain, Utah
- Tuckermans Ravine, New Hampshire
- Ski Cooper, Colorado
- Anthony Lakes, Oregon
- Jay Peak, Vermont
- Sugarloaf/USA, Maine
- Engelberg, Switzerland
- Aspen Mountain, Colorado
- Whistler-Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada
- Sun Valley, Idaho
- Timberline, Mt. Hood
- Sunday River, Maine
- Mt. Bachelor, Oregon
- Smugglers’ Notch, Vermont
- Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire
- Wildcat, New Hampshire
- The Canyons, Utah (formerly Park West)
- Deer Valley, Utah
- Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon
- Willamette Pass, Oregon
- Ski Bowl and Multipor, Mt. Hood, Oregon
- Summit at Snoqualmie, Washington
- Attitash, New Hampshire
- Gunstock, New Hampshire
- Haystack, Vermont
- Pico, Vermont
- Okemo, Vermont
- Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
- Loon Mountain, New Hampshire
- Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
- Whiteface, New York
- Belleayre Mountain, New York
- Hunter Mountain, New York
- Mountain Creek, New Jersey
- Camelback Ski Area, Pennsylvania
- Shawnee, Pennsylvania
- Showshoe Mountain, West Virginia
- Windham, New York
- Summit Ski Area, Mt. Hood, Oregon
- Copper Mountain, Colorado
- Park City, Utah
- Mt. Snow, Vermont
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- Killington, Vermont
- Stratton, Vermont
2 Soulful Ski Areas
- Mad River Glen, Vermont
- Alpental, Washington
- Alta, Utah
- Crystal Mountain, Washington
- Mt. Baker, Washington
- Arapahoe Basin, Colorado
- Powder Mountain, Utah
- Ski Cooper, Colorado
- Jay Peak, Vermont
- Anthony Lakes, Oregon
- Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
- Sugarbush, Vermont
- Tuckermans Ravine, New Hampshire
- Stevens Pass, Washington
Is it just a coincidence that three of the four ski areas in the United States that do not allow snowboarding -- Alta, Taos, Mad River Glen -- rank high in their soulfulness?
3 Soulless Ski Resorts
These ski resorts rank among the worst I've ever skied:
- Stratton, Vermont (the worst)
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- Killington, Vermont
- Park City, Utah
- Mountain Creek, New Jersey
- Mt. Hood Meadows
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